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—
न देवासुर गंधर्वैर्न यक्षोरगकिन्नरैः
Not by gods, demons, gandharvas, nor by yakshas, serpents, or kinnaras—
मानवैः पक्षिजातैश्च न मे मृत्युर्भवेदिति 5.1.66.१
Nor by humans or birds—may death come to me.
मारयिष्यति मां वीरः स मे मृत्युर्भविष्यति
That hero will kill me; he will become my death.
आगमं चैव लोकं स्वं स दैत्यो घोरशासनः
That fierce, law-giving demon will seize both my tradition and his own world.
तस्यैवाऽधिकृता लोके बभूवुर्विगतज्वराः
Those who were under his authority in the world became free from distress.
तस्माद्यूयं वनं यात महाकालं महेशितुः
Therefore, you all should go to the forest of Mahākāla, belonging to the great Lord.
संगमेश्वरस्य दक्षिणे कर्कराजोत्तरे तथा
At the southern side of Saṃgameśvara, and north of Karkarāja likewise,
नृसिंहाख्यं परं धाम तस्य तीर्थं प्रतिष्ठितम्
There is established the supreme abode called Nṛsiṃha, his sacred place.
कुरुत सत्वरं सर्वे पुनर्लोकानवाप्स्यथ
All of you, act quickly; you will regain the worlds again.
महाकालवनं प्राप्ता यत्र शिप्रा पयस्विनी
Having reached the forest of Mahākāla, where the river Śiprā flows with pure waters,
स्नानदानादिकं कृत्वा नृसिंहस्याऽर्चनं तथा
After performing bathing, giving, and other rites, and also worship of Nṛsiṃha,
नृसिंहस्य स्वरूपेण हतो दानवपुंगवः 5.1.66.
The foremost of demons was slain by Nṛsiṃha in his own form.
करेणैकप्रहारेण हिर ण्यकशिपुर्हतः
With a single blow of his hand, Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed.
तदारभ्य सुराः सर्वे मध्याह्नोह्नोपासनं सदा
From that time onward, all the gods always perform midday worship.
एवं तीर्थं परं व्यास अवंत्यां विद्यते भुवि
Thus, Vyāsa, the supreme sacred place exists on earth in Avanti.
ये कुर्वंति नराः पुण्यास्ते यांति परमां गतिम्
Those men who perform holy acts there attain the highest state.
कदाचिन्नृसिंहतिथिं प्राप्य चैव चतुर्दशीम्
Whenever one attains the Nṛsiṃha day, which is the fourteenth,
नृसिंहेश्वरदेवेशं पूजयेद्यः समाहितः
Whoever worships Nṛsiṃha, Lord of gods, with concentration,
ततोऽगस्त्येश्वरं देवं यः पश्येत्युसमाहितः
Then, whoever beholds the god Agastyeśvara with devotion,
यत्र सिद्धिं परां प्राप्तो हनुमान्पवनात्मजः
There, Hanuman, son of the wind, attained the highest accomplishment.