कल्पे कल्पे ह्यनादिस्तु गीयते त्रिदशैः सदा
In every cycle of creation, from the very beginning, this is always sung by the gods.
नाम प्राप्तं विशालाक्षि महाकालवनं सदा
O wide-eyed one, the name 'Great Time Forest' has always been given to it.
अहं ज्यायानहं ज्यायान्कल्पादौ सृष्टिकारणात्
I am the greater, I am the greater, for at the beginning of creation I am the cause of manifestation.
महाकालवने लिंगं कल्पेश्वरेति संज्ञकम् भविष्यति न संदेहो न वादः क्रियता मिति
In the Great Time Forest, the liṅga will be known as 'Lord of the Kalpa'; there is no doubt or dispute about this.
ततो देवि गतो ब्रह्मा ऊर्द्ध्वलोकमनंतकम्
Then, O goddess, Brahmā went to the endless upper worlds.
नादिर्दृष्टो न चांतश्च ब्रह्मणा केशवेन तु
Neither the beginning nor the end was seen by Brahmā or Keśava.
वेदोक्तसूक्तैर्विविधैरभिनंद्य पुरःस्थितौ 5.2.5.
With various hymns prescribed in the Vedas, they praised the one who stood before them.
तस्मादनादिकल्पोऽयमद्यप्रभृति भूतले
Therefore, from today onward, this is the beginningless kalpa on earth.
पञ्चपातकसंयुक्तो यो मर्त्यो दुष्टमानसः
Any mortal, joined with the five great sins and of wicked mind—
शिवमस्तु सदा तेषां येषां त्वं दर्शनं गतः
May there always be auspiciousness for those to whom you have granted your vision.
सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकैस्तु यत्पुण्यं प्राप्यते नरैः
The merit that men obtain by bathing at all holy places—
तावत्पतंति संसारे सुखदुःखसमाकुले
They fall again and again in the world, filled with pleasure and pain.
यदा पापक्षयः पुंसां तदा त्वद्दर्शनं भवेत्
When a person's sins are destroyed, then your vision occurs.
ब्रह्महा वा सुरापो वा स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः सोऽपि याति परं स्थानं पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितम्
Even a killer of a Brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, or one who violates the teacher's bed—he too attains the supreme state, free from return.
यत्फलं चाश्वमेधेन राजसूयेन यत्फलम्
The fruit that comes from an Aśvamedha or the fruit that comes from a Rājasūya—
ते नराः पशवो लोके तेषां जन्म निरर्थकम्
Those men are like animals in this world; their birth is in vain.
इत्युक्त्वा केशवो देवो ब्रह्मा चैव वरानने 5.2.5.
Having spoken thus, the god Keśava and Brahmā, O beautiful-faced one—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
Thus, O goddess, I have told you this glory, which destroys all sin.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण धनवानिह जायते
By merely beholding him, wealth arises here.
पुरा सार्द्धं त्वया देवि क्रीडतो मम मंदिरे
Once, O Goddess, while you were playing with me in my palace,
देवैः सर्वैस्ततो वह्निः प्रेरितो मम संनिधौ
Then, at that time, all the gods sent Agni into my presence.
ततो वह्निमुखे क्षिप्तं वीर्यं स्वं क्रीडता मया
Thereupon, as I was playing, my seed was cast into the mouth of Agni.
तत्र गत्वा प्रचिक्षेप वीर्यमग्निः सुदुर्द्धरम्
Going there, Agni deposited that exceedingly difficult-to-bear seed.
जातं रम्यं ततो दिव्यं वीर्यशेषेण कांचनम्
From what remained of that divine seed, beautiful gold was born.
अग्नेरपत्यं प्रथमं दृष्ट्वोत्पन्नं तु पार्वति
Seeing the first offspring of Agni thus produced, O Pārvatī,
यक्षाः साध्याः पिशाचाश्च मनुष्या राक्षसाः खगाः
Yakṣas, Sādhyas, Piśācas, humans, Rākṣasas, and birds—
सुवर्णार्थे महान्नादो ममेदमिति जल्पताम्
For the sake of gold, a great tumult arose, each one shouting, 'This is mine!'
अथावरणमुख्यानि नानाप्रहरणानि च 5.2.6.
Then, the chief weapons and various arms appeared.
असुरा असुरैः सार्द्धं मनुष्या मानुषैः सह
The Asuras with the Asuras, and humans with humans,
भूतैः सार्द्धं च भूतानि राक्षसैः सह राक्षसाः
Beings with beings, and Rākṣasas with Rākṣasas,