Draupadaditya and Mayukhaditya

Verse 1 (skanda.4.49.1)

सूत उवाच॥ पाराशर्यमुने व्यास कुमारः कुंभजन्मने॥ यदावदत्कथामेतां तदा क्व द्रुपदात्मजा

sūta uvāca pārāśaryamune vyāsa kumāraḥ kuṁbhajanmane yadāvadatkathāmetāṁ tadā kva drupadātmajā

Suta said: O sage Vyasa, son of Parashara, when Kumara told this tale to the jar-born Agastya, where then was Drupada's daughter, Draupadi?

Verse 2 (skanda.4.49.2)

॥ व्यास उवाच॥ पुराणसंहितां सूत ब्रूते त्रैकालिकीं कथाम्॥ संदेहो नात्र कर्तव्यो यतस्तद्गोचरोखिलम्

vyāsa uvāca purāṇasaṁhitāṁ sūta brūte traikālikīṁ kathām saṁdeho nātra kartavyo yatastadgocarokhilam

Vyasa said: O Suta, the Purana-Samhita relates a story spanning all three times — past, present, and future; no doubt need be entertained here, for everything falls within its scope.

Verse 3 (skanda.4.49.3)

॥ स्कंद उवाच॥ आकर्णय मुने पूर्वं पंचवक्त्रो हरः स्वयम्॥ पृथिव्यां पंचधा भूत्वा प्रादुरासीज्जगद्धितः

skaṁda uvāca ākarṇaya mune pūrvaṁ paṁcavaktro haraḥ svayam pṛthivyāṁ paṁcadhā bhūtvā prādurāsījjagaddhitaḥ

Skanda said: Listen, O sage. Long ago, the five-faced Hara himself became fivefold and appeared on earth for the good of the world.

Verse 4 (skanda.4.49.4)

उमापि च जगद्धात्री द्रुपदस्य महीभुजः॥ यजतो वह्निकुंडाच्च प्रादुश्चक्रेति सुंदरी

umāpi ca jagaddhātrī drupadasya mahībhujaḥ yajato vahnikuṁḍācca prāduścakreti suṁdarī

And Uma too, sustainer of the world, appeared, in that beautiful form, from the sacrificial fire-pit of King Drupada.

Verse 5 (skanda.4.49.5)

पंचापि पांडुतनयाः साक्षाद्रुद्रवपुर्धराः॥ अवतेरुरिह स्वर्गाद्दुष्टसंहारकारकाः

paṁcāpi pāṁḍutanayāḥ sākṣādrudravapurdharāḥ avateruriha svargādduṣṭasaṁhārakārakāḥ

All five sons of Pandu, bearing within them the very form of Rudra, descended here from heaven to destroy the wicked.

Verse 6 (skanda.4.49.6)

नारायणोपि कृष्णत्वं प्राप्य तत्साहचर्यकृत्॥ उद्वृत्तवृत्तशमनः सद्वृत्तस्थितिकारकः

nārāyaṇopi kṛṣṇatvaṁ prāpya tatsāhacaryakṛt udvṛttavṛttaśamanaḥ sadvṛttasthitikārakaḥ

Narayana too, taking on the form of Krishna, became their companion, subduing the unruly and upholding the way of the righteous.

Verse 7 (skanda.4.49.7)

प्रतपंतः पृथिव्यां ते पार्थाश्चेरुः पृथक्पृथक्॥ उदयानुदयौ तस्मिन्संपदां विपदामपि

pratapaṁtaḥ pṛthivyāṁ te pārthāśceruḥ pṛthakpṛthak udayānudayau tasminsaṁpadāṁ vipadāmapi

Those sons of Pritha moved across the earth, each shining brilliantly in his own way, experiencing by turns the rise and fall of both fortune and misfortune.

Verse 8 (skanda.4.49.8)

कदाचित्ते महावीरा भ्रातृव्यप्रतिपादिताम्॥ विपत्तिमाप्य महतीं बभूवुः काननौकसः

kadācitte mahāvīrā bhrātṛvyapratipāditām vipattimāpya mahatīṁ babhūvuḥ kānanaukasaḥ

Once, those great heroes, meeting with a great calamity brought about by their own rival kinsmen, became forest-dwellers.

