The Fruits of Worship and the Call to Dwell at Nilachala

Verse 1 (skanda.2.87.1)

मुनय ऊचुः। भगवन्सर्वशास्त्रज्ञ श्रुतं परममद्भुतम्। यात्रारूपं भगवतो माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम्

munaya ūcuḥ bhagavansarvaśāstrajña śrutaṁ paramamadbhutam yātrārūpaṁ bhagavato māhātmyaṁ pāpanāśanam

The sages said: O Lord, all-knowing in every scripture, we have heard the supreme and wondrous glory of the Lord, in the form of the pilgrimage, which destroys sin.

Verse 2 (skanda.2.87.2)

यथाहं पूजितो देवः कामिभिः सर्वकामदः। भूत्युपासनया भूतिप्रदो ब्रूहि तथा हि नः

yathāhaṁ pūjito devaḥ kāmibhiḥ sarvakāmadaḥ bhūtyupāsanayā bhūtiprado brūhi tathā hi naḥ

As I, worshipped by those with desires, become one who grants every desire, tell us likewise how he grants prosperity through the worship of prosperity.

Verse 3 (skanda.2.87.3)

जैमिनिरुवाच। सर्वा विभूतयो विष्णोर्जगत्यस्मिंश्चराचराः। भूतिप्रदो विभूतिश्च स एकः परमेश्वरः

jaiminiruvāca sarvā vibhūtayo viṣṇorjagatyasmiṁścarācarāḥ bhūtiprado vibhūtiśca sa ekaḥ parameśvaraḥ

Jaimini said: All the manifestations in this world, moving and unmoving, are Vishnu's; he alone, the Supreme Lord, is both the giver of prosperity and prosperity itself.

Verse 4 (skanda.2.87.4)

यथायथोप चरति तथा वै जायते नरः। एतावदस्य महिमा परिमातुं न शक्यते

yathāyathopa carati tathā vai jāyate naraḥ etāvadasya mahimā parimātuṁ na śakyate

As one approaches him, so a man becomes; his greatness is such that it cannot be measured.

Verse 5 (skanda.2.87.5)

यो यथा समुपास्ते तं तथा वै फलमाप्नुयात्। एकः पंथाश्चतुर्णां वै धर्मादीनां स दारवः

yo yathā samupāste taṁ tathā vai phalamāpnuyāt ekaḥ paṁthāścaturṇāṁ vai dharmādīnāṁ sa dāravaḥ

As one worships him, so one obtains the fruit accordingly; he is the single path for the four goals of life beginning with dharma — that image of wood.

Verse 6 (skanda.2.87.6)

धर्मस्य पथा गहनः संकीर्णो वहुशासनैः। तत्त्वावधारणे नास्य क्षमः कोऽपि द्विजोत्तमाः

dharmasya pathā gahanaḥ saṁkīrṇo vahuśāsanaiḥ tattvāvadhāraṇe nāsya kṣamaḥ ko'pi dvijottamāḥ

The path of dharma is deep, crowded with many teachings; none, O best of brahmins, is able to fully determine its true nature.

Verse 7 (skanda.2.87.7)

अर्थकामौ हि तन्मूलावित्थं स्थूलगती सदा। तेषां त्रयाणां भगवाननायासेन वृद्धिकृत्

arthakāmau hi tanmūlāvitthaṁ sthūlagatī sadā teṣāṁ trayāṇāṁ bhagavānanāyāsena vṛddhikṛt

Artha and kama indeed have dharma as their root, and are always coarser paths; of these three, the Lord, without effort, is the one who brings increase.

Verse 8 (skanda.2.87.8)

धर्मो हि भगवान्विष्णुर्धर्ममूलमिदं जगत्। धर्मस्य जगतश्चापि प्रभुरेष जनार्दनः

dharmo hi bhagavānviṣṇurdharmamūlamidaṁ jagat dharmasya jagataścāpi prabhureṣa janārdanaḥ

For the Blessed Vishnu is dharma itself; this world has dharma as its root; and this Janardana is the lord of both dharma and the world.

Verse 9 (skanda.2.87.9)

पुरुषार्थमये तस्मिन्भक्तिर्यस्य प्रतिष्ठिता। स सर्वकामतृप्तात्मा न शोचति न कांक्षति

puruṣārthamaye tasminbhaktiryasya pratiṣṭhitā sa sarvakāmatṛptātmā na śocati na kāṁkṣati

He in whom devotion is established, amid this realm made of the goals of life, his soul satisfied with every desire, neither grieves nor craves.

