Brahma and Vishnu Build the Temple of Arunachaleshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.1.130.1)

ब्रह्मोवाच । देवदेव तवैश्वर्यं केन शक्येत वेदितुम् । विना भायैक्यसुलभं भवदीयमनुग्रहम्

brahmovāca devadeva tavaiśvaryaṁ kena śakyeta veditum vinā bhāyaikyasulabhaṁ bhavadīyamanugraham

Brahma said: 'O God of gods, who is capable of knowing your majesty, without your grace, which alone is made easy of attainment by the oneness of devotion?'

Verse 2 (skanda.1.130.2)

अकर्तृकाणि वाक्यानि ऐश्वर्यं ते निरत्ययम् । न स्तोतुं शक्यते किं तु नमस्कुर्वंति दूरतः

akartṛkāṇi vākyāni aiśvaryaṁ te niratyayam na stotuṁ śakyate kiṁ tu namaskurvaṁti dūrataḥ

'Words have no author capable of expressing it — your majesty is beyond all diminishing. It cannot truly be praised; all that beings can do is bow to you from afar.'

Verse 3 (skanda.1.130.3)

को विष्णुः कोऽहमेते वा दिक्पाला वासवादयः । त्वमेव देव कर्त्तासि जगत्सृजनरक्षयोः

ko viṣṇuḥ ko'hamete vā dikpālā vāsavādayaḥ tvameva deva karttāsi jagatsṛjanarakṣayoḥ

'What is Vishnu, what am I, what are these guardians of the directions headed by Vasava? You alone, O God, are the true doer in the creation and preservation of the world.'

Verse 4 (skanda.1.130.4)

पतिस्त्वं पार्वतीनाथ पशवो वयमप्यमी । बद्धं पाशेन मोक्तुं वा त्वमेवास्मान्प्रगल्भसे

patistvaṁ pārvatīnātha paśavo vayamapyamī baddhaṁ pāśena moktuṁ vā tvamevāsmānpragalbhase

'You are the Lord, O husband of Parvati, and we too are but creatures bound by the bonds of this world. It is you alone who has the power to bind us fast or set us free.'

Verse 5 (skanda.1.130.5)

षड्विंशत्तत्त्वरूपस्त्वमभितश्चाभिवर्त्तसे । कोविदः को विनिर्णेतुं तव याथात्म्यमीश्वरः

ṣaḍviṁśattattvarūpastvamabhitaścābhivarttase kovidaḥ ko vinirṇetuṁ tava yāthātmyamīśvaraḥ

'You take the form of all twenty-six tattvas, and pervade them entirely, on every side. What sage, O Lord, is truly capable of determining your real nature?'

Verse 6 (skanda.1.130.6)

किरातः किल देवस्त्वं सारमेयैः किलागमैः । षड्वर्गहिंस्रान्संहर्तुं करोष्याखेटकौतुकम्

kirātaḥ kila devastvaṁ sārameyaiḥ kilāgamaiḥ ṣaḍvargahiṁsrānsaṁhartuṁ karoṣyākheṭakautukam

'You, O God, become a hunter, with the very Vedas as your hunting hounds, in order to destroy those savage six enemies of the soul — as though it were mere sport of the chase.'

Verse 7 (skanda.1.130.7)

देव दक्षाध्वरे पूर्वं वरिभद्रस्त्वदाज्ञया । कांकां शिक्षामकार्षीन्न इति कापि विडम्बना

deva dakṣādhvare pūrvaṁ varibhadrastvadājñayā kāṁkāṁ śikṣāmakārṣīnna iti kāpi viḍambanā

'O God, of old, at Daksha's sacrifice, did not Virabhadra, by your command, deal out a lesson that was itself a fitting mockery?'

Verse 8 (skanda.1.130.8)

तव कालाग्निरूपस्य सर्वब्रह्मांडदाहिनः । पोषणात्पुष्पचापस्य प्रायो जिह्वेति शेमुषी

tava kālāgnirūpasya sarvabrahmāṁḍadāhinaḥ poṣaṇātpuṣpacāpasya prāyo jihveti śemuṣī

'You, whose true form is the fire of cosmic dissolution consuming every universe, yet spared and nurtured Kama, the flower-bowed god — so it is said that even your fire has some taste for tenderness.'

