सर्पैर्लसद्भिरत्युग्रैर्भीषणैर्गणसंवृतः
Surrounded by hosts of terribly fierce and frightening serpents.
महाकालवनं रुद्धं समंतादसुरेण तु
The Mahākāla forest was encircled on all sides by the asura.
तदागत्य मया ताड्य रौद्रं डमरुकं तथा
Then I came and struck the fierce ḍamaru drum as well.
डमरुकस्य नादेन ह्युत्थितं लिंगमुत्तमम् 5.2.4.
At the sound of the ḍamaru, the supreme liṅga arose.
तस्य लिंगस्य च तदा महाज्वाला विनिर्गता
Then, from that liṅga, a great flame emerged.
लिंगस्यान्यप्रदेशात्तु वायुः समभवन्महान्
From another part of the liṅga, a mighty wind arose.
तेजोज्वालासमूहेन वातेन प्रेरितेन च
Driven by the wind, a mass of blazing radiance spread forth.
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः
Then all the hosts of gods, their minds filled with joy,
अस्य देवस्य माहात्म्याद्दग्धो वज्रो महाबलः ख्यातिं यास्यति लोकेस्मिन्सर्वकामफलप्रदः
By the greatness of this god, the powerful Vajra was burned; in this world, it will become renowned as bestowing all desired fruits.
डमरुकस्य तु नादेन जातो यस्मान्महीतले
Because the sound of the ḍamaru arose upon the earth,
दृष्ट्वा ये पूजयिष्यंति देवं डमरुकेश्वरम्
Those who see and worship the god Ḍamarukeśvara,
चांद्रायणानां विधिवच्छतानामथ यत्फलम्
Shall obtain the fruit of performing hundreds of properly conducted Cāndrāyaṇa rites,
अस्मिन्स्थाने स्थितं लिंगं भक्त्या डमरुकेश्वरम्
Those who, with devotion, behold the liṅga of Ḍamarukeśvara at this place,
तेऽप्यवश्यं तु यास्यंति रुद्रलोकं सनातनम् 5.2.4.
They too shall certainly attain the eternal world of Rudra.
मानसैः पातकैर्मुक्ता यास्यंति परमं पदम् गोसहस्रफलं चात्र दृष्ट्वा प्राप्स्यंति मानवाः
Freed from mental sins, they will reach the supreme state; and, upon seeing this, people will obtain the merit of a thousand cows.
यो याति संगरे धीरो दृष्ट्वा डमरुकेश्वरम्
He who, steadfast in battle, beholds Ḍamarukeśvara,
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O Devi, this power of his, destroyer of sin, has been told to you.
सर्वपापहरं नित्यमनादिर्गीयते सदा
It is always praised as the eternal remover of all sins.
कल्पस्यादौ पुरा देवि लिंगमेतद्विनिर्गतम्
At the beginning of the kalpa, O Devi, this liṅga emerged.
न वायुर्न जलं चैव न द्यौर्ने न्दुर्ग्रहा न च
There was then neither wind, nor water, nor sky, nor planets.
अतो लिंगात्समुद्भूतं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्
From this liṅga arose the entire world, both immobile and mobile.
अस्माल्लिंगात्समुद्भूता वंशा देवर्षिपैतृकाः
From this liṅga were born the lineages of gods, sages, and ancestors.
यावत्यः सृष्टयश्चैव यावंतः प्रलयास्तथा
As many creations as there are, and as many dissolutions likewise,
भूर्लोकाद्याश्च ये लोकाः पातालाः सप्त ये स्मृताः
The worlds beginning with Bhūrloka, and the seven nether realms that are remembered,
दृश्यादृश्यं च तत्सर्वमतो लिंगाद्वरानने यदाहुः पुरुषं सूक्ष्मं नित्यं सदसदा त्मकम्
All that is visible and invisible, O beautiful-faced one, arises from the Liṅga; thus they declare the subtle, eternal Person, whose nature is both existence and non-existence.
ध्रुवमक्षयमजरममेयं नान्यसंश्रयम्
It is steadfast, imperishable, ageless, immeasurable, and dependent on none other.
अनाद्यंतं जगद्योनिं त्रिगुणप्रभवाव्ययम् 5.2.5.
It is without beginning or end, the womb of the universe, unfading, born of the three qualities.
प्रलयस्यांते तेनेदं दिव्यमासीदशेषतः
At the end of dissolution, by that, this entire divine creation existed.
अहमुर्व्यां प्रबुद्धस्तु जगदादिरनादिमान्
I, awakened upon the earth, am the beginningless origin of the world.
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव प्रदर्श्याशु जगत्पतिः
The Lord of the world quickly revealed both Prakṛti and Puruṣa.