मोहनीरूपमास्थाय नारीभूत्वाभ्यगाद्धरिः
Assuming a form that bewilders, Hari approached, having become a woman.
विह्वलांगाश्च ते सर्वे कामबाणवशंगताः
All of them, their limbs enfeebled, fell under the sway of the arrows of desire.
हस्तलाघवयोगेन देवानाममृतं ददौ
By means of dexterity, he gave the nectar to the gods.
तेषामंतरगो भूत्वा पपौ चामृतमुत्तमम्
Having entered among them, he drank the supreme nectar.
सुधास्पर्शप्रसंगेन न ममारासुरस्तदा 5.1.44.
Because of contact with the nectar, the demon did not die at that time.
राहुकायात्समुद्भूतं बहु सुस्राव शोणितम्
From Rāhu’s body, much blood flowed forth.
तत्र स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा राहोर्दर्शनतत्पराः
There, having bathed and become pure, intent on beholding Rāhu—
वांछितार्थमवाप्नोति गोसहस्र फलं भवेत्
One attains the desired object and gains the merit of a thousand cows.
विभज्य भागांस्ते सर्वे प्राप्य रत्नभुजोऽभवन्
Having divided the shares, all of them became possessors of jewels.
सूर्याय च ददौ ह्यश्वं सप्तास्यं चाब्धिसंभवम्
He gave the horse with seven mouths, born of the ocean, to Sūrya.
पीयूषं दिविषद्गणान्ददौ चंद्रं च शंभवे
He gave the nectar to the hosts of gods, and the moon to Śaṃbhu.
इंद्रक्रीडावने रम्ये नंदने च समर्पयत्
He presented them in the delightful Nandana, the garden of Indra’s sport.
निधिरेष महापद्मः कुबेरभवनं गतः
This great treasure, Mahāpadma, went to the abode of Kubera.
यतोयतः प्रसरति प्रलयं यांति जंतवः
Wherever it spreads, creatures proceed to dissolution.
तदाप्रभृति महादेवो नीलकंठ इति स्मृतः 5.1.44.
From that time on, the great god has been known as Nīlakaṇṭha.
मुक्त्वा स सर्वपापेभ्यः सर्वरत्नभुजो भवेत्
Having been freed from all sins, one becomes a possessor of all jewels.
तदादाय सुराः सर्वे ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमाः
Then all the gods, led by Brahma and Vishnu, took that and departed.
उज्जयिनीं समासाद्य जाता रत्नभुजो वयम्
Arriving at Ujjayini, we became bearers of jewels.
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु पद्मा वसतु निश्चला
Therefore, at all times, may Padma dwell here, unmoving.
य एतस्यां महाभागाः स्नानं दानं तथार्चनम्
Those blessed ones who perform bathing, giving, and worship here—
न तेषां दुष्कृतं किंचिन्न दारिद्र्यं न दुर्गतिः
For them, there is no evil deed, no poverty, no misfortune.
धनार्थी चैव पुत्रार्थो विद्यार्थो बहुकामुकः
Whoever seeks wealth, children, knowledge, or many desires—
सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति शिवः साक्षाद्भवेन्नरः
He attains all desires, and the man becomes truly blessed.
ये शृण्वंति कथां पुण्यां ये श्रावयंति नित्यशः
Those who listen to this holy story, and those who recite it daily—
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखंडेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये पद्मावतीनामकथावर्णनंनाम चतुश्चत्वारिं शोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-fourth chapter, called 'The Description of the Story of Padmavati,' in the section on the greatness of the Avanti region, in the fifth Avanti Khanda of the glorious Skanda Mahapurana, comprising eighty-one thousand verses.
एषा कुमुद्वती जाता यथा पद्मावती पुरी
This Kumudvati was born just as the city of Padmavati was.
एकदा तीर्थयात्रायां गतोऽहं वै कुशस्थलीम्
Once, during a pilgrimage, I went to Kushasthali.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
By merely seeing it, one is freed from the sin of killing a Brahmin.
यज्ञांश्चैव तथा चित्रानृत्विजोदारकर्मणः
There, various sacrifices are performed by priests of noble deeds.
ऋषिपत्न्यस्तथा साध्व्यः परिचर्यां प्रकुर्वते
The wives of sages, who are virtuous, also serve there.