Verse 9 (skanda.1.130.9)

कृतापराधः शूलेन त्वया दीर्णो जलंधरः । अन्तकोंधकदैत्यश्च प्रतिवीरश्च कोऽस्ति ते

kṛtāparādhaḥ śūlena tvayā dīrṇo jalaṁdharaḥ antakoṁdhakadaityaśca prativīraśca ko'sti te

'Jalandhara, having offended, was torn apart by your trident; likewise Andhaka, terror even of Death himself, perished by you alone — what rival hero indeed remains to you?'

Verse 10 (skanda.1.130.10)

अधारयिष्यत्कण्ठेन कालकूटं न चेद्भवान् । कथं च धारयिष्यामो वयं सर्वेऽपि जीवितम्

adhārayiṣyatkaṇṭhena kālakūṭaṁ na cedbhavān kathaṁ ca dhārayiṣyāmo vayaṁ sarve'pi jīvitam

'If you had not held the deadly poison Kalakuta in your own throat, how could any of us have continued to hold onto our lives at all?'

Verse 11 (skanda.1.130.11)

देवदारुवने पूर्वं मुनीन्केवलकर्मठान् । प्रक्षोभ्य धूर्तवेषस्त्वं दययान्वग्रहीस्तथा

devadāruvane pūrvaṁ munīnkevalakarmaṭhān prakṣobhya dhūrtaveṣastvaṁ dayayānvagrahīstathā

'Long ago in the Devadaru forest, you, disguised in the garb of a wandering mendicant, first agitated the sages devoted only to ritual works, and then, out of compassion, brought them to grace.'

Verse 12 (skanda.1.130.12)

अंघ्रिणाक्रांतवान्नो चेदत्युग्रां त्वमपस्मृतिम् । तयाक्रांतमिदं कृत्स्नमंधकारायते जगत्

aṁghriṇākrāṁtavānno cedatyugrāṁ tvamapasmṛtim tayākrāṁtamidaṁ kṛtsnamaṁdhakārāyate jagat

'Had you not trodden underfoot with your foot that fierce demon of forgetfulness, this whole world, overwhelmed by him, would have turned to utter darkness.'

Verse 13 (skanda.1.130.13)

अर्धनारीश्वरं रूपं त्वया चेन्न प्रकाशितम् । प्रभवामि कथं स्रष्टुं जगदेतच्चराचरम्

ardhanārīśvaraṁ rūpaṁ tvayā cenna prakāśitam prabhavāmi kathaṁ sraṣṭuṁ jagadetaccarācaram

'And had you not manifested your form as Ardhanarishvara, half male and half female, how could I have ever had the power to create this whole world of moving and unmoving things?'

Verse 14 (skanda.1.130.14)

भवता स्तंभितः शम्भो संरंभाज्जंभजिद्भुजः । कियंतं हंत कालं ते जयस्तंभ इव स्थितः

bhavatā staṁbhitaḥ śambho saṁraṁbhājjaṁbhajidbhujaḥ kiyaṁtaṁ haṁta kālaṁ te jayastaṁbha iva sthitaḥ

'O Shambhu, in your fury you once paralyzed the very arm of Indra, slayer of Jambha — and, ah, for how long that arm remained frozen, standing like some pillar of your victory!'

Verse 15 (skanda.1.130.15)

भिक्षोः कपालमापूर्य रुधिरेणात्मनो हरिः । शूलेनोत्क्षिप्य मुमुहे ह्येतत्त्वमवधारय

bhikṣoḥ kapālamāpūrya rudhireṇātmano hariḥ śūlenotkṣipya mumuhe hyetattvamavadhāraya

'You, the mendicant, filled your own skull-bowl with blood upon your trident and raised it aloft, and even Hari was left bewildered by this — know this well.'

Verse 16 (skanda.1.130.16)

न चेदशिक्षयः सर्वशस्त्रास्त्राण्यनुकंपया । निर्वापयेत्कथं वैरं क्रुद्धोपि जमदग्निभूः

na cedaśikṣayaḥ sarvaśastrāstrāṇyanukaṁpayā nirvāpayetkathaṁ vairaṁ kruddhopi jamadagnibhūḥ

'Had you not, out of compassion, taught him the use of every weapon and missile, how could Jamadagni's fiery son, even in his rage, have ever quenched his enmity?'

Verse 17 (skanda.1.130.17)

नृहरिं शरभाकारः समहार्षीन्न चेद्भवान् । स एव संहरेद्विश्वं हिरण्यकशिपोरपि

nṛhariṁ śarabhākāraḥ samahārṣīnna cedbhavān sa eva saṁharedviśvaṁ hiraṇyakaśiporapi

'Had you not, taking the form of Sharabha, subdued Narahari, that very form of Vishnu, grown terrible even after slaying Hiranyakashipu, might well have destroyed the entire universe.'

