एष एव सुतस्तेस्तु नयनानन्ददायकः 5.2.38.
This indeed is the son who brings delight to the eyes.
मदीयं वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रेषिता विजया त्वया
Hearing my words, you sent Vijayā.
विजयोवाच गणपं गणमध्ये च वर्त्तिनम् किमुन्मत्तवदत्यर्थं नृत्यरागेण मोहितः
Vijayā said to the Gaṇa who was among the Gaṇas: 'Why are you, as if mad, so absorbed and enchanted by the dance and music?'
इत्युक्तो भयसंत्रस्तः कुसुमैर्भूषितस्तदा
Thus addressed, he, terrified with fear and adorned with flowers at that time—
भूषितं कुसुमैर्दृष्ट्वा भयत्रस्तं च वीरकम्
Seeing Vīraka adorned with flowers and trembling with fear—
एह्येहि जातोऽसि मे पुत्रकस्त्वं देवेन दत्तोऽधुना वीरकोसि
'Come, come! You have now become my son, given by the god; you are now Vīraka.'
मूर्धन्युपाघ्राय सम्मार्ज्य गात्राणि सा भूषयामास दिव्यैः स्वयं भूषणैः
She inhaled the fragrance from his head, gently smoothed his limbs, and adorned him with divine ornaments of her own.
कोमलैः पल्लवैश्चित्रितैश्चारुभिर्दिव्य मन्त्रोद्भवैस्तस्य शुभ्रैस्ततः
With tender, variegated, and beautiful divine leaves, born from mantras, pure and shining, she decorated him.
एवमाधाय चोवक्थ कृत्वा स्रजं मूर्ध्नि गोरोचनापत्रभंगोज्वलैः
Thus, after placing and arranging a garland on his head, with bright marks of gorocana and leaf fragments, you spoke.
सोऽपि सिद्ध्याकुले गण्डशैले मिलद्रत्नजाले वृहच्छा लतालाकुले
He too, in the Siddha-thronged Gaṇḍa mountain, amidst meeting nets of gems and thick clusters of great vines—
क्षणं स्वल्पपंके जले पंकजाले क्षणं वृक्षखण्डे शुभे निष्कलंके 5.2.38.
For a moment in shallow mud, in water, in a tangle of lotuses; for a moment on a flawless, auspicious piece of wood—
एवं विक्रीडतस्तस्य वीरकस्य गणस्य च
Thus, as that heroic boy and his troop played about—
ऐश्वर्यं दीयतामस्य मम पुत्रस्य शंकर
Let sovereignty be granted to this son of mine, O Śaṃkara.
लिंगत्वमक्षयत्वं च स्थानं दिव्यं सुदुर्ल्लभम् ब्रह्मेन्द्रवरुणादित्यलोकपालेश्वरेश्वरैः
Let him have the state of the liṅga, imperishability, and a divine, most rare station, even among Brahmā, Indra, Varuṇa, Āditya, the guardians of the worlds, and the lords of lords.
एतैरेव गणैः सार्द्धं स्तूय मानं महात्मभिः
Let him be praised together with these very gaṇas by the great-souled ones.
कुसुमेश्वरसंज्ञस्तु तस्मात्ख्यातो भवत्विति
Therefore, let him be known as Kusumeśvara.
मत्प्रभावसमं दिव्यं सेवितं गणपैः सदा
Let him possess a divine power equal to mine, always served by the gaṇas.
पश्य किन्नरनारीणां गायन्तीनां मनोरमम्
Behold the charming sight of Kinnara women singing.
विद्याधरैः परिवृतः कुसुमेशो वरानने कुसुमेश्वरतां नीतो यदा कुसुममंडितः
Surrounded by Vidyādharas, Kusumeśa, O beautiful-faced one, was led to the state of Kusumeśvara, adorned with flowers.
स्थानं दत्तं विशालाक्षि शिवलिंगस्य चोत्तरे
A place was given, O wide-eyed one, to the Śivaliṅga in the north.
ये त्वां द्रक्ष्यंति गणप कुसुमेश्वरसंज्ञकम् 5.2.38.
Those who see you, O Gaṇapa, known as Kusumeśvara—
कुसुमैरर्चयिष्यंति ये नराः कुसुमेश्वरम्
Those men who worship Kusumeśvara with flowers—
योऽप्येकं दिवसं मर्त्त्यस्त्वां पश्यति समाहितः
Even a mortal who beholds you with concentration for a single day—
यः पूजयति भावेन कुसुमैः कुसुमेश्वरम्
Whoever worships Kusumeśvara with devotion and flowers—
एवमादिवरैः पुष्टः कृतोयं कुसु मेश्वरः
Thus, by such boons, this Kusumeśvara has been empowered.
कुसुमेश्वरदेवस्य प्रभावः कथितस्त्वयम्
The greatness of the god Kusumeśvara has now been described.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखंडे कुसुमेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनामाष्टात्रिंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glory of Kusumeśvara,' in the fifth Avantya section of the eighty-one-thousand-verse Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सुबुद्धिर्जायते नृणाम्
By merely seeing him, good understanding arises in people.
पुरा त्वयैव कल्पादौ परया शक्तिरूपया
Long ago, at the beginning of the kalpa, by you alone in the form of supreme power—
ततस्त्वं संस्तुता देवैः सकिंनरमहोरगैः
Then you were praised by the gods, along with kinnaras, humans, and great serpents.