सरस्वती यत्र पुण्या स्तन्दने सरितां वरा
Where the sacred Sarasvatī, best of rivers, flows in the valley.
भिक्षां प्रयच्छ भगवन् महाकापालिको ऽस्मि भोः
Grant me alms, O Lord; I am the great Kāpālika, O sir.
सव्यं भुजं ताडयस्व त्रिशूलेन महेश्वर
Strike with the trident, O Maheshvara, using your left arm.
सव्यं नारायणभुजं ताडयामास वेगवान्
With great speed, he struck Narayana's left arm.
एका गगनमाक्रम्य स्थिता ताराभिमम्डिता
One, ascending the sky, stood adorned with stars.
अत्रिस्तस्मात् समुद्भूतो दुर्वासाः शङ्करांशतः
From that, Durvasa arose, sprung from a portion of Shankara.
तस्माच्छिशुः समभवत् संनद्धकवचो युवा
From that, a youth appeared, armored and ready.
इत्थं ब्रुवन् कस्य विशातयामि स्कन्धाच्छिरस् तालफलं यथैव
Thus speaking, he asked: Whose shoulder shall I strike off, as one would a palm fruit from its stalk?
निपातयैनं नर दुष्टवाक्यं ब्रह्मात्मजं सूर्यशतप्रकाशम्
Cast down this man, the son of Brahma, whose wicked words shine like a hundred suns.
जग्राह तूणानि तथाक्षयाणि युद्धाय वीरः स मतिं चकार
The hero took inexhaustible arrows and resolved upon battle.
दिव्यं सहस्रं परिवत्सराणां ततो हरो ऽभ्येत्य विरञ्चिमूचे
After a thousand divine years, Hara approached and spoke to Viranchi.
महापृषत्कैरभिपत्य ताडितस्तदद्भुतं चेह दिशो दशैव
Assailed by mighty arrows, he was struck, and wondrously, all ten directions here.
पराजितश्चेष्यते ऽसौ त्वदीयो नरो मदीयः पुरुषो महात्मा
Defeated, your man will act; my own great-souled man will do so.
नरं नरस्यैव तदा स विग्रहे चिक्षेप धर्मप्रभवस्य देवः
Then, in the conflict, the god, source of dharma, hurled man against man.
संतापमगमद् ब्रह्मंश्चिन्तया व्याकुलेन्द्रियः
Brahma was overcome with distress, his senses agitated by worry.
सरक्तमूर्द्धजा भीमा ब्रह्महत्या हरान्तिकम्
Terrible, with blood-soaked hair, Brahma-hatya approached Hara.
कासि त्वमागता रौद्रे केनाप्यर्थेन तद्वद
Who are you, arrived here in wrath? For what reason? Tell me that.
ब्रह्मवध्यास्मि संप्राप्तां मां प्रोतीच्छ त्रिलोचन
I am Brahma-hatya, come to you; accept me, O Three-eyed One.
त्रिशूलपाणिनं रुद्रं संप्रतापितविग्रहम्
Rudra, holding the trident, his form afflicted.
आगच्छन्न ददर्शाथ नरनारायणावृषी
As he approached, he saw the sages Nara and Narayana.
जगाम यमुनां स्नातुं सापि शुष्कजलाभवत्
She went to the Yamunā to bathe, but its waters had dried up.
प्लक्षजां स्नातुमगमदन्तर्द्धानं च सा गता
She went to bathe in the Plakṣajā, but as she entered, it too vanished.
सैन्धवारण्यमेवासौ गत्वा स्नातो यथेच्छया
Then she went to the Saindhava forest and bathed there as she wished.
स्नातो नैव च सा रौद्रा ब्रह्महत्या व्यमुञ्चत
Yet, even after bathing, that fierce sin of brahmin-murder did not leave her.
समायुतो योगयुतो ऽपि पापान्नावाप मोक्षं जलदध्वजो ऽसौ
Though endowed with self-control and yoga, Jaladadhvaja did not attain liberation from sin.
तत्र गत्वा ददर्शाथ चक्रपाणिं खगध्वाजम्
Going there, he saw the wielder of the discus, the lord with the eagle banner.
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा हरः स्तोत्रमुदीरयत्
Becoming one with folded hands, Hara began to recite a hymn.
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणे वासुदेव नमो ऽस्तु ते
O Vāsudeva, wielder of conch, discus, and mace, I bow to you.
नमस्ते निर्गुणानन्त अप्रर्क्याय वेधसे ज्ञानाज्ञान निरालम्ब सर्वालम्ब नमो ऽस्तु ते
Salutations to you, O infinite, qualityless, unfathomable creator, supportless in knowledge and ignorance, yet the support of all.
त्वया सर्वमिदं नाथ जगत्सृष्टं चराचरम्
By you, O Lord, this entire world of moving and unmoving beings has been created.