Verse 18 (skanda.1.130.18)

त्वमाचकृक्षः कल्पाब्धौ कैवर्त्तो मत्स्यकच्छपौ । हरिं बद्ध्वाहिराट्सूत्रैर्नृसिंहमथ सूकरम्

tvamācakṛkṣaḥ kalpābdhau kaivartto matsyakacchapau hariṁ baddhvāhirāṭsūtrairnṛsiṁhamatha sūkaram

'In the ocean at the end of the aeon, you yourself became the fisherman who drew forth the fish and the tortoise, and it was you who bound Hari fast with the cords of the serpent-king, in his forms as man-lion and as boar.'

Verse 19 (skanda.1.130.19)

एकोने पद्मसाहस्रे स्वनेत्रेण कृतार्चनम् । शूलिन्सुदर्शनं दत्त्वा दैत्यद्विषमतूतुपः

ekone padmasāhasre svanetreṇa kṛtārcanam śūlinsudarśanaṁ dattvā daityadviṣamatūtupaḥ

'O trident-bearer, when he had worshipped you with a thousand lotuses less one, offering his own eye in place of the missing flower, you bestowed upon him the Sudarshana discus and thereby protected him, the enemy of the daityas.'

Verse 20 (skanda.1.130.20)

नंदिकेश्वर उवाच । स्तुत्यैवमस्य विष्णोश्च प्रार्थनेन प्रसेदिवान् । धूर्जटिः सृष्टिकर्तृत्वं पुनरस्याभ्यमन्यत

naṁdikeśvara uvāca stutyaivamasya viṣṇośca prārthanena prasedivān dhūrjaṭiḥ sṛṣṭikartṛtvaṁ punarasyābhyamanyata

Nandikeshvara said: Pleased thus by this hymn, and by the entreaty of Vishnu as well, Dhurjati once again confirmed upon Brahma the office of creator.

Verse 21 (skanda.1.130.21)

समँज्यासु द्विजानां च पूजनं चानुशिष्टवान् । उभावप्यब्रवीदेतौ वात्सल्याच्चद्रशेखरः

sama~jyāsu dvijānāṁ ca pūjanaṁ cānuśiṣṭavān ubhāvapyabravīdetau vātsalyāccadraśekharaḥ

He further instructed him regarding proper conduct and the honoring of brahmins, and then, out of sheer affection, moon-crested Shiva spoke to both of them.

Verse 22 (skanda.1.130.22)

श्रीशिव उवाच । वत्सौ युवां न ज्ञात्वैवं भूयो भवतमुद्धतौ । गुरुं स्मरतो मामेव जाग्रतं सृष्टिरक्षयोः

śrīśiva uvāca vatsau yuvāṁ na jñātvaivaṁ bhūyo bhavatamuddhatau guruṁ smarato māmeva jāgrataṁ sṛṣṭirakṣayoḥ

Sri Shiva said: 'Children, without proper understanding you both once again became arrogant. Remember me as your guru always, and remain ever vigilant in your tasks of creation and preservation.'

Verse 23 (skanda.1.130.23)

इह प्रदेशे युवयोर्यन्मयानुग्रहः कृतः । पुण्यक्षेत्रमिदं पुंसां ततो मोक्षाय कल्पताम्

iha pradeśe yuvayoryanmayānugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ puṇyakṣetramidaṁ puṁsāṁ tato mokṣāya kalpatām

'Since I have here, in this very place, bestowed my grace upon you both, let this become a sacred field, capable of granting liberation to all mankind.'

Verse 24 (skanda.1.130.24)

योजनत्रयमात्रेऽस्मिन्क्षेत्रे निवसतां नृणाम् । दीक्षादिकं विनाप्यस्तु मत्सायुज्यं ममाज्ञया

yojanatrayamātre'sminkṣetre nivasatāṁ nṛṇām dīkṣādikaṁ vināpyastu matsāyujyaṁ mamājñayā

'For men who dwell within this field of merely three yojanas' extent, let union with me be granted, by my own decree, even without initiation or any other rite.'

Verse 25 (skanda.1.130.25)

यद्वा तिरश्चामप्यत्र स्थावराणां च देहिनाम् । अबुद्धिपूर्विका बुद्धिरपवर्गस्य जायताम्

yadvā tiraścāmapyatra sthāvarāṇāṁ ca dehinām abuddhipūrvikā buddhirapavargasya jāyatām

'Or rather, let even animals and immobile creatures dwelling here, though lacking deliberate intelligence, spontaneously awaken to the thought of final liberation.'

