वज्रेंद्रनीलवैडूर्यचन्द्रकांतादिदी पितः 5.2.32.
shining with diamonds, sapphires, beryl, and moonstones,
शक्राग्नियमरक्षोब्धिवायुसोमेशसेवितः
attended by Indra, Agni, Yama, Varuna, Vayu, Soma, and Ishana,
सदा प्रमुदिता देवास्तेऽपि कांक्षंति पत्तनन्न्
even the ever-joyful gods desire that city.
विद्योतितदिशो दांताः सूर्य वैश्वानरप्रभाः
The directions are illumined by the radiance of the restrained, like the brilliance of the sun and fire.
विप्रा माहेश्वराः पुण्याः क्षत्रिया हरतत्पराः
The virtuous Brahmins devoted to Shiva, and the Kshatriyas intent on Vishnu,
स शुभ्ररूपः स च लोहिताकृतिः स चापि पीतः ससितेतरः क्वचित्
He is of shining form, he is also of red appearance, and sometimes yellow, sometimes of another color.
क्वचिद्रविसहस्राक्षः क्वचिदेकरविप्रभः
Sometimes he is like a thousand suns, sometimes with the brilliance of a single sun.
जन्म मृत्युजरारोगैर्दुःखानि विविधानि च
Birth, death, old age, disease, and various other sufferings—
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
O Devi, this power of his, destroyer of sin, has been described to you.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पंचम आवंत्यखंडे चतुरशीतिलिंगमाहात्म्ये पत्तनेश्वर माहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, named 'The Greatness of Pattaneshvara,' in the section on the eighty-four Lingas, in the Avanti Khanda of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Skanda Mahapurana.
विद्धि पापहरं पुण्यं सर्वसंपत्करं सदा
Know it to be sin-destroying, meritorious, and always bestowing all prosperity.
पुरा राथंतरे कल्पे बभूव पृथिवीपतिः
Long ago, in the Rāthantara Kalpa, there was a lord of the earth.
धर्मात्मा महात्मा च पराक्रमधनो नृपः
The king was righteous, noble-hearted, and endowed with great valor.
समः शत्रौ च पुत्रे च मित्रे च परधर्म्मवित्
He was impartial toward enemy, son, and friend, and understood the duties of others.
अतीव वल्लभा सा च प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी
She was exceedingly dear, more precious even than life itself.
जातमात्रो निजोत्संगे स्थिरमुल्लाप्य वै पुनः
As soon as he was born, she firmly embraced him in her own lap.
स जातिस्मरणो जातो मातुरुत्संगमास्थितः
He, endowed with memory of previous births, remained in his mother's embrace.
भीतास्मि किमिदं वत्स हासो यद्वदने तव
I am afraid—what is this, my child, this smile upon your face?
इत्युक्तो मातरं प्राह सर्वोऽपि स्वार्थमीहते अंतर्धानगता चेयं द्वितीया जातहारिणी
Thus addressed, he spoke to his mother: 'Everyone pursues their own interest; this one, having become invisible, is the second to steal a newborn.'
पुत्रप्रीत्या च मातस्त्वमतः स्वार्थं समीहसे 5.2.33.
Out of love for your son, mother, you too now seek your own advantage.
उद्भूते बालके स्नेहात्संभ्रमात्स्त्रीजनोऽप्ययम्
When a child is born, even women, out of affection and confusion, become agitated.
स्वार्थे प्रसक्ता मार्जारी लोलुपा मामवेक्षते
The greedy cat, intent on her own gain, watches me closely.
त्वं तु क्रमेणोपभोग्यं मत्तः फलमभीप्ससि
But you, in due course, desire to enjoy the fruit that comes from me.
संगतिर्नाति बालानां पंचसप्तदिनात्मकम्
The bond with children does not last beyond five or seven days.
ततेति वत्स भो भद्र इत्यलीकं ब्रवीषि माम्
'Thus, O dear child, you say to me, but your words are false.'
नाहं त्वामुपकारार्थं वत्स प्रीत्या परिष्वजे
I do not embrace you, my child, out of affection for the sake of some benefit.
इत्युक्त्वा सा तमुत्सृज्य निष्क्रांता सूतिकागृहात्
Having spoken thus, she left him and departed from the birthing chamber.
सा हृत्वा तं तदा बालं पूर्वजातिस्मरं प्रिये
Then she took that child, who remembered his former birth, my dear.
मत्वा स्वकीयं पुत्रं तु विक्रांतेन महीभृता
Thinking him to be her own son, she was taken by the mighty king.
विक्रांतस्य सुतो नीतो बोधस्य च द्विजन्मनः 5.2.33.
The son of Vikranta was taken away, as was the son of the twice-born Bodha.