Verse 10 (skanda.2.87.10)

त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यदातासौ शक्ररूपो ह्युपासितः। भावितो धातृरूपेण वंशवृद्धिकरो हरिः

trailokyaiśvaryadātāsau śakrarūpo hyupāsitaḥ bhāvito dhātṛrūpeṇa vaṁśavṛddhikaro hariḥ

Worshipped in the form of Indra, this same Hari bestows sovereignty over the three worlds; contemplated in the form of the Creator, he causes the increase of one's lineage.

Verse 11 (skanda.2.87.11)

सनत्कुमाररूपेण दीर्घमायुः प्रयच्छति। वृत्तिसंपत्प्रदो ह्येष पृथुरूपेण भावितः

sanatkumārarūpeṇa dīrghamāyuḥ prayacchati vṛttisaṁpatprado hyeṣa pṛthurūpeṇa bhāvitaḥ

In the form of Sanatkumara, he grants long life; contemplated in the form of Prithu, he grants prosperity of livelihood.

Verse 12 (skanda.2.87.12)

गङ्गादितीर्थफलदो वाचस्पतिरुपासितः। अंतस्तमः प्रणुदति भास्वद्रूपेण भावितः

gaṅgāditīrthaphalado vācaspatirupāsitaḥ aṁtastamaḥ praṇudati bhāsvadrūpeṇa bhāvitaḥ

Worshipped as Brihaspati, he grants the fruit of the Ganga and other sacred waters; contemplated in the radiant form of the sun, he dispels the inner darkness.

Verse 13 (skanda.2.87.13)

सौभाग्यमतुलं दद्यादमृतांशुरुपासितः। विद्याष्टादशतत्त्वज्ञो वाक्पतित्वेन भावयन्

saubhāgyamatulaṁ dadyādamṛtāṁśurupāsitaḥ vidyāṣṭādaśatattvajño vākpatitvena bhāvayan

Worshipped as the moon, he grants incomparable good fortune; contemplated as the Lord of Speech, knower of the eighteen branches of learning, he grants eloquence.

Verse 14 (skanda.2.87.14)

वाजिमेधादियज्ञानां फलदोऽयं सनातनः। यज्ञेश्वरस्वरूपेण भावितोऽयं जगन्मयः

vājimedhādiyajñānāṁ phalado'yaṁ sanātanaḥ yajñeśvarasvarūpeṇa bhāvito'yaṁ jaganmayaḥ

This eternal one is the giver of the fruits of the horse-sacrifice and other sacrifices; contemplated in the form of the Lord of Sacrifice, he pervades the universe.

Verse 15 (skanda.2.87.15)

ध्यातः कुबेररूपेण समृद्धिमतुलां ददेत्

dhyātaḥ kuberarūpeṇa samṛddhimatulāṁ dadet

Meditated upon in the form of Kubera, he grants incomparable abundance.

Verse 16 (skanda.2.87.16)

एवं दयांबुधिरसौ तस्मिन्नीलाचले वसन्। दीनानाथानुग्रहाय दारुव्याजशरीरवान्

evaṁ dayāṁbudhirasau tasminnīlācale vasan dīnānāthānugrahāya dāruvyājaśarīravān

Thus this ocean of compassion, dwelling on that Blue Mountain, bears a body under the guise of wood, for the blessing of the helpless and the poor.

Verse 17 (skanda.2.87.17)

प्रयात तत्र भो विप्रा वसध्वं सुसमाहिताः। श्रीशपादाब्जयुगलं शरणं तत्प्रपद्यत

prayāta tatra bho viprā vasadhvaṁ susamāhitāḥ śrīśapādābjayugalaṁ śaraṇaṁ tatprapadyata

Go there, O brahmins, and dwell there with full concentration; take refuge at the pair of lotus feet of the Husband of Shri.

Verse 18 (skanda.2.87.18)

ऐहिकामुष्मिकान्भोगान्वाञ्छध्वं यदि शाश्वतान्। अन्ते मुक्तिं च कैवल्यां यथेच्छं तत्र प्राप्नुत

aihikāmuṣmikānbhogānvāñchadhvaṁ yadi śāśvatān ante muktiṁ ca kaivalyāṁ yathecchaṁ tatra prāpnuta

If you desire enjoyments here and hereafter, even eternal ones, and at the end liberation and absolute oneness, attain them there, just as you wish.