नान्यो देवोस्ति लोकेषु सत्यं सत्यं मुनीश्वराः
There is no other god in the worlds—truly, truly, O best of sages.
लिंगमाराधयिष्यामि विषादस्त्यज्यतामिह
I will worship the liṅga; let your sorrow be abandoned here.
पिता च विस्मितो देवि सर्व एव समागताः
And the father was astonished, O goddess, as were all those assembled.
लिंगमध्यात्ततो वाणी निःसृता पर्वतात्मजे
Then, from the center of the liṅga, a voice issued forth, O daughter of the Mountain.
पापकंथाविनिर्मुक्तास्ते संतु चिरजीविनः ।। 5.2.34.
Freed from the bondage of sin, may they live long.
बालस्य भाषितं श्रुत्वा लिंगे नोक्तं यशस्विनि ते भविष्यंति सततं जरामरणवर्जिताः
O illustrious one, those who, having heard the words of the child, do not speak in the presence of the liṅga, will always be free from old age and death.
लप्स्यंते परमान्कामान्भविष्यंति गणोत्तम
They will obtain the highest desires and become foremost among the gaṇas.
एवं लब्धवरः कंथः प्रांजलिः समुपस्थितः
Thus, having received the boon, Kaṃtha approached with joined palms.
वरो वै दुर्लभो लोके देवदानवगुह्यकैः
Such a boon is indeed rare in the world, even among gods, demons, and yakṣas.
बालेनोक्तो महादेव यदि देयो वरः पुनः
The child said to Mahādeva, 'If another boon is to be granted—'
एवमस्त्विति लिंगेन प्रोक्तं तुष्टेन पार्वति यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण चिरायुर्जायते नरः
Thus, Parvati, pleased, spoke through the liṅga, 'So be it.' By merely seeing it, a person attains long life.
यः समीक्षति तल्लिंगं कंथडेश्वरमीश्वरम्
Whoever beholds that liṅga, the Lord of Kaṃthaḍeśvara, the Lord,
पापकंथाविनिर्मुक्तो मुक्तिं यास्यति गौरि सः पुनाति पातकान्सर्वान्मम नामानुकीर्तनात्
O Gauri, he is freed from the bondage of sin and will attain liberation; by uttering my name, he purifies all sins.
तेऽधन्याः पुरुषा लोके तेषां जन्म निरर्थकम्
Those men in the world are unfortunate; their birth is in vain.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः 5.2.34.
O goddess, thus I have told you the power that destroys sin.
महासिद्धिप्रदं देवि ब्रह्महत्याविनाशनम्
O goddess, it bestows great accomplishment and destroys the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa.
आसीत्प्रजापतिस्त्वष्टा तस्य पुत्रः कुशध्वजः
There was Prajāpati Tvaṣṭṛ; his son was Kuśadhvaja.
तस्य पुत्रं हतं श्रुत्वा त्वष्टा क्रुद्धः प्रजापतिः
Hearing that his son was slain, Tvaṣṭṛ, the lord of creatures, became angry.
अद्य पश्यंतु मे वीर्यं त्रयो लोकाः सदेवताः
‘Today, let the three worlds with the gods witness my power!’
स्वकर्मनिरतो येन मत्सुतो विनिपातितः
By whom, intent on his own duty, my son was struck down.
ततो वृत्रः समुत्तस्थौ ज्वालामालासमाकुलः
Then Vṛtra arose, wreathed in a garland of flames.
इंद्रशत्रुरमेयात्मा त्वष्टुस्तेजोऽभिबृंहितः
The enemy of Indra, of unfathomable nature, magnified by Tvaṣṭṛ’s energy.
वधाय चात्मनो दृष्ट्वा वृत्रं शक्रो महासुरम्
Seeing Vṛtra, the great demon, Indra regarded him as the cause of his own death.
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तो वृत्रो बलवतां वरः
At that very moment, Vṛtra, the foremost among the powerful, arrived.
दैत्यो वृत्रो महाकायश्चक्रे संग्राममुल्बणम् 5.2.35.
The demon Vṛtra, of immense size, initiated a fierce battle.
छिन्नभिन्नतनुत्राणक्रोधरक्तधरातलम्
With bodies and armor shattered and broken, the earth was stained red with the blood of wrath.
कबंधसंघघटनं घटितामरसैनिकम्
There was a massing of headless bodies and the assembling of the gods' army.
कल्लोलरुधिरोद्गारपाटलीकृतदिङ्मुखम्
The quarters of the sky were reddened by waves of gushing blood.
वासवं बंधयित्वा तु स्वर्गलोकं जगाम ह
Having bound Vāsava, Vṛtra then went to the world of the gods.
ततस्तु बद्धे देवेंद्रे बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः
Then, when the lord of the gods was bound, Bṛhaspati, wise of mind,