Verse 9 (skanda.4.49.9)

पांचाल्यपि च तत्पत्नी पतिव्यसनतापिता॥ धर्मज्ञा प्राप्य तन्वंगी ब्रध्नमाराधयद्भृशम्

pāṁcālyapi ca tatpatnī pativyasanatāpitā dharmajñā prāpya tanvaṁgī bradhnamārādhayadbhṛśam

And Panchali, their wife, that slender-bodied knower of dharma, tormented by her husbands' misfortune, worshipped the Sun with the deepest devotion.

Verse 10 (skanda.4.49.10)

आराधितोथ सविता तया द्रुपदकन्यया॥ सदर्वी सपिधानां च स्थालिकामक्षयां ददौ॥ उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा भास्करो द्रुपदात्मजाम्

ārādhitotha savitā tayā drupadakanyayā sadarvī sapidhānāṁ ca sthālikāmakṣayāṁ dadau uvāca ca prasannātmā bhāskaro drupadātmajām

Then the Sun, worshipped by Drupada's daughter, gave her an inexhaustible vessel, complete with ladle and lid; and Bhaskara, well pleased, spoke to Drupada's daughter —

Verse 11 (skanda.4.49.11)

आराधयंतीं भावेन सर्वत्र शुचिमानसाम्

ārādhayaṁtīṁ bhāvena sarvatra śucimānasām

— as she, ever pure of mind, worshipped him everywhere with true devotion.

Verse 12 (skanda.4.49.12)

स्थाल्यैतया महाभागे यावंतोऽन्नार्थिनो जनाः॥ तावंतस्तृप्तिमाप्स्यंति यावच्च त्वं न भोक्ष्यसे

sthālyaitayā mahābhāge yāvaṁto'nnārthino janāḥ tāvaṁtastṛptimāpsyaṁti yāvacca tvaṁ na bhokṣyase

[The Sun said:] "O most blessed one, by this vessel, however many people seek food shall find their fill — so long as you yourself have not yet eaten."

Verse 13 (skanda.4.49.13)

भुक्तायां त्वयि रिक्तैषा पूर्णभक्ता भविप्यति॥ रसवद्व्यंजननिधिरिच्छाभक्ष्यप्रदायिनी

bhuktāyāṁ tvayi riktaiṣā pūrṇabhaktā bhavipyati rasavadvyaṁjananidhiricchābhakṣyapradāyinī

"Once you have eaten, this vessel becomes empty; but until then, it remains ever full, a treasury of savoury dishes, granting whatever food one desires."

Verse 14 (skanda.4.49.14)

इत्थं वरस्तया लब्धः काश्यामादित्यतो मुने॥ अपरश्च वरो दत्तस्तस्यै देवेन भास्वता

itthaṁ varastayā labdhaḥ kāśyāmādityato mune aparaśca varo dattastasyai devena bhāsvatā

Thus, O sage, this boon was obtained by her from the Sun in Kashi; and the radiant god granted her yet another boon.

Verse 15 (skanda.4.49.15)

॥ रविरुवाच॥ विश्वेशाद्दक्षिणेभागे यो मां त्वत्पुरतः स्थितम्॥ आराधयिष्यति नरः क्षुद्बाधा तस्य नश्यति

raviruvāca viśveśāddakṣiṇebhāge yo māṁ tvatpurataḥ sthitam ārādhayiṣyati naraḥ kṣudbādhā tasya naśyati

The Sun said: "Whatever man worships me, standing there before you in the southern quarter from Vishvesha, his hunger and its pains shall be destroyed."

Verse 16 (skanda.4.49.16)

अन्यश्च मे वरो दत्तो विश्वेशेन पतिव्रते॥ तपसा परितुष्टेन तं निशामय वच्मि ते

anyaśca me varo datto viśveśena pativrate tapasā parituṣṭena taṁ niśāmaya vacmi te

"O faithful wife, another boon was granted to me by Vishvesha himself, pleased with my austerity; hear it now — I shall tell you."

Verse 17 (skanda.4.49.17)

प्राग्रवे त्वां समाराध्य यो मां द्रक्ष्यति मानवः॥ तस्य त्वं दुःखतिमिरमपानुद निजैः करैः

prāgrave tvāṁ samārādhya yo māṁ drakṣyati mānavaḥ tasya tvaṁ duḥkhatimiramapānuda nijaiḥ karaiḥ

"Whatever man, having worshipped you at dawn, then beholds me — for him, drive away the darkness of sorrow with your own rays."

