रुद्रा ह्येकादश प्रोक्ता द्वादशार्कास्तथैव च
There are said to be eleven Rudras and likewise twelve Suns.
अष्टौ च दिग्गजाश्चैव मनवश्च चतुर्दश
There are also eight guardian elephants of the directions and fourteen Manus.
गंधर्वासरसश्चैव किंनरोरगराक्षसाः । सिद्धास्तपस्विनो वत्स तत्रैव समुपस्थिताः
Gandharvas, Apsaras, Kinnaras, Nagas, Rakshasas, Siddhas, and ascetics, dear one, are also present there.
अष्टौ वै भैरवाः ख्याताश्चत्वारः पवनात्मजाः
There are eight renowned Bhairavas and four sons of the Wind.
एते देवगणाः प्रोक्ता रौद्राश्चैव तथा गणाः 5.1.45.
These divine hosts have been described, as well as the fierce groups.
दक्षः प्रजापतिश्रेष्ठो दितिर्वै देवमातरः । सुरभीप्रमुखा गावः स्थावराणि चराणि च
Daksha, the foremost Prajapati, Diti, the mother of the gods, cows led by Surabhi, and all stationary and moving beings.
तीर्थानि यानि सर्वाणि नद्यः प्रस्रवणानि च
All the sacred places, rivers, and springs.
सप्त पुर्यस्त्रयो ग्रामा नवारण्या नवोषराः
Seven cities, three villages, nine forests, and nine wastelands.
समुद्राश्चैव चत्वारो रत्नानि विविधानि च राजर्षयस्तथा शांता ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः
And four oceans, various kinds of jewels, peaceful royal sages, and Brahmins accomplished in the Vedas.
वेदाः पुराणस्मृतयो गाथा गीतिप्रहे लिकाः
The Vedas, the Purāṇas, the Smṛtis, songs, and musical compositions.
तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण जातोऽहं विज्वरोऽमलः
By merely seeing her, I became free from fever and pure.
स्नातोऽहं सर्वतीर्थेषु शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः
I have bathed in all the sacred waters, becoming pure and composed.
दृष्ट्वा पद्मावतीं शुद्धां सर्वकामवरप्रदाम्
Having seen Padmavati, pure and bestower of all desired boons.
न दुःखी न च दारिद्रो न मूर्खो नाजितेंद्रियः
There is no sorrow, no poverty, no ignorance, nor uncontrolled senses.
अन्योन्यं सर्वमित्राणि अन्योन्यं चोपकारिणः 5.1.45.
All are mutual friends and mutually helpful to each other.
उद्यानानि च रम्याणि वनान्युपवनानि च
There are delightful gardens, forests, and groves.
नानारत्नसमाकीर्णैर्हेमकुंभैः सुशोभनैः
Adorned with various jewels and beautiful golden vessels.
सदैव वसते यत्र उमया सह शंकरः
Where Śaṃkara always dwells together with Umā.
चंद्रज्योत्स्नाकलापूर्णमरीचिभिः सदा बभौ
It always shone with beams filled with moonlight.
सदैव पुष्पिता श्यामा बाल्यरूपवती यथा
Always blooming, dark-hued, as if possessing the form of youth.
गिरिगह्वरकुंजेषु गुहाध्वांतांतरेषु च
In the mountain caves and among the darkness within the caverns.
गृहदीर्घिकासु रम्यासु शालामालासु सर्वतः
In the charming household ponds and everywhere among rows of halls.
कुमुद्वतीप्रफुल्लानि विराजंते सरांसि च
The lakes adorned with fully blossomed kumudvatī flowers shine brightly.
नद्यः सरांसि सर्वाणि वापीकूपसुपल्वलाः
The rivers, all the lakes, ponds, wells, and marshes—
यस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु प्रफुल्ला च कुमुद्वती 5.1.45.
Because in all seasons the kumudvatī remains in bloom,
कुमुद्वत्यां नरा ये तु श्राद्धं कुर्युः समाहिताः
Those men who, with focused mind, perform śrāddha on the kumudvatī,
अक्षयं लभते श्राद्धं पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्
Attain imperishable śrāddha; the offering given to the ancestors becomes imperishable.
यत्किंचित्क्रियते कर्म तत्सर्वं चाक्षयं भवेत्
Whatever act is performed there, all of it becomes inexhaustible.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवन्त्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कुमुद्वतीप्रभावकथनंनाम पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, named 'The Account of the Glory of Kumudvatī,' in the section on the greatness of the Avantī region, in the fifth book of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
शृणु व्यास महाभाग यथा ब्रह्माब्रवीत्सुरान्
Hear, O blessed Vyāsa, how Brahmā spoke to the gods.