स्वर्गे त्वयापि गंतव्यं नृप पुण्येन कर्मणा
By your own meritorious deeds, O king, you too must go to heaven.
विशिष्टं मम किं पुण्यं शुभं तद्वक्तुमर्हसि
What is the special merit or virtue of mine? You ought to tell me that auspicious thing.
तस्यां त्वया महाबाहो महाकालवनोत्तमे
By you, O mighty-armed one, in that most excellent great Kāla forest—
तद्विशिष्टं च ते पुण्यं तस्य संख्या न विद्यते एते नारकिकाः सर्वे क्षपयंतु स्वकर्मजाम्
That special merit of yours—its measure cannot be known; let all these inhabitants of hell exhaust the results of their own actions.
यदि मत्संनिधावेषामुत्कर्षो नोपजायते
If, in my presence, their elevation does not arise—
तस्माद्यत्सुकृतं किंचिद्विशिष्टतरमस्ति वै
Therefore, whatever greater good deed there is—
तदुत्पन्नस्य पुण्यस्य कलामेभ्यः प्रयच्छ वै ।। 5.2.27.
Of the merit thus produced, give a portion to these here.
तत्पुण्यस्य प्रभावेण मोक्ष्यंते नरकादिमे
By the power of that merit, these first ones will be released from hell.
ततोऽब्रवीद्धर्मराजो निमिं शक्रसमन्वितः
Then the king of Dharma, together with Indra, spoke to Nimi.
एतांश्च नारकान्पश्य विमुक्तान्पापकर्मणः
See these inhabitants of hell, freed from their sinful deeds.
विमानं चाधिरोप्यैनं स्वर्लोकमनयद्धरिः
And placing him in a celestial chariot, Hari led him to the world of heaven.
प्रभावात्तस्य देवस्य स्वर्गलोकं गताः प्रिये
By the power of that god, they have gone to the heavenly world, O beloved.
स्तुतो देवगणैः सर्वैर्नरकादवतारकः
Praised by all the hosts of gods, he is the one who delivers from hell.
यः पश्यति नरो नित्यं देवं चानरकेश्वरम्
Whoever sees, every day, the god who is Lord of Hell—
येनुमोदंति देवस्य दर्शनं पर्वतात्मजे
O daughter of the mountain, even the gods rejoice at the sight of that god.
समतीतं भविष्यच्च कुलानामयुतं नरः
A man, along with ten thousand generations of his lineage, past and future—
शिवयोगसमायुक्ता कृष्णा या च चतुर्दशी 5.2.27.
On the fourteenth day joined with the yoga of Shiva, when it is Krishna Chaturdashi—
ये चायाzति नरास्तस्यां देवं चानरकेश्वरम्
Those men who worship the god, the Lord of Hell, on that day—
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यत्पापं समुपार्जितम्
Whatever sin has been accumulated by deed, mind, or speech—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O goddess, this power of his, which destroys sin, has been told to you.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण मुक्तो भवति मानवः ।।.
By merely seeing him, a person becomes liberated.
पुरा राथंतरे कल्पे वीरधन्वा महीपतिः
Long ago, in the Rāthaṃtara kalpa, there was a king named Vīradhanvan.
स कदाचिद्वनं गत्वा मृगहेतोर्वरानने
Once, he went into the forest, O beautiful-faced one, in pursuit of deer.
जगाम तत्र यत्रासन्भ्रातरः पंच सुव्रताः
He came to the place where his five virtuous brothers were.
ते कदाचिद्वने पंच दृष्ट्वा हरिणपोतकान्
Once, those five, seeing some young deer in the forest—
एकैकं जगृहुस्तत्र मृतास्ते त्वतिदुःखिताः
Each of them seized one there; they died, and the brothers were greatly distressed.
प्रायश्चित्तं समीहंतः संवर्त्तं सांसदैर्वृतम्
Desiring atonement, they approached Saṃvarta, surrounded by his disciples.
जातमात्रा मृगाः पंच अस्माभिर्निहताः प्रभो
"O lord, five newborn deer have been killed by us."
ऊचे स शुद्धिमाप्नोति प्रायश्चित्ते कृते सति प्रायश्चित्ती भवेत्पूतः किल्विषं दातरि व्रजेत्
He said: 'One attains purity when atonement is performed; the one who does penance becomes purified, and the sin passes to the giver.'
धर्म शास्त्रसमारूढा वेदखड्गधरा द्विजाः 5.2.28.
The twice-born, armed with the sword of the Veda and established in the law of righteousness—