न वर्तते कालचक्रं महाकालप्रतापतः
Because of Mahākāla’s might, the wheel of time does not operate there.
हरिश्चंद्रो विमुक्तोऽभूद्गर्ह्यचण्डालयोनितः
Hariścandra was freed there, though born in a despised outcaste lineage.
एतस्मात्कारणात्सर्वैस्तत्र विश्रम्यतां सदा
For this reason, all should always seek rest there.
एतत्ते वचनं श्रुत्वा महर्षेरास्तिकस्य च
Hearing these words of the sage Āstika,
एलापत्रः कंबलश्च कर्कोटकधनंजयौ
Elāpatra, Kambala, and the two—Karkoṭaka and Dhanaṃjaya—
पद्मकश्चार्बुदश्चैव नागास्ते सर्व एव हि
Padmaka and Arbuda—these nāgas, all of them,
तत्र रम्याणि तीर्थानि जातानि परमाणि च
There arose delightful and supreme holy places.
महापुण्यप्रदान्याहुर्महापापहराणि च 5.1.65.
They are said to bestow great merit and remove great sins.
अप्सरोगणसंघैश्च सेव्यंते च सदा वरैः
They are always served by hosts of apsarases and noble ones.
शेषशायी ह्यलं विष्णुर्भगवान्कमलेक्षणः
There rests Lord Viṣṇu, lotus-eyed, reclining on Śeṣa.
श्वेतद्वीपेति विख्याता मणिविक्रांतभूमिका
It is famed as Śvetadvīpa, land adorned with radiant jewels.
हंसकारंडकाकादि पिककोकिलसारसाः
Swans, cranes, crows, cuckoos, and sarasa birds dwell there.
निधिरेष महापद्मो नीलोत्पलसुगंधिना
This is the great lotus treasure, fragrant with blue lotuses.
यत्र सुसंस्कृता नार्यो विहरंति सुरांगनाः
There, beautifully adorned women, the celestial maidens, play.
यत्र स्नात्वा नरो याति वैकुंठं धाम शोभनम्
Where, after bathing, a man attains the splendid abode of Vaikuntha.
तत्र रमासरो नाम तीर्थं परमशोभनम्
There is the sacred place called Ramāsara, supremely beautiful.
एवं व्यास परं स्थानं सर्वपापहरं परम्
Thus, Vyasa, it is the supreme place, the highest remover of all sins.
अत्र स्नानादिकं कार्यं यत्र संनिहितो हरिः 5.1.65.
Here, one should perform bathing and other rites, for Hari is present there.
कियत्प्रमाणमात्रां च ये ददति वसुंधराम्
Those who give even a small measure of land here—
अक्षय्या लभ्यते वृद्धिस्तेषां लोकाः सनातनाः
For them, inexhaustible increase and eternal worlds are obtained.
नागानां पूजनं कार्यं श्राद्धं दर्शे विधीयते
One should worship the Nagas and perform Śrāddha at the new moon.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डेऽवन्तीक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये तीर्थयात्रायां नागतीर्थमहिमवर्णनंनाम पंचषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Glory of the Nāga Tīrtha,' in the section on the pilgrimage to holy places, in the Avanti Khanda of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
तत्तीर्थं सर्वपापघ्नं नृसिंहस्य महात्मनः
That sacred place destroys all sins; it belongs to the great soul Narasimha.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वपापं समुत्तरेत्
By merely seeing it, all sins are overcome.
तेनेयं वसुधा सर्वा संप्राप्ता च दुरात्मना
By him, this entire earth was seized by the wicked.
गौर्भूत्वाऽश्रुमुखी देवैर्ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ
Becoming a cow, tear-faced, she sought refuge with Brahma among the gods.
उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा तस्याः श्रमं व्यपोहितुम्
He spoke with gentle words to relieve her distress.
वचो वदामि ते तथ्यं देशकालोचितं तथा
I speak to you words that are true and appropriate to place and time.
गायत्र्युपासना तेन कृता सुनियतात्मना
He performed worship of Gayatri with a well-disciplined mind.
न दिवा न तथा रात्रौ नांतरिक्षे न भूतले
Neither by day nor by night, neither in the sky nor on earth—