Verse 26 (skanda.1.130.26)

नृणां च दर्शनाद्दूरे कैवल्यं स्मरणेन वा । अस्तु वेदांतविज्ञानं न साध्यं निष्प्रयासतः

nṛṇāṁ ca darśanāddūre kaivalyaṁ smaraṇena vā astu vedāṁtavijñānaṁ na sādhyaṁ niṣprayāsataḥ

'For men, let liberation come even through mere darshan or remembrance of this place from afar; let that Vedantic realization, otherwise unattainable without effort, arise here without striving.'

Verse 27 (skanda.1.130.27)

शुभाय तैजसी मूर्तिः स्थावरा मम शाश्वती । अरुणाद्रिरिति ख्याता नित्यमेवात्र वर्त्तताम्

śubhāya taijasī mūrtiḥ sthāvarā mama śāśvatī aruṇādririti khyātā nityamevātra varttatām

'For the good of all, let this radiant form of mine, taking on an eternal, unmoving shape, remain here forever, known by the name of Arunadri, the red mountain.'

Verse 28 (skanda.1.130.28)

युगात्ययेपि नैनं तु मज्जयेयुर्महाब्धयः । न चालयेयुर्मरुतो न दहेयुश्च वह्नयः

yugātyayepi nainaṁ tu majjayeyurmahābdhayaḥ na cālayeyurmaruto na daheyuśca vahnayaḥ

'Even at the dissolution of the ages, let the great oceans never submerge it, let the winds never shake it, and let fire never burn it.'

Verse 29 (skanda.1.130.29)

ज्योतिर्मयमिदं लिंगं ज्योतिःष्वपि न जातुचित् । क्रमंता निर्गमागत्या खेचराणि समंततः

jyotirmayamidaṁ liṁgaṁ jyotiḥṣvapi na jātucit kramaṁtā nirgamāgatyā khecarāṇi samaṁtataḥ

'This linga of light, though made entirely of light itself, shall never be affected even by the very lights of the sky, as they pass to and fro all around it in their courses.'

Verse 30 (skanda.1.130.30)

यस्यानुग्रहमिच्छामि जंतो्तस्यात्र संभवः । देहांते कल्पतां मुक्त्यै विनौपनिषदीर्गिरः

yasyānugrahamicchāmi jaṁtotasyātra saṁbhavaḥ dehāṁte kalpatāṁ muktyai vinaupaniṣadīrgiraḥ

'Whatever creature I wish to favor, let it take birth in this place — and at the end of that body, without even need of the Upanishadic teachings, let it attain liberation.'

Verse 31 (skanda.1.130.31)

एष दूरात्प्रणामेन निकर्षाच्च प्रदक्षिणात् । अपि पापात्मनां पुंसामस्तु निश्रेयसप्रदः

eṣa dūrātpraṇāmena nikarṣācca pradakṣiṇāt api pāpātmanāṁ puṁsāmastu niśreyasapradaḥ

'Let this place, whether approached with prostration from afar or with circumambulation up close, grant the highest good even to men of sinful nature.'

Verse 32 (skanda.1.130.32)

अत्रैव नियतं वासाः संभवंति महात्मनाम् । तस्मात्स्थलमिदं हित्वा न गंतव्यं कदाचन

atraiva niyataṁ vāsāḥ saṁbhavaṁti mahātmanām tasmātsthalamidaṁ hitvā na gaṁtavyaṁ kadācana

'It is here alone that great souls come, by destiny, to make their abode. Therefore this place should never, under any circumstance, be forsaken.'

Verse 33 (skanda.1.130.33)

शोणाचलमनादृत्य क्वचित्स्थित्वापि मुक्तये । तस्माद्युवां विधिहरी वसतं चात्र नित्यशः

śoṇācalamanādṛtya kvacitsthitvāpi muktaye tasmādyuvāṁ vidhiharī vasataṁ cātra nityaśaḥ

'Even should one dwell elsewhere seeking liberation, without honoring this Shona mountain that effort would be in vain. Therefore, O Brahma and Hari, you two shall dwell here forever.'

Verse 34 (skanda.1.130.34)

नंदिकेश्वर उवाच । इत्युक्तवंतं कामारिं प्रणम्य विधिमाधवौ । तौ व्यज्ञापयतां देवं दूरीभवदहंक्रियौ

naṁdikeśvara uvāca ityuktavaṁtaṁ kāmāriṁ praṇamya vidhimādhavau tau vyajñāpayatāṁ devaṁ dūrībhavadahaṁkriyau

Nandikeshvara said: Having heard this from the enemy of Kama, Brahma and Madhava bowed to him, and, their pride now cast far away, submitted this further request to the god.

