पाद्येनाचमनीयेन मधुपर्केण केशवम्
With water for washing the feet, for sipping, and with a honey-offering, to Keśava.
ऋते त्वया जगद्विष्णो नैवावस्थातु मर्हति
Except by you, O Viṣṇu, the world is not able to remain.
शास्ता त्वमस्य विश्वस्य विशुद्धस्य च नापरः
You are the ruler of this pure universe; there is no other.
देवदानवगंधर्वाः सयक्षो रगराक्षसाः परस्परं विनिघ्नंति तांश्च त्वं रक्षितुं क्षमः
The gods, demons, gandharvas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas destroy each other; you alone are able to protect them.
त्वमस्य विश्वस्य चराचरस्य स्थितेः सदा प्राणभृदात्मरूपिणी
You are always the sustaining principle of this universe, both moving and unmoving, in the form of the soul of all living beings.
त्वया धृतं सर्वमिदं जगद्वै यतस्ततोऽसि त्वमुपेन्द्रसंज्ञः
All this world is upheld by you; therefore you are called Upendra.
निवासितं विश्वमिदं त्वयाद्य वासश्च धातोरिति वासुदेवः
This universe is inhabited by you today, and the abode of the creator is thus Vāsudeva.
सेनानुरूपं जगदेव यस्मादतः स्मृतस्त्वं किल विश्वसेनः
Because the world is according to your army, you are therefore remembered as Viśvasena.
जितं त्वया देव जगत्त्रयं यज्जितेश्च धातोस्त्वमतोऽसि जिष्णुः
The three worlds have been conquered by you, O god; since the creator is conquered by you, you are Jiṣṇu.
त्वमस्य सर्वस्य भवादिराजस्तवास्तु भद्रासनमद्वितीयम 5.1.41.
You are the king of all, beginning with existence; may your auspicious, unrivaled throne endure.
सुदर्शनं नाम तवास्ति चक्रमतो हि गीतः कविभि स्तु चक्री
You have the discus named Sudarśana; thus you are sung by poets as the wielder of the discus.
तुरंगमाः संतु तवारिसंहरे तथा हृषीकेश सुदन्तदन्तिनः
Let there be steeds for your destruction of enemies, and also, O Hṛṣīkeśa, elephants with excellent tusks.
विचित्रवस्त्रोत्तमरक्तमाल्यैर्विभूषितस्त्वं भव भीमसेनः
Be adorned with wondrous garments and excellent red garlands; become Bhīmasena.
तवानुगा भक्तिरिहास्तु वै सती मुकुन्द भक्ते त्वमतः प्रसीद मे
May true devotion to you be present here, as it is for devotees of Mukunda; therefore, be gracious to me.
विरिंच मे दर्शय तस्य मंडलं त्वया विमुक्तं च सदाशिवं विभो
O Creator, show me that circle of his, and the ever-liberated Sadāśiva, O Lord.
स्थिरं स्थि यत्र जगत्करोम्यहं ततो विरंचिः कुशमुष्टिमाददे
Where I establish the world, let that place be firm; then Brahmā took a handful of sacred grass.
ततः स्थलीमुच्चतरामवाप्य पितामहः केशवमाह चादरात्
Then, having reached a higher ground, the Grandfather respectfully addressed Keśava.
त्वमेव विष्णुर्विबुधार्चितः सदा स्मृतो मुनींद्रैः स च विष्टरश्रवाः
You alone are Viṣṇu, always worshipped by the gods, remembered by the sages, and famed as Viṣṭaraśravā.
कुशस्थलीं संस्थित एव देव इत्थं विधात्रा पुरुषोत्तमः स्तुतः
There, established on the sacred grass, the Supreme Person was thus praised by the Creator.
समंततो योजनसं ख्ययावृतां ततो विधाता पुरुषोत्तमस्तथा 5.1.41.
Then the Creator, the Supreme Person, encompassed it with a circuit measuring a yojana on all sides.
तत्र विश्वपतिः श्रीमान्विश्वेशो विश्वकृद्विभुः
There, the Lord of the universe, glorious, Lord of all, the creator of the universe, the all-pervading one.
एवं कुशस्थली ख्याता हेमशृङ्गेति या पुरा
Thus, that which was formerly known as Kuśasthalī is now called Hemaśṛṅga.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये व्याससनत्कुमारसंवादे कुशस्थलीनामहेतुकथावर्णनंनामैकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-first chapter, named 'The Description of the Reason for the Name Kuśasthalī,' in the dialogue between Vyāsa and Sanatkumāra, in the section on the greatness of the Avanti region, in the fifth Avanti Khaṇḍa of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
तथा शृणु सुरैः पूर्वं दैत्यसैन्यपराजितैः
Now listen, as formerly, when the gods were defeated by the armies of the demons.
आश्रितं मेरुशिखरं वनकंदगुहावृतम्
They took refuge on the summit of Meru, covered with forests and mountain caves.
अन्योन्यं च समासाद्य समभ्यर्च्य परस्परम्
Meeting each other there, they mutually worshipped one another.
निवेदयांचक्रिरे सर्वं तत्रागमनकारणम्
They explained to each other all the reasons for their coming there.
जगाम त्रिदशैः साकं देवदेवं महेश्वरम्
Together with the gods, they went to the god of gods, the great Lord Maheśvara.
ऋद्धिसिद्धिप्रदं नित्यं मुनिचारणसेवितम्
He who always bestows prosperity and success, attended by sages and celestial bards.
ऋषिभिर्भार्गवादिभिर्देवर्षिनारदोत्तमैः
By the sages, including Bhārgava and others, and by the foremost of divine sages, Nārada.