विकरालोर्द्ध्वकेशाय भैरवाय नमोनमः
To the wild one with hair standing upwards, to Bhairava—salutations, salutations!
तथा दारुवनध्वंसकारिणे तिग्मशूलिने
Also to the one who destroyed the Daru forest, who wields a sharp trident.
प्रचंडदंडहस्ताय वडवाग्निमुखाय च 5.2.26.
To the one holding a fierce staff, whose mouth is like the submarine fire.
दक्षयज्ञविनाशाय जगद्भयकराय च कपर्दिने करालाय सर्वदेवाय ते नमः
To the destroyer of Dakṣa’s sacrifice, the one who causes fear in the world, the matted-haired, the fierce, salutations to you, lord of all gods.
एवं स्तुतस्तदा देवि चंद्रेणांतर्हितेन च
Thus, at that time, O goddess, Candra, though invisible, praised him.
स्तोत्रेणानेन तुष्टोऽस्मि ब्रूहि सोम किमिच्छसि
Pleased with this hymn, he said: Speak, Soma, what do you desire?
कांत्या दीप्त्या तथा मूर्त्या तथा रूपेण च प्रभो
By your grace, O Lord, I wish for brilliance, radiance, form, and beauty.
स्वपदं कर्त्तुमिच्छामि त्वत्प्रसादान्महेश्वर
By your favor, O great Lord, I wish to regain my own state.
द्विजराजेन तत्प्राप्तं लिंगस्यास्य प्रसादतः
That was obtained by the king of the twice-born, through the grace of this liṅga.
तेन सोमेश्वरोनाम विख्यातो भुवनत्रये
Therefore, in the three worlds, it is renowned as Someśvara.
कृत पुण्या नरा मर्त्यास्ते यांति परमं पदम्
Men who have performed meritorious deeds attain the supreme state.
विमुक्तो जन्मदुःखाद्यैर्लीयते मयि मानवः
Freed from the sufferings of birth and so forth, a person merges in me.
यैश्च सोमेश्वरो देवो न दृष्टो न च पूजितः 5.2.26.
And those by whom the god Someśvara was neither seen nor worshipped,
एकः सोमेश्वरः पूज्यः कुष्ठरोगविनाशनः
Someśvara alone is to be worshipped, the destroyer of leprosy.
आधारः सर्वलोकानां येन सोमेश्वरो ऽर्चितः मुक्तो भोगी निरातंको मम लोके वसेच्चिरम्
He is the foundation of all worlds; by whom Someśvara is worshipped, that person, freed, enjoying, fearless, dwells long in my realm.
कांचनैः कुसुमैर्देवि लिंगं सोमेश्वरं प्रिये
With golden flowers, O goddess, the Someśvara liṅga, O beloved,
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
This, O goddess, I have told you—the power that destroys sin.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण स्वप्नेपि नरकः कुतः
By merely seeing him—even in a dream—how could hell arise?
पुरा कलियुगे देवि कल्पे वाराहसंज्ञके
Once, O goddess, in the Kali age, in the era called Vārāha,
निर्मर्यादा निराधारा निरौका नास्तिका जनाः
People arose who were without boundaries, without foundation, without homes, and atheistic.
नार्चयंति सुरान्विप्राः कर्म कुर्वंति कुत्सितम्
They do not worship the gods, nor do the Brahmins; they perform contemptible deeds.
वैरबद्धाश्च संजाताः परस्परवधे रताः
They became bound by enmity, delighting in mutual slaughter.
ब्राह्मणाः सर्वभक्ष्याश्च मृषावादपरायणाः
Brahmins eat everything and are devoted to falsehood.
दृश्यंते षोडशे वर्षे नराः पलितिनः प्रिये
In the sixteenth year, O beloved, men with gray hair are seen.
एवंविधाः समुद्भूता नरा नार्यश्च पातकैः
Such men and women, arising, are stained with sins.
कुठारैर्भिन्नमूर्द्धानः क्रकचैः पाटिताः परे
Others are split open with axes, their heads cleaved, and cut apart with saws.
भिन्नाश्चायोमयैस्तीक्ष्णैरग्नितप्तैश्च कीलकैः 5.2.27.
They are pierced with sharp iron spikes, heated by fire.
क्षिप्यंते तप्तकुण्डेषु दह्यंते वह्निराशिषु
They are thrown into heated cauldrons, burned in heaps of fire.
लौहैश्च शृङ्खलैर्बद्धा ह्यधोवक्त्रैश्च लंबितैः
Bound with iron chains, hanging with faces downward.
कृमिभिर्भ्रमरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्दंशैश्च मशकैस्तथा
By worms, by sharp bees, and by the bites of mosquitoes likewise.