Verse 35 (skanda.1.130.35)

विधिमाधवावूचतुः । एवमेतज्जगदाधार जगदाधारतां गतः । आस्तां गिरिरसौ किं तु तेजो ह्यस्य सुदुस्सहम्

vidhimādhavāvūcatuḥ evametajjagadādhāra jagadādhāratāṁ gataḥ āstāṁ girirasau kiṁ tu tejo hyasya sudussaham

Brahma and Madhava said: 'So be it, O support of the world, you who have become the very foundation of all worlds. Let this mountain remain as it is — yet its light is truly unbearable.'

Verse 36 (skanda.1.130.36)

अतोयमुत्तमो रुद्र तेजः सामान्यशैलवत् । तिष्ठत्वभेद्यमहिमा निश्रेयसमहाखनिः

atoyamuttamo rudra tejaḥ sāmānyaśailavat tiṣṭhatvabhedyamahimā niśreyasamahākhaniḥ

'Therefore, O Rudra, let this supreme radiance take the outward form of an ordinary mountain, that its inviolable glory may stand as a great mine of the highest good for all.'

Verse 37 (skanda.1.130.37)

विवृणोति निजं ज्योतिर्विश्वस्यास्य समृद्धये । प्रत्यब्दं कार्त्तिके मासि कृत्तिकासु दिनात्यये

vivṛṇoti nijaṁ jyotirviśvasyāsya samṛddhaye pratyabdaṁ kārttike māsi kṛttikāsu dinātyaye

'Let it reveal its own true light, for the prosperity of the whole world, once every year, in the month of Karttika, on the day of Krittika, at the close of day.'

Verse 38 (skanda.1.130.38)

शर्मदोपि नृणां देव शोणाद्रिस्तव शासनात् । महत्त्वादर्चितुं शक्यो न स्याद्भक्तस्य कस्यचित्

śarmadopi nṛṇāṁ deva śoṇādristava śāsanāt mahattvādarcituṁ śakyo na syādbhaktasya kasyacit

'Yet, O God, though by your own decree this Shona mountain grants such well-being to men, on account of its very vastness it is not something that any devotee could easily worship directly.'

Verse 39 (skanda.1.130.39)

एतस्योपत्यकायां तदद्यारभ्यास्मदर्थनात् । देवेन सन्निधातव्यमवन्यां लिंगरूपिणा

etasyopatyakāyāṁ tadadyārabhyāsmadarthanāt devena sannidhātavyamavanyāṁ liṁgarūpiṇā

'Therefore, from this day forward, at our request, let the god take up his abode at the foot of this mountain, upon the earth itself, in the form of a linga.'

Verse 40 (skanda.1.130.40)

तच्चारुणगिरीशानमावामाराधयावहे । अभिषेकानुलेपाद्यैरुपचारैर्यथाविधि

taccāruṇagirīśānamāvāmārādhayāvahe abhiṣekānulepādyairupacārairyathāvidhi

'Then we two shall worship you there, as the lord of Aruna's mountain, with proper rites — sacred ablution, anointing, and all the other prescribed offerings.'

Verse 41 (skanda.1.130.41)

संत्यत्र केशराश्चूता नागपुंनागकेसराः । आरग्वधाः कुरबका मालूराः पाटला अपि

saṁtyatra keśarāścūtā nāgapuṁnāgakesarāḥ āragvadhāḥ kurabakā mālūrāḥ pāṭalā api

'Here indeed there grow saffron-blossoms, mango trees, naga and punnaga and kesara trees, amaltas, kurabaka flowers, wood-apple, and patala trees as well.'

Verse 42 (skanda.1.130.42)

अत्रैव सन्निधातव्यं देवदेव दयानिधे । यतस्त्वद्भक्तिदार्ढ्यं नौ भवतात्त्वदुपासनात्

atraiva sannidhātavyaṁ devadeva dayānidhe yatastvadbhaktidārḍhyaṁ nau bhavatāttvadupāsanāt

'Right here, O God of gods, O ocean of compassion, you should take up your abode — so that through worship of you our devotion to you may grow ever firm.'