Verse 18 (skanda.4.49.18)

अतो धर्माप्रिये नित्यं प्राप्य विश्वेश्वराद्वरम्॥ काशीस्थितानां जंतूनां नाशयाम्यघसंचयम्

ato dharmāpriye nityaṁ prāpya viśveśvarādvaram kāśīsthitānāṁ jaṁtūnāṁ nāśayāmyaghasaṁcayam

"Therefore, O beloved of dharma, having received this boon forever from Vishveshvara, I shall destroy the accumulated sins of all creatures who dwell in Kashi."

Verse 19 (skanda.4.49.19)

ये मामत्र भजिष्यंति मानवाः श्रद्धयान्विताः॥ त्वद्वरोद्यतपाणिं च तेषां दास्यामि चिंतितम्

ye māmatra bhajiṣyaṁti mānavāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ tvadvarodyatapāṇiṁ ca teṣāṁ dāsyāmi ciṁtitam

"Whatever men, filled with faith, worship me here, their hands raised in seeking your own boon as well — to them I shall grant whatever they have set their hearts upon."

Verse 20 (skanda.4.49.20)

भवतीं मत्समीपस्थां युधिष्ठिरपतिव्रताम्॥ विश्वेशाद्दक्षिणेभागे दंडपाणेः समीपतः॥ येर्चयिष्यंति भावेन पुरुषा वास्त्रियोपि वा॥ तेषां कदाचिन्नो भावि भयं प्रियवियोगजम्

bhavatīṁ matsamīpasthāṁ yudhiṣṭhirapativratām viśveśāddakṣiṇebhāge daṁḍapāṇeḥ samīpataḥ yercayiṣyaṁti bhāvena puruṣā vāstriyopi vā teṣāṁ kadācinno bhāvi bhayaṁ priyaviyogajam

"Whoever, man or woman, worships you with devotion — you, Yudhishthira's faithful wife, stationed here beside me, in the southern quarter from Vishvesha, near Dandapani — for them shall never arise the fear born of parting from a loved one."

Verse 21 (skanda.4.49.21)

न व्याधिजं भयं क्वापि न क्षुत्तृड्दोषसंभवम्॥ द्रौपदीक्षणतः काश्यां तव धर्मप्रियेनघे

na vyādhijaṁ bhayaṁ kvāpi na kṣuttṛḍdoṣasaṁbhavam draupadīkṣaṇataḥ kāśyāṁ tava dharmapriyenaghe

"O sinless one, beloved of dharma, for whoever beholds you, Draupadi, in Kashi, there is nowhere any fear born of disease, nor any affliction arising from hunger and thirst."

Verse 22 (skanda.4.49.22)

इति दत्त्वा वरान्देव आदित्यः सर्वदः सताम्॥ शंभुमाराधयामास धर्मं द्रौपद्युपाययौ

iti dattvā varāndeva ādityaḥ sarvadaḥ satām śaṁbhumārādhayāmāsa dharmaṁ draupadyupāyayau

Thus, having granted these boons, the god Aditya, giver of all things to the virtuous, worshipped Shambhu; and Draupadi thereby attained righteousness.

Verse 23 (skanda.4.49.23)

आदित्यस्य कथामेतां द्रौपद्याराधितस्य वै॥ यः श्रोष्यति नरो भक्त्या तस्यैनः क्षयमेष्यति

ādityasya kathāmetāṁ draupadyārādhitasya vai yaḥ śroṣyati naro bhaktyā tasyainaḥ kṣayameṣyati

Whatever man hears this tale of the Sun worshipped by Draupadi with devotion — his sin shall be utterly destroyed.

Verse 24 (skanda.4.49.24)

स्कंद उव॥च॥ द्रौपदादित्यमाहात्म्यं संक्षेपात्कथितं मया॥ मयूखादित्यमाहात्म्यं शृण्विदानीं घटोद्भव ॥ -२५॥ पुरा पंचनदे तीर्थे त्रिषुलोकेषु विश्रुते॥ सहस्ररश्मिर्भगवांस्तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्

skaṁda uvaca draupadādityamāhātmyaṁ saṁkṣepātkathitaṁ mayā mayūkhādityamāhātmyaṁ śṛṇvidānīṁ ghaṭodbhava -25 purā paṁcanade tīrthe triṣulokeṣu viśrute sahasraraśmirbhagavāṁstapastepe sudāruṇam

Skanda said: I have told you in brief the greatness of Draupadaditya; now hear, O Ghatodbhava, the greatness of Mayukhaditya. Long ago, at the sacred Panchanada, renowned throughout the three worlds, the thousand-rayed Lord Sun performed the most fierce austerity.

