उवानद्युगले दत्ते प्रेतो मे वाहनो ऽभवत्
When the pair of cakes was given, a vehicle for me in the world of the dead appeared.
श्रवणद्वादशीपुण्यं तवोक्यं पुणयवर्धरम्
The merit of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī, as you have said, increases virtue.
यन्मया तात कर्त्तव्यं तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि
Whatever, father, I must do, that you should permit.
प्रेतपालो वचः प्राह स्वार्थसिद्धिकरं ततः
Then the guardian of the dead spoke words that would accomplish his own purpose.
कथयिष्यामि तत् सम्यक् तव श्रेयस्करं मम
I shall tell you that fully, which brings benefit to you and to me.
मम नाम समुद्दिश्य पिण्डनिर्वपणं कुरु
Offer the rice-ball oblation, naming me.
मुक्तस्तु सर्वदातृणां यास्यामि सहलोकताम्
Once released, I shall go to the world of all the generous.
बुधश्रवणसंयुक्ता सातिश्रेयस्करी स्मृता
That which is joined with Budha and Śravaṇa is remembered as supremely auspicious.
स्वनामानि यथान्यायं सम्यगाख्यातवाञ्छुचिः
He, pure, properly declared their names as was fitting.
रम्ये ऽथ शूरसेनाख्ये देशे प्राप्तः स वै वणिक्
Then, in the pleasant land called Śūrasena, that merchant arrived.
उवार्जयित्वा प्रययौ गयाशीर्षमनुत्तमम्
Having performed the rites, he went to the unsurpassed Gayāśīrṣa.
चकार स्वपितॄणां च दायादानामनन्तरम्
He performed the oblations for his ancestors and for his heirs thereafter.
पिण्डनिर्वपणं चक्रे तथान्यानपि गोत्रजान्
He made the rice-ball offerings also for the others of his lineage.
विमुक्तास्ते द्विज प्रेता ब्रह्मलोकं ततो गताः
Those twice-born departed ones were freed and then went to the world of Brahma.
श्रवणद्वादशीं कृत्वा कालधर्ममुपेयिवान्
Having observed the Śravaṇa Dvādaśī, he departed according to the law of time.
मानुष्यं जन्ममासाद्य स बभौ शाकले विराट्
Attaining human birth, he shone forth in Śākala as Virāṭ.
कालधर्ममवाप्यासौ गुह्यकावासमाश्रयत्
After meeting his destined end, he took refuge in the abode of the Guhyakas.
मर्त्यलोकमनुप्राप्य राजन्यतनयो ऽभवत्
Upon entering the world of mortals, he became the son of a royal lineage.
शक्रलोकं स संप्राप्य देवैः सर्वैः सुपूजितः
He reached the realm of Indra and was greatly honored by all the gods.
ततो विकटरूपो ऽसौ सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः
Then, with a terrifying form, he mastered the meaning of all scriptures.
सावमेने च भर्त्तारं सुशीलमपि भामिनी
Even though her husband was virtuous, the radiant woman despised him.
ततो निर्वेदसंयुक्तो गत्वाश्रमपदं महत्
Thereafter, filled with dispassion, he went to a great hermitage.
तमाराध्य जगन्नाथं नक्षत्रपुरुषेण हि
He worshipped the Lord of the Universe with the Nakṣatrapuruṣa.
श्रवणद्वादशीभक्तः पूर्वाभ्यासादजायत
Due to previous practice, he became devoted to Śravaṇa Dvādaśī.
अनङ्गरूपप्रतिमो बभूव मृश्च राजा स पुरूरवाभूत्
He became like the form of Anaṅga, and that king was Purūravas.
नक्षत्रपुरुषाख्येन आराधयत तद् वद
Tell me how he worshipped with the one called Nakṣatrapuruṣa.
नक्षत्राङ्गनि देवस्य यानि यानीह नारद
O Nārada, which parts of the deity here are the nakṣatras?
द्वे जानुनी तथाश्विन्यौ संस्तिते रूपधारिमः
The two knees are the Aśvinī nakṣatras, established as forms.
कटिस्थाः कृत्तिकाश्चैव वासुदेवस्य संस्थिताः
The Kṛttikā nakṣatras are situated at the waist of Vāsudeva.
उरःसंस्था त्वनुराधा श्रविष्ठा पृष्ठसंस्थिता
Anurādhā is established at the chest, and Śraviṣṭhā at the back.