नृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा राज्ञी वचनमब्रवीत्
Hearing the king’s words, the queen spoke as follows.
क्रीडनं पीडनायैव तेषां ये पुत्रवर्जिताः अपुत्रे च गतिर्नास्ति सुतापुत्रविवर्जिते
For those who are without sons, play is only suffering; and for one without a child, there is no refuge, especially when deprived of both son and grandson.
सुखिनस्ते जना लोके ये बालं पांसुभूषितम्
Happy are those people in the world who have a child adorned with dust.
अनेन कारणेनास्मि निर्वेदं परमं गता
Because of this reason, I have reached the highest despondency.
इह भिक्षुः समायातो देवरूपी सनातनः
Here, a mendicant has arrived, appearing as an eternal god.
सस्त्रीबालो जनश्चात्र शरणं यस्य गच्छति भविष्यामोऽत्र संदेहो न मे मनसि वर्त्तते
Here, women, children, and people seek refuge with him; I have no doubt that we too shall do so.
तस्याः स वचनं श्रुत्वा जीर्णोद्यानं जगाम ह
Hearing her words, he went to the old garden.
दृष्टमात्रो नृपतिना भिक्षुर्लिगत्वमागतः पूजयामास विधिवत्तल्लिंगं भिक्षु रूपकम् ।। 5.2.37.
As soon as the king saw the mendicant, he assumed the form of a mendicant; he duly worshipped that emblem, the image of the mendicant.
अपुत्रोऽस्मीत्युवाचेदं धन्येयं महिषी मम
He said, 'I am without a son; blessed is my queen.'
इत्युक्तो राजसिंहेन भिक्षुर्लिंगा कृतिस्तदा
Thus addressed by Rājasiṃha, the mendicant, in the form of a liṅga, then acted.
ततःप्रभृति राजासौ सकलत्रो महामतिः
From that time onward, the king, wise and with all his wives,
देवदेवस्य माहात्म्यात्पुत्रो जातो महाबलः
By the greatness of the god of gods, a son of great strength was born.
अथाहं मन्दराद्देवि कौतु- कात्तु समागतः
Then I, O goddess, came from Mandara out of curiosity.
योगैश्वर्येण च मया कृतं वै पुरमात्मनः तच्छिवं शाश्वतं स्थानं दत्तं देवि तदा मया
By my yogic power I created a city for myself; that eternal abode of Śiva was given by me, O goddess, at that time.
मार्कंडेयेश्वराद्देवादुत्तरे वरवर्णिनि .
O beautiful one, to the north of the god Mārkaṇḍeyāśvara.
येऽर्चयिष्यन्ति सततं शिवेश्वरमनुत्तमम्
Those who always worship the supreme lord Śiveśvara,
विदित्वार्भगुरुं लोकं ये द्रक्ष्यंति शिवेश्व रम्
Having known the revered teacher of the world, those who will see Śiveśvara,
मोक्षं सुदुर्लभं मत्वा संसारं चातिभीषणम् ।। 5.2.37.
Considering liberation as extremely difficult to attain and worldly existence as very terrifying.
सर्वावस्थोऽपि यो मर्त्यः संश्रयेत्तं शिवेश्वरम्
Whatever his condition, any mortal who seeks refuge in that Lord Shiva—
आख्यानं प्रयतो मर्त्त्यो य इदं श्रावयेच्छुचिः
—or who, with devotion and purity, narrates or causes this story to be heard—
एष ते कथिता देवि प्रभावः पापनाशनः
This, O Devi, is the power I have told you, which destroys sin.
देवं स्वर्गप्रदं देवि महापातकना शनम्
O Devi, the god who grants heaven and destroys even great sins—
पुरा वैवस्वते कल्पे प्राप्ते वाराहसंज्ञके
Long ago, in the Vaivasvata cycle, during the period called Vārāha—
महाकालवने रम्ये रममाणस्य पार्वति
While delighting in the beautiful great Kāla forest, O Pārvatī—
पृष्टोऽहं च तदा श्रुत्वा शब्दं चातीव दुःसहम्
I was then questioned, having heard a sound that was exceedingly unbearable.
एते गणेशाः क्रीडंति मध्ये वै वीरको गणः
These Gaṇeśas are playing, and among them is the Gaṇa named Vīraka.
कुसुमैर्हन्यतेऽप्यर्थं पूज्यते कुसुमोत्करैः
He is struck with flowers for sport, and worshipped with heaps of blossoms.
नानाश्चर्यगुणाधारो गणेश्वरशतार्चितः
He possesses many wondrous qualities and is worshipped by hundreds of Gaṇeśvaras.
न दृश्यते विना पुण्यैः पुत्रस्याननपंकजम्
The lotus-face of your son cannot be seen except by those with merit.
कदाहमीदृशं पुत्रं द्रक्ष्याम्यानन्ददायकम् प्रोक्तं पार्वति पुत्रोऽयं प्रदत्तो वीरकोऽधुना
When will I see such a son, a giver of joy? It was declared: 'O Pārvatī, this son, Vīraka, is now given.'