Verse 25 (skanda.4.49.25)

प्रतिष्ठाप्य महालिंगं गभस्तीश्वर संज्ञितम्॥ गौरीं च मंगला नाम्नीं भक्तमंगलदां सदा

pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṁgaṁ gabhastīśvara saṁjñitam gaurīṁ ca maṁgalā nāmnīṁ bhaktamaṁgaladāṁ sadā

He established a great linga, named Gabhastishvara, and worshipped Gauri under the name Mangala, ever the bestower of auspiciousness upon her devotees.

Verse 26 (skanda.4.49.26)

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं तु शतेन गुणितं मुने॥ आराधयञ्शिवं सोमं सोमार्धकृतशेखरम्

divyavarṣasahasraṁ tu śatena guṇitaṁ mune ārādhayañśivaṁ somaṁ somārdhakṛtaśekharam

O sage, for a hundred thousand divine years he worshipped Shiva, the gracious lord, who bears the crescent moon as his crown.

Verse 27 (skanda.4.49.27)

स्वरूपतस्तु तपनस्त्रिलोकीतापनक्षमः॥ ततोतितीव्र तपसा जज्वाल नितरां मुने

svarūpatastu tapanastrilokītāpanakṣamaḥ tatotitīvra tapasā jajvāla nitarāṁ mune

By his very nature the Sun is capable of scorching the three worlds; and now, through his own most intense austerity, he blazed forth still more fiercely, O sage.

Verse 28 (skanda.4.49.28)

मयूखैस्तत्र सवितुस्त्रैलोक्यदहनक्षमैः॥ ततं समस्तं तत्काले द्यावाभूम्योर्यदंतरम्॥ वैमानिकैर्विष्णुपदे तत्यजे च गतागतम्॥ तीव्रे पतंगमहसि पतंगत्वभयादिव

mayūkhaistatra savitustrailokyadahanakṣamaiḥ tataṁ samastaṁ tatkāle dyāvābhūmyoryadaṁtaram vaimānikairviṣṇupade tatyaje ca gatāgatam tīvre pataṁgamahasi pataṁgatvabhayādiva

There, the whole expanse between heaven and earth grew filled with the rays of the Sun, rays capable of scorching all three worlds; and, in that fierce blaze, even the sky-travellers in Vishnu's realm gave up their comings and goings, as though fearing to be burnt up like moths in a flame.

Verse 29 (skanda.4.49.29)

मयूखा एव दृश्यंते तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधोपि च॥ आदित्यस्य न चादित्यो नीपपुष्पस्थितेरिव

mayūkhā eva dṛśyaṁte tiryagūrdhvamadhopi ca ādityasya na cādityo nīpapuṣpasthiteriva

Only the rays of the Sun could now be seen — sideways, above, and below — while the Sun itself remained unseen, like the stamens of a Nipa flower spreading everywhere without any visible centre.

Verse 30 (skanda.4.49.30)

तस्यवै महसां राशेस्तपोराशेस्तपोर्चिषाम्॥ चकंपे साध्वसात्तीव्रा त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

tasyavai mahasāṁ rāśestaporāśestaporciṣām cakaṁpe sādhvasāttīvrā trailokyaṁ sacarācaram

At that mass of splendour, that store of austerity, those blazing flames of tapas, the whole three worlds, with everything moving and unmoving in them, trembled in the utmost terror.

Verse 31 (skanda.4.49.31)

सूर्य आत्मास्य जगतो वेदेषु परिपठ्यते॥ स एव चेज्वालयिता को नस्त्राता भवेदिह

sūrya ātmāsya jagato vedeṣu paripaṭhyate sa eva cejvālayitā ko nastrātā bhavediha

[The gods thought:] "The Sun is proclaimed in the Vedas to be the very soul of this world; if he himself now becomes our destroyer, who then shall be our protector here?"

Verse 32 (skanda.4.49.32)

जगच्चक्षुरसौ सूर्यो जगदात्मैष भास्करः॥ जगद्योयन्मृतप्रायं प्रातःप्रातः प्रबोधयेत्

jagaccakṣurasau sūryo jagadātmaiṣa bhāskaraḥ jagadyoyanmṛtaprāyaṁ prātaḥprātaḥ prabodhayet

"This Sun is the very eye of the world; this Bhaskara is the very soul of the world, who every morning awakens the world that lies as if dead."

Verse 33 (skanda.4.49.33)

तमोंधकूपपतितमुद्यन्नेष दिनेदिने॥ प्रसार्य परितः पाणीन्प्राणिजातं समुद्धरेत्

tamoṁdhakūpapatitamudyanneṣa dinedine prasārya paritaḥ pāṇīnprāṇijātaṁ samuddharet

"Rising day after day, this Sun extends his hands on every side, and lifts up all living creatures fallen into the blind well of darkness."

Verse 34 (skanda.4.49.34)

उदितेऽत्रोदिमो नित्यमस्तं यात्यस्तमाप्नुमः॥ उदयेऽनुदये तस्मादस्माकं कारणं रविः

udite'trodimo nityamastaṁ yātyastamāpnumaḥ udaye'nudaye tasmādasmākaṁ kāraṇaṁ raviḥ

"When he rises here, we too rise every day; when he sets, we too come to our own setting. Thus the Sun is the very cause of both our rising and our decline."

Verse 35 (skanda.4.49.35)

इति व्याकुलितं विश्वं पश्यन्विश्वेश्वरः स्वयम्॥ विश्वत्राता वरं दातुं संजग्मे तिग्मरश्मये

iti vyākulitaṁ viśvaṁ paśyanviśveśvaraḥ svayam viśvatrātā varaṁ dātuṁ saṁjagme tigmaraśmaye

Seeing the universe thus thrown into turmoil, Vishveshvara himself, protector of the world, went in person to grant a boon to that sharp-rayed Sun.

Verse 36 (skanda.4.49.36)

मयूखमालिनं शंभुरालोक्याति सुनिश्चलम्॥ समाधि विस्मृतात्मानं विसिस्माय तपः प्रति

mayūkhamālinaṁ śaṁbhurālokyāti suniścalam samādhi vismṛtātmānaṁ visismāya tapaḥ prati

Shambhu, beholding him garlanded with his own rays, utterly still, his very self forgotten in meditation, marvelled at his austerity.

Verse 37 (skanda.4.49.37)

उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा श्रीकंठः प्रणतार्तिहृत्॥ अलं तप्त्वा वरं ब्रूहि द्युमणे महसां निधे॥ निरुद्धेंद्रियवृत्तित्वाद्ब्रध्नो ध्यानसमाधिना॥ न जग्राह वचः शंभोर्द्वित्रिरुक्तोप्यकर्णवत्

uvāca ca prasannātmā śrīkaṁṭhaḥ praṇatārtihṛt alaṁ taptvā varaṁ brūhi dyumaṇe mahasāṁ nidhe niruddheṁdriyavṛttitvādbradhno dhyānasamādhinā na jagrāha vacaḥ śaṁbhordvitriruktopyakarṇavat

And Shrikantha, pleased in mind, remover of the anguish of the devoted, said: "Enough of this austerity — ask for a boon, O jewel of light, O treasury of splendour." But the Sun, his senses wholly suspended in the depth of his meditation, did not take in Shambhu's words even when spoken two or three times, as if he had no ears at all.

Verse 38 (skanda.4.49.38)

काष्ठीभूतं तु तं ज्ञात्वा शिवः पस्पर्श पाणिना॥ महातपः समुद्भूत संतापामृतवर्षिणा

kāṣṭhībhūtaṁ tu taṁ jñātvā śivaḥ pasparśa pāṇinā mahātapaḥ samudbhūta saṁtāpāmṛtavarṣiṇā

Knowing him to have grown as rigid as wood, Shiva touched him with his own hand — a hand that rains nectar upon the very anguish born of such great austerity.

Verse 39 (skanda.4.49.39)

तत उन्मीलयांचक्रे लोचने विश्वलोचनः॥ तस्योदयमिव प्राप्य प्रगे पंकजिनीवनी

tata unmīlayāṁcakre locane viśvalocanaḥ tasyodayamiva prāpya prage paṁkajinīvanī

Then the "eye of the universe," the Sun, opened his own eyes — as a grove of lotuses opens at dawn upon the rising sun.

Verse 40 (skanda.4.49.40)

परिव्यपेतसंतापस्तपनः स्पर्शनाद्विभोः॥ अवग्रहितसस्यश्रीरुल्ललास यथांबुदात्

parivyapetasaṁtāpastapanaḥ sparśanādvibhoḥ avagrahitasasyaśrīrullalāsa yathāṁbudāt

His anguish wholly banished by the Lord's own touch, the Sun rejoiced, as a drought-stricken crop rejoices at the coming of a rain-cloud.

Verse 41 (skanda.4.49.41)

मित्रो नेत्रातिथीकृत्य त्र्यक्षं प्रत्यक्षमग्रतः॥ दंडवत्प्रणनामोच्चैस्तुष्टाव च पिनाकिनम्

mitro netrātithīkṛtya tryakṣaṁ pratyakṣamagrataḥ daṁḍavatpraṇanāmoccaistuṣṭāva ca pinākinam

Mitra, welcoming the three-eyed Lord, now present in person, as a guest to his very eyes, bowed low like a fallen staff, and loudly praised Pinakin.

Verse 42 (skanda.4.49.42)

॥ रविरुवाच॥ देवदेव जगतांपते विभो भर्ग भीम भव चंद्रभूषण॥ भूतनाथ भवभीतिहारक त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

raviruvāca devadeva jagatāṁpate vibho bharga bhīma bhava caṁdrabhūṣaṇa bhūtanātha bhavabhītihāraka tvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

The Sun said: "O God of gods, Lord of the worlds, O mighty one, O Bharga, O Bhima, O Bhava, O you crowned with the moon, O Lord of all beings, O dispeller of the terror of worldly existence — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow before you."

Verse 43 (skanda.4.49.43)

चंद्रचूडमृड धूर्जटे हर त्र्यक्ष दक्ष शततंतुशातन॥ शांतशाश्वत शिवापते शिव त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

caṁdracūḍamṛḍa dhūrjaṭe hara tryakṣa dakṣa śatataṁtuśātana śāṁtaśāśvata śivāpate śiva tvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

"O moon-crested one, O Mrida, O Dhurjati, O Hara, O three-eyed one, O destroyer of Daksha's hundred-threaded sacrifice, O tranquil, eternal one, O Lord of Shiva, O Shiva himself — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow."

Verse 44 (skanda.4.49.44)

नीललोहित समीहितार्थ दहेद्व्येकलोचन विरूपलोचन॥ व्योमकेशपशुपाशनाशन त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

nīlalohita samīhitārtha dahedvyekalocana virūpalocana vyomakeśapaśupāśanāśana tvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

"O blue-red one, O granter of every desired end, O consumer of Kama with your single eye, O you of strange, wondrous eyes, O sky-haired one, O destroyer of the fettered soul's bonds — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow."

Verse 45 (skanda.4.49.45)

वामदेवशितिकंठशूलभृच्चंद्रशेखर फणींद्रभूषण॥ कामकृत्पशुपते महेश्वर त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

vāmadevaśitikaṁṭhaśūlabhṛccaṁdraśekhara phaṇīṁdrabhūṣaṇa kāmakṛtpaśupate maheśvara tvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

"O Vamadeva, O dark-throated one, O bearer of the trident, O moon-crested one, O you adorned with the serpent-king, O fulfiller of desire, O Lord of creatures, O Maheshvara — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow."

Verse 46 (skanda.4.49.46)

त्र्यंबक त्रिपुरसूदनेश्वर त्राणकृत्त्रिनयनत्रयीमय॥ कालकूट दलनांतकांतक त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद॥ शर्वरीरहितशर्वसर्वगस्वर्गमार्गसुखदापवर्गद॥ अंधकासुररिपो कपर्दभृत्त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

tryaṁbaka tripurasūdaneśvara trāṇakṛttrinayanatrayīmaya kālakūṭa dalanāṁtakāṁtaka tvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada śarvarīrahitaśarvasarvagasvargamārgasukhadāpavargada aṁdhakāsuraripo kapardabhṛttvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

"O Tryambaka, O Lord who slew Tripura, O protector, O three-eyed one, O embodiment of the three Vedas, O crusher of the Kalakuta poison, O vanquisher of Death itself — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow. O you untouched by darkness, O all-pervading Sharva, O giver of the joyous path to heaven and of final release, O foe of the demon Andhaka, O wearer of matted locks — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow."

Verse 47 (skanda.4.49.47)

शंकरोग्रगिरिजापते पते विश्वनाथविधिविष्णु संस्तुत॥ वेदवेद्यविदिताऽखिलेंगि तत्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

śaṁkarogragirijāpate pate viśvanāthavidhiviṣṇu saṁstuta vedavedyaviditā'khileṁgi tatvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

"O Shankara, O fierce one, O Lord of Girija, O Lord, O Vishvanatha, praised by Brahma and Vishnu alike, O you known through the Vedas, O you who pervade all that exists — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow."

Verse 48 (skanda.4.49.48)

विश्वरूपपररूप वर्जितब्रह्मजिह्मरहितामृतप्रद॥ वाङमनोविषयदूरदूरगत्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद

viśvarūpapararūpa varjitabrahmajihmarahitāmṛtaprada vāṅamanoviṣayadūradūragatvāṁ natosmi natavāṁchitaprada

"O you of the form of the universe, and of the supreme form beyond it, O Brahman free of all deceit, O bestower of the nectar of immortality, O you who lie utterly beyond the reach of speech and mind — I bow to you, O granter of every wish of those who bow."

Verse 49 (skanda.4.49.49)

इत्थं परीत्य मार्तंडो मृडं देवं मृडानिकाम्॥ अथ तुष्टाव प्रीतात्मा शिववामार्धहारिणीम्

itthaṁ parītya mārtaṁḍo mṛḍaṁ devaṁ mṛḍānikām atha tuṣṭāva prītātmā śivavāmārdhahāriṇīm

Having thus circled the god Mrida in praise, Martanda, his heart glad, then went on to praise Mridani, she who occupies the left half of Shiva's own body.

Verse 50 (skanda.4.49.50)

रविरुवाच॥ देवि त्वदीयचरणांबुजरेणुगौरीं भालस्थलीं वहति यः प्रणतिप्रवीणः॥ जन्मांतरेपि रजनीकरचारुलेखा तां गौरयत्यतितरां किल तस्य पुंसः

raviruvāca devi tvadīyacaraṇāṁbujareṇugaurīṁ bhālasthalīṁ vahati yaḥ praṇatipravīṇaḥ janmāṁtarepi rajanīkaracārulekhā tāṁ gaurayatyatitarāṁ kila tasya puṁsaḥ

The Sun said: "O Goddess, whatever man, devoted in his reverence, bears upon his brow the golden dust of your lotus feet — for him, even in another birth, the lovely crescent of the moon shall grace his forehead with the greatest radiance."

Verse 51 (skanda.4.49.51)

श्रीमंगले सकलमंगलजन्मभूमे श्रीमंगले सकलकल्मषतूलवह्ने॥ श्रीमंगले सकलदानवदर्पहंत्रि श्रीमंगलेऽखिलमिदं परिपाहि विश्वम्

śrīmaṁgale sakalamaṁgalajanmabhūme śrīmaṁgale sakalakalmaṣatūlavahne śrīmaṁgale sakaladānavadarpahaṁtri śrīmaṁgale'khilamidaṁ paripāhi viśvam

"O Shri Mangala, birthplace of all that is auspicious! O Shri Mangala, fire that consumes every heap of sin like cotton! O Shri Mangala, destroyer of the pride of every demon! O Shri Mangala, protect this entire universe!"

Verse 52 (skanda.4.49.52)

विश्वेश्वरि त्वमसि विश्वजनस्य कर्त्री त्वं पालयित्र्यसि तथा प्रलयेपिहंत्री॥ त्वन्नामकीर्तनसमुल्लसदच्छपुण्या स्रोतस्विनी हरति पातककूलवृक्षान्

viśveśvari tvamasi viśvajanasya kartrī tvaṁ pālayitryasi tathā pralayepihaṁtrī tvannāmakīrtanasamullasadacchapuṇyā srotasvinī harati pātakakūlavṛkṣān

"O Vishveshvari, you are the creator of all the people of this world; you are their sustainer, and, at the time of dissolution, their destroyer too. The pure, shining river of merit that rises from the chanting of your very name sweeps away the trees of sin that stand along its banks."

Verse 53 (skanda.4.49.53)

मातर्भवानि भवती भवतीव्रदुःखसंभारहारिणि शरण्यमिहास्ति नान्या॥ धन्यास्त एव भुवनेषु त एव मान्या येषु स्फुरेत्तवशुभः करुणाकटाक्षः

mātarbhavāni bhavatī bhavatīvraduḥkhasaṁbhārahāriṇi śaraṇyamihāsti nānyā dhanyāsta eva bhuvaneṣu ta eva mānyā yeṣu sphurettavaśubhaḥ karuṇākaṭākṣaḥ

"O Mother Bhavani, you alone remove the crushing burden of worldly sorrow; there is no other refuge here at all. Blessed indeed, and honoured indeed, throughout all the worlds, are those upon whom your auspicious glance of compassion falls."

Verse 54 (skanda.4.49.54)

ये त्वा स्मरंति सततं सहजप्रकाशां काशीपुरीस्थितिमतीं नतमोक्षलक्ष्मीम्॥ तान्संस्मरेत्स्मरहरो धृतशुद्धबुद्धीन्निर्वाणरक्षणविचक्षणपात्रभूतान्

ye tvā smaraṁti satataṁ sahajaprakāśāṁ kāśīpurīsthitimatīṁ natamokṣalakṣmīm tānsaṁsmaretsmaraharo dhṛtaśuddhabuddhīnnirvāṇarakṣaṇavicakṣaṇapātrabhūtān

"Those who ceaselessly remember you — self-luminous, dwelling in the city of Kashi, the very Goddess of Liberation to whom all bow — them the Destroyer of Kama himself remembers in turn, their minds made pure, fit vessels skilled in the safeguarding of final liberation."

Verse 55 (skanda.4.49.55)

मातस्तवांघ्रियुगलं विमलं हृदिस्थं यस्यास्ति तस्य भुवनं सकलं करस्थम्॥ यो नामतेज एति मंगलगौरि नित्यं सिद्ध्यष्टकं न परिमुंचति तस्य गेहम्॥ त्वं देवि वेदजननी प्रणवस्वरूपा गायत्र्यसि त्वमसि वै द्विजकामधेनुः॥ त्वं व्याहृतित्रयमिहाऽखिलकर्मसिद्ध्यै स्वाहास्वधासि सुमनः पितृतृप्तिहेतुः

mātastavāṁghriyugalaṁ vimalaṁ hṛdisthaṁ yasyāsti tasya bhuvanaṁ sakalaṁ karastham yo nāmateja eti maṁgalagauri nityaṁ siddhyaṣṭakaṁ na parimuṁcati tasya geham tvaṁ devi vedajananī praṇavasvarūpā gāyatryasi tvamasi vai dvijakāmadhenuḥ tvaṁ vyāhṛtitrayamihā'khilakarmasiddhyai svāhāsvadhāsi sumanaḥ pitṛtṛptihetuḥ

"O Mother, whoever holds your two pure feet within his heart — for him, the whole world lies, as it were, within his own grasp. O Mangala Gauri, from whoever's house daily draws near the splendour of your very name, the eight great powers never depart. O Goddess, you are the mother of the Vedas, the very form of Om; you are the Gayatri, and you are indeed the wish-granting cow of the twice-born. You are the threefold sacred utterance here, for the fulfilment of every rite; you are Svaha and Svadha, the very cause of the satisfaction of gods and ancestors alike."

Verse 56 (skanda.4.49.56)

गौरि त्वमेव शशिमौलिनि वेधसि त्वं सावित्र्यसि त्वमसि चक्रिणि चारुलक्ष्मीः॥ काश्यां त्वमस्यमलरूपिणि मोक्षलक्ष्मीस्त्वं मे शरण्यमिह मंगलगौरि मातः

gauri tvameva śaśimaulini vedhasi tvaṁ sāvitryasi tvamasi cakriṇi cārulakṣmīḥ kāśyāṁ tvamasyamalarūpiṇi mokṣalakṣmīstvaṁ me śaraṇyamiha maṁgalagauri mātaḥ

"O Gauri, you alone dwell in the moon-crested one as his consort; in the Creator, you are Savitri; in the discus-bearing Vishnu, you are the lovely Lakshmi. In Kashi, O stainless one, you are the very Goddess of Liberation. O Mangala Gauri, O Mother, you alone are my refuge here."

Verse 57 (skanda.4.49.57)

स्तुत्वेति तां स्मरहरार्धशरीरशोभां श्रीमंगलाष्टक महास्तवनेन भानुः॥ देवीं च देवमसकृत्परितः प्रणम्य तूष्णीं बभूव सविता शिवयोः पुरस्तात्

stutveti tāṁ smaraharārdhaśarīraśobhāṁ śrīmaṁgalāṣṭaka mahāstavanena bhānuḥ devīṁ ca devamasakṛtparitaḥ praṇamya tūṣṇīṁ babhūva savitā śivayoḥ purastāt

Having thus praised her — the radiant beauty adorning half the body of Shiva, the Destroyer of Kama — with this great hