तथाहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि विस्तरेण तपोधन
So I shall now recount it to you in detail, O treasure of austerity.
मारीचः कश्यपस्तेपे तपः परमदुष्करम्
Mārīca Kaśyapa performed austerity of the highest difficulty.
शीर्णपत्रानिलाहारो वायुभक्षी जितेन्द्रियः
Sustained by fallen leaves and air, subsisting on wind, with senses mastered,
श्रूयतां भो द्विजश्रेष्ठ मम वाक्यमनुत्तमम्
Hear, O best of twice-born, my unsurpassed words.
तस्मात्ते संततिस्तात यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ
From you, O dear one, will come a lineage lasting as long as the moon and sun.
अदितिस्ते सती भार्या त्वया सहाचरत्तपः
Aditi, your virtuous wife, practiced austerity together with you.
भविष्यंति सुताः सर्वे विष्णुश्चेंद्रपुरोगमाः
All your sons will be born, with Viṣṇu at their head, along with Indra.
त्वं चापि च ऋषिश्रेष्ठः प्रजापतिरकल्मषः
And you, best of seers, will become a sinless progenitor.
इत्युक्त्वा च पुन र्देवी तत्रैवांतरधीयत 5.1.46.
Having spoken thus, the goddess vanished right there.
कश्यपः सह दाक्षिण्या साग्निकः समुपाश्रितः
Kaśyapa, together with Dakṣa's daughter and with fire, took refuge there.
मरीचेः कश्यपो जज्ञे ततः सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्
From Marīci, Kaśyapa was born, and from him, all things were established.
नंदनं चापि तत्रैव महाकालवनोत्तमे
And Nandana too was there, in that most excellent Mahākāla forest.
सा सिषेवे सदा तत्र महाकालं महेश्वरम्
She always served Mahākāla, the great Lord, there.
बिंदुसरः समाख्यातं मानसं सर उत्तमम्
Bindu Lake is renowned as the supreme Mānasa Lake.
मुक्तामणिगणाकीर्णं रत्नशोभनशोभितम्
It is adorned with clusters of pearls and shines with the brilliance of jewels.
यानि यानि च दिव्यानि संति ब्रह्माण्डगोलके
Whatever divine things exist within the sphere of the universe,
तेनतेनात्मयोगेन मानवाश्चात्र संस्थिताः
By that very union of self, humans are established here.
अन्योन्यं च समाकीर्णा सर्वे चामरसंनिभाः
All are mingled with one another, and all resemble the immortals.
अमरांगनासमा नार्यः सदैव स्थिरयौवनाः 5.1.46.
The women are equal to celestial maidens, always possessing youthful vigor.
देवदानवगन्धर्वैः किन्नरोरगराक्षसैः
With gods, demons, gandharvas, kinnaras, serpents, and rākṣasas,
अमराणां कटकं ह्यत्र तस्माजातामरावती
Here is the encampment of the immortals; thus Amarāvatī arose.
स्नानदानादिकं कृत्वा पश्यत्येव महेश्वरम्
After performing bathing, giving, and other rites, one beholds the great Lord.
सर्वभोगानवाप्नोति मृतः शिवपुरं व्रजेत्
One attains all enjoyments; when dead, one goes to the city of Śiva.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्येऽमरावतीनामकथनंनाम षट्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter, named 'The Account of Amarāvatī,' in the section on the glory of the Avantī region, in the fifth Avantī book of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
विशाला च समाख्याता सर्वलोकेषु गीयते
Viśālā is renowned and sung of in all worlds.
तथाहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मणा कथितं पुरा
So I will now declare what was formerly spoken by Brahmā.
उमया सहितो देव एक एवाचरद्वने
The god, united with Umā, wandered alone in the forest.
विष्णुर्दशाकृतिर्यत्र देव्यो वै लोकमातरः
There, Viṣṇu in ten forms, and the goddesses, mothers of the worlds.
कल्पोद्भेदाश्च लिंगाश्च चतुराशीतिसंख्यकाः
The manifestations of the kalpas and the forms of the liṅgas number eighty-four.
पितरो लोकपालाश्च सिद्धाः सिद्धिप्रदाश्च ये
The ancestors, the guardians of the worlds, and the siddhas who grant accomplishments—