वीक्ष्यान्धकं निपतितं शतरूपा विभावरी
Seeing Andhaka fallen, Śatarūpā shone like the night.
पतितं चान्धकं दृष्ट्वा दैत्यदानवयूथपाः
When they saw Andhaka fallen, the leaders of the Daityas and Dānavas—
तेषामापततां शब्दं श्रुत्वा तस्थौ गणेश्वरः
Hearing the sound of their charge, the lord of the Gaṇas stood firm.
आदाय वज्रं बलवान् मघवानिव गणेश्वरः
Seizing the thunderbolt, the mighty lord of the Gaṇas was like Maghavan.
देवी च ता निजा मूर्तिः प्राह गच्छध्वमिच्छया
And the goddess addressed her own forms: 'Go as you wish.'
वसतिर्भवतीनां च उद्यानेषु वनेषु च
Your dwelling shall be in gardens and forests.
वनस्पतिषु वृक्षेषु गच्छध्वं प्रणिपत्याम्बिकां क्रमात्
Go among the trees and plants, bowing in turn to Ambikā.
स्वबलं निर्जितं दृष्ट्वा ततः पातालमाद्रवात्
Seeing his own force defeated, he then swiftly fled to the underworld.
रात्रौ न शेते मदनेषुताडितो गौरीं स्मरन्कामबलाभिपन्नः
Struck by the arrows of love, remembering Gaurī, he did not sleep at night, overcome by the power of desire.
अनधकं योधयामास एतन्मे वक्तुमर्हसि
Tell me how Andhaka was fought; you ought to speak of this to me.
तदाप्रभृति निस्तेजाः क्षीणवीर्यः प्रदृश्यते
From that time he is seen to be without brilliance, his strength diminished.
तपोर्थाय तथा चक्रे मतिं मतिमतां वरः
For the sake of austerity, that best of the wise fixed his mind accordingly.
शैलादिं स्थाप्य गोप्तारं विचचार महीतलम्
Placing the mountain as a protector, he wandered across the earth.
धारयाणः कटीदेशे महाशङ्खस्य मेखलाम्
He wore a belt of a great conch around his waist.
एकाहवासी वृक्षे हि शैलसानुनदीष्वटन्
He dwelled for a single day among trees, mountain slopes, and rivers.
वाय्वाहारस्तदा तस्थौ नववरिषशतं क्रमात्
He subsisted on air alone, standing thus for nine hundred years in succession.
विस्तृते हिमवत्पुष्ठे रम्ये समशिलातले
On the broad, beautiful plateau of Himavat, upon a level stone surface,
सार्चिष्मती जटामध्यान्निषण्णा धरणीतले
She, radiant, seated herself on the ground within the midst of her matted hair.
जातस्तीर्थवरः पुम्यः केदार इति विश्रुतः
There arose the foremost, sacred tirtha, renowned as Kedara.
पुण्यवृद्धिकरं ब्रह्मन् पापघ्नं मोक्षसाधनम्
O Brahman, it increases merit, destroys sin, and is a means to liberation.
ये जलं तावके तीर्थे पीत्वा संयमिनो नराः
Those self-controlled men who drink water at your tirtha,
तेषां हृत्पङ्कजेष्वेव मल्लिङ्गं भविता ध्रुवम्
In the lotus of their hearts, the linga will surely manifest.
पितॄणामक्षयं श्राद्धं भविष्यति न संशयः
For their ancestors, the śrāddha will be inexhaustible; there is no doubt.
भविष्यन्त्यक्षया नॄणां मृतानामपुनर्भवः
For the deceased, rebirth will not occur; they will attain the imperishable.
पुनाति पुंसां केदारस्त्रिनेत्रवचनं यथा
Kedara purifies men, just as the word of the three-eyed one declares.
स्नातुं भानुसुतां देवीं कालिन्दीं पापनाशिनीम्
To bathe in the goddess, daughter of the Sun, the Kalindi, destroyer of sin,
वृतां तीर्थशतैः पुण्यैः प्लक्षजां पापनाशिनीम्
Surrounded by hundreds of sacred tirthas, the Plaksha-born, destroyer of sin,
द्रुपदां नाम गायत्रीं जजापान्तर्जले हरः
Hara recited the Gayatri called Drupada within the water.
साग्राः संवत्सरो जातो न चोन्मज्जत ईश्वरः
A year passed in its entirety, yet the Lord did not emerge.
चेलुः पेतुर्धरण्यां च नक्षत्रास्तारकैः सह
The stars, together with their constellations, fell and dropped to the earth.