Verse 43 (skanda.1.130.43)

नान्यथा चित्तशुद्धिर्न्नौ देवेऽप्येवं प्रसेदुषि । अनाद्यविद्यावृतये यो भविष्यति नित्यशः

nānyathā cittaśuddhirnnau deve'pyevaṁ praseduṣi anādyavidyāvṛtaye yo bhaviṣyati nityaśaḥ

'For without this, our minds cannot be purified, O God, even though you have already shown us such grace — since the veil of beginningless ignorance would otherwise remain forever.'

Verse 44 (skanda.1.130.44)

शोणाद्रेः पूर्वदिग्भागे स एष भृशमुन्नतः । स एवालं निवासाय देवस्य हृदयंगमः

śoṇādreḥ pūrvadigbhāge sa eṣa bhṛśamunnataḥ sa evālaṁ nivāsāya devasya hṛdayaṁgamaḥ

'On the eastern side of the Shona mountain there stands a spot, greatly elevated — this alone is fit, and pleasing to the heart, for the god's abode.'

Verse 45 (skanda.1.130.45)

सांगवेदा धर्मशास्त्रं पुराणानि शिवागमाः । कृत्वा च सकलाः प्रोक्ता भवतैव भवावयोः

sāṁgavedā dharmaśāstraṁ purāṇāni śivāgamāḥ kṛtvā ca sakalāḥ proktā bhavataiva bhavāvayoḥ

'The Vedas together with their limbs, the Dharmashastras, the Puranas, and the Shaiva Agamas — all these have been composed and taught to us both by you alone, O Bhava.'

Verse 46 (skanda.1.130.46)

निश्रेयसाय भक्तानां त्वयैव गुरुरूपिणा । अष्टाविंशतिराख्याता आगमाः शैवसंज्ञिताः

niśreyasāya bhaktānāṁ tvayaiva gururūpiṇā aṣṭāviṁśatirākhyātā āgamāḥ śaivasaṁjñitāḥ

'For the highest good of your devotees, you yourself, in the form of the guru, have proclaimed the twenty-eight Agamas known as the Shaiva scriptures.'

Verse 47 (skanda.1.130.47)

तेषु कस्य प्रकारेण कुर्वाणौ त्वदुपासनाम् । कदाप्यज्ञानजामार्तिं नाधिगच्छाव शंकर

teṣu kasya prakāreṇa kurvāṇau tvadupāsanām kadāpyajñānajāmārtiṁ nādhigacchāva śaṁkara

'By the method of which of these should we worship you, O Shankara, so that we may never at any time fall again into the affliction born of ignorance?'

Verse 48 (skanda.1.130.48)

नंदिकेश्वर उवाच । इति तौ धातृगोविंदौ पादपद्मावलंबिनौ । जगाद करुणामूर्त्तिर्जगतीभृत्सुतापतिः

naṁdikeśvara uvāca iti tau dhātṛgoviṁdau pādapadmāvalaṁbinau jagāda karuṇāmūrttirjagatībhṛtsutāpatiḥ

Nandikeshvara said: Thus spoke the two, Brahma and Govinda, clinging to Shiva's lotus feet; and then the embodiment of compassion, the husband of the mountain's daughter, replied to them.

Verse 49 (skanda.1.130.49)

श्रीमहादेव उवाच । युक्तमुक्तमिदं भद्रौ मयाप्येवं मनीषितम् । कामिकोक्तेन मार्गेण मामर्चयितुमर्हथः

śrīmahādeva uvāca yuktamuktamidaṁ bhadrau mayāpyevaṁ manīṣitam kāmikoktena mārgeṇa māmarcayitumarhathaḥ

Sri Mahadeva said: 'This request, O gracious ones, is well and fittingly made — I too have thought the very same. You should worship me according to the path taught in the Kamika Agama.'

Verse 50 (skanda.1.130.50)

मोहतो विस्मृता मन्ये भवद्भ्यां शैवसंहिता । अधुना मत्प्रसादेन पुनरुद्भासतां हृदि

mohato vismṛtā manye bhavadbhyāṁ śaivasaṁhitā adhunā matprasādena punarudbhāsatāṁ hṛdi

'It seems that, through delusion, you two had forgotten the Shaiva Samhita; now, by my grace, let it shine forth again in your hearts.'

Verse 51 (skanda.1.130.51)

नन्दीश उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा श्रीशवागीशौ गिरिशोऽन्तरधादथ । तदा प्रादुरभूत्तत्र लिंगं किमपि मंगलम्

nandīśa uvāca ityuktvā śrīśavāgīśau giriśo'ntaradhādatha tadā prādurabhūttatra liṁgaṁ kimapi maṁgalam

Nandisha said: Having spoken thus to the lords of speech and wealth, Girisha then vanished from sight; and there, in that place, a certain auspicious linga at once appeared.

