अहं त्वां तु विजानामि मां त्वं जानासि माधव
I know you, and you know me, O Mādhava.
ब्रह्माणं तु विजानाति नावयोरन्तरेण हि
But Brahmā knows only between us, not beyond.
एवं मह्यं हरो वाक्यमुक्त्वा भूतमहेश्वरः
Thus, having spoken these words to me, Hara, the great lord of beings—
तव विष्णो प्रसादेन मया तत्त्रिपुरं हतम्
By your grace, O Viṣṇu, I have destroyed that Tripura.
बालवृद्धा हतास्तत्र विस्फुरन्तो दिशो दश
There, children and elders were slain, scattering in all ten directions.
प्रणष्टयोगमायश्च नष्टैश्वर्यश्च माधव
Their yoga and magic lost, their sovereignty destroyed, O Mādhava.
विष्णो तत्त्वेन मे ब्रूहि शोधनं पाप नाशनम्
O Viṣṇu, tell me truly the means of purification, the destroyer of sin.
एवं चिन्तात्मनस्तस्य मया रुद्रस्य भाषितम्
Thus, as he pondered, I spoke to Rudra.
ममैवं वचनं श्रुत्वा भगवान्परमेश्वरः 136.
Hearing my words, the blessed supreme lord—
कीदृशः समलो विष्णो यत्र गच्छामहे वयम्
What is that place, O Viṣṇu, which is equal, where we shall go?
तत्पापशोधनार्थाय मया वाक्यं प्रभाषितम्
For the purpose of purifying that sin, I have spoken these words.
स्वयं तिष्ठन्ति वै तत्र मनुजा विगतस्पृहः
There, people remain of their own accord, free from all desire.
तत्र वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यान्येव दृढव्रतः
There, with firm resolve, they stay for thousands of divine years.
हतानां चैव मांसानि ये च भोज्यास्तव प्रियाः
The flesh of those who have been slain, and the foods that are dear to you—
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु स्थित्वा त्वं समले पुनः
But when a thousand years are completed, you will again stand, purified.
तत्र ज्ञास्यसि चात्मानं गौतमाश्रमसंस्थितः
There, abiding in Gautama’s hermitage, you will come to know your true self.
सततं पापसम्पन्नं कपालं शिरसि स्थितम्
Constantly, a skull filled with sin will be fixed upon your head.
एवं रुद्रं वरं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तर्हितोऽभवम्
Thus, after granting Rudra the boon, I vanished right there.
अतो न रोचते भूमे श्मशानं मे कदाचन 136.
Therefore, O Earth, I never find the cremation ground pleasing.
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे श्मशानं मे जुगुप्सितम्
O blessed one, I have told you why the cremation ground is repugnant to me.
प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन शुध्यति किल्बिषात्
Now I shall declare the atonement by which one is cleansed of sin.
आकाशशयनं कुर्यादेकवस्त्रः कुशासने
One should lie in the open air, wearing a single garment, seated on kusa grass.
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो मम लोकं स गच्छति
Freed from all sins, he attains my world.
तस्य वै शृणु सुश्रोणि प्रायश्चित्तं सुशोधनम्
Listen, O fair-hipped one, to the excellent atonement for him.
जायते मानवस्तत्र मम कर्मपरायणः
There, a man is born who is devoted to my deeds.
तस्य वक्ष्यामि सुश्रोणि प्रायश्चित्तं महौजसम्
For him, O fair-hipped one, I shall declare a most powerful atonement.
यावकेन दिनैकं तु गोमूत्रेण च कारयेत्
For one day, he should subsist on barley and cow’s urine.
न स गच्छति संसारं मम लोकं स गच्छति
He does not return to worldly existence; he attains my world.
मूर्खः स पापकर्मा च मम कर्मपरायणः 136.
He is a fool, a doer of wicked deeds, yet devoted to my actions.
यावद्रोम वराहस्य मम गात्रेषु संस्थितम्
For as many hairs as are present on the body of the Boar—on my own form—