Verse 52 (skanda.1.130.52)

तच्चावलोक्य साश्चर्य्यौ मुकुन्दकमलासनौ । मुहुः प्रणम्य सानंदं प्रार्च्य तुष्टुवतुश्चिरम्

taccāvalokya sāścaryyau mukundakamalāsanau muhuḥ praṇamya sānaṁdaṁ prārcya tuṣṭuvatuściram

Beholding it, Mukunda and the lotus-seated Brahma, filled with wonder, bowed again and again in joy, worshipped it, and praised it at length.

Verse 53 (skanda.1.130.53)

तावकारयतां शोणगिरिनाथस्य चालयम् । नानाशिल्पाद्भुतं विश्वकर्मणा प्रचयेन च

tāvakārayatāṁ śoṇagirināthasya cālayam nānāśilpādbhutaṁ viśvakarmaṇā pracayena ca

They two then had a temple built for the lord of the Shona mountain, wondrous with manifold craftsmanship, raised in abundance by Vishvakarma himself.

Verse 54 (skanda.1.130.54)

खानयामासतुस्तत्र सरः किमपि पावनम् । अभिषेकाय देवस्य सर्वतीर्थमयं नवम्

khānayāmāsatustatra saraḥ kimapi pāvanam abhiṣekāya devasya sarvatīrthamayaṁ navam

There they also had dug a certain sacred tank, newly made, containing within itself the essence of every sacred water, for the abhisheka of the god.

Verse 55 (skanda.1.130.55)

अरुणाख्यं पुरं चारात्कल्पयामासतुश्चिरम् । सिद्ध्यै नोत्कंठते लब्ध्वा कैलासायापि धूर्जटिः

aruṇākhyaṁ puraṁ cārātkalpayāmāsatuściram siddhyai notkaṁṭhate labdhvā kailāsāyāpi dhūrjaṭiḥ

Nearby they also fashioned, over a long time, a city named Aruna — so wondrous that Dhurjati himself, having found it, no longer longed even for Kailasa.

Verse 56 (skanda.1.130.56)

तस्यां ब्रह्मर्षयो देवा गंधर्वा दिव्ययोषितः । सिद्धविद्याधरा यक्षाः पौरत्वं समुपाययुः

tasyāṁ brahmarṣayo devā gaṁdharvā divyayoṣitaḥ siddhavidyādharā yakṣāḥ pauratvaṁ samupāyayuḥ

In that city, brahmarshis, gods, gandharvas, celestial women, siddhas, vidyadharas, and yakshas all took up residence as its citizens.

Verse 57 (skanda.1.130.57)

तीर्थानि धार्य कूपत्वं गंगाद्याः सरितस्तथा । नंदनादीनि च वनान्यभवन्निष्कुटत्वतः

tīrthāni dhārya kūpatvaṁ gaṁgādyāḥ saritastathā naṁdanādīni ca vanānyabhavanniṣkuṭatvataḥ

The sacred fords took the form of its wells, the Ganga and other rivers became its streams, and gardens like Nandana became its orchards.

Verse 58 (skanda.1.130.58)

गोलोको गोगोष्ठतया नैगमत्वं किलागमाः । शैलाश्च गोपुरादित्वं स्मृतयो विधितां ययुः

goloko gogoṣṭhatayā naigamatvaṁ kilāgamāḥ śailāśca gopurāditvaṁ smṛtayo vidhitāṁ yayuḥ

Goloka became its cattle-pens, the Agamas became its scriptural schools, the mountains became its gateway-towers, and the Smritis became its regulations.

Verse 59 (skanda.1.130.59)

भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च वेतालाः कटपूतनाः । प्रपन्ना मानुषं देहं तस्यां किल पृथग्जनाः

bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca vetālāḥ kaṭapūtanāḥ prapannā mānuṣaṁ dehaṁ tasyāṁ kila pṛthagjanāḥ

There, even bhutas, pretas, pishachas, vetalas, and kataputanas took on human form, becoming ordinary folk of that city.

Verse 60 (skanda.1.130.60)

देवोपि धूर्जटिस्तस्यां कौतुकी सिद्धरूपधृक् । योगित्वं समुपास्थाय मात्राकौपीनमुण्डधृक्

devopi dhūrjaṭistasyāṁ kautukī siddharūpadhṛk yogitvaṁ samupāsthāya mātrākaupīnamuṇḍadhṛk

There, even the god Dhurjati himself, delighting in sport, took on the form of a siddha, adopting the state of a yogi, wearing nothing but a loincloth, his head shaven.

Verse 61 (skanda.1.130.61)

न केनचिदविज्ञातः सदा सर्वत्र दीप्यति । तौ च केशवलोकेशौ जटिलौ भस्मगुण्ठितौ

na kenacidavijñātaḥ sadā sarvatra dīpyati tau ca keśavalokeśau jaṭilau bhasmaguṇṭhitau

Unrecognized by anyone, he ever shines forth everywhere; and Keshava and Brahma too, matted-locked and smeared with ash...

Verse 62 (skanda.1.130.62)

दांतौ शोणाद्रिनाथं तमर्चयामासतुश्चिरम् । तत्रत्यानां च सर्वेषां वर्णानामानुगुण्यतः

dāṁtau śoṇādrināthaṁ tamarcayāmāsatuściram tatratyānāṁ ca sarveṣāṁ varṇānāmānuguṇyataḥ

...self-controlled, worshipped the lord of the Shona mountain for a long time, in accordance with the proper conduct of all the varnas dwelling there.

Verse 63 (skanda.1.130.63)

दीक्षादिकानि चक्राते स्वयमाचार्यतां गतौ । क्रमेण हृतनिर्माल्यौ सर्वागमरहोविदौ

dīkṣādikāni cakrāte svayamācāryatāṁ gatau krameṇa hṛtanirmālyau sarvāgamarahovidau

Taking up the role of preceptors themselves, they performed initiations and the like, and, being versed in the secret truths of all the Agamas, they in due course removed the offered flowers themselves.

Verse 64 (skanda.1.130.64)

प्रातः स्नात्वा समाहृत्य पुष्पपत्रादिकं फलम् । मंत्रं चारुणनाथस्य तत एव रहः श्रुतम्

prātaḥ snātvā samāhṛtya puṣpapatrādikaṁ phalam maṁtraṁ cāruṇanāthasya tata eva rahaḥ śrutam

Bathing each morning, gathering flowers, leaves, fruits and the like, they used the mantra of Aruna's lord, which they had themselves heard as a secret from him directly.

Verse 65 (skanda.1.130.65)

जंजल्पाकौ जजपतुः सर्वमंत्राधिकं सदा । धूपप्रदीपनैवेद्यैर्गीतवादित्रनर्तनैः

jaṁjalpākau jajapatuḥ sarvamaṁtrādhikaṁ sadā dhūpapradīpanaivedyairgītavāditranartanaiḥ

Murmuring it softly, they two ever repeated it above every other mantra, and worshipped with incense, lamps, offerings of food, song, music, and dance.

Verse 66 (skanda.1.130.66)

प्रदक्षिणानमस्कारैर्मुद्राबंधैर्नवैर्नवैः । आसनेन च मूर्त्त्या च मूलेन च यथाविधि

pradakṣiṇānamaskārairmudrābaṁdhairnavairnavaiḥ āsanena ca mūrttyā ca mūlena ca yathāvidhi

With circumambulations and prostrations, with ever new ritual gestures, with the proper seat, form, and root mantra, all according to due rule...

Verse 67 (skanda.1.130.67)

पंचब्रह्मषडंगाद्यैरर्चयामासतुः शिवम् । एवं वर्षसहस्राणि षोडशारुणशंकरम्

paṁcabrahmaṣaḍaṁgādyairarcayāmāsatuḥ śivam evaṁ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣoḍaśāruṇaśaṁkaram

...with the five Brahma-mantras, the six angas, and all such rites, they worshipped Shiva. In this way, for sixteen thousand years, they worshipped Aruna-Shankara.

Verse 68 (skanda.1.130.68)

वेधोविष्णू समाराध्य शिवज्ञानमवापतुः

vedhoviṣṇū samārādhya śivajñānamavāpatuḥ

Having thus worshipped him, Brahma and Vishnu both attained the true knowledge of Shiva.

Verse 69 (skanda.1.130.69)

इतीदमश्रावि मया रहस्यं पितुः शिलादस्य मुखात्पुरा यत् । निवेदितं चाद्य तदेव तुभ्यं किमन्यदाकर्णयितुं मनीषा

itīdamaśrāvi mayā rahasyaṁ pituḥ śilādasya mukhātpurā yat niveditaṁ cādya tadeva tubhyaṁ kimanyadākarṇayituṁ manīṣā

This very secret, which I once heard long ago from the mouth of my father Shilada, I have now related in full to you. What else, then, does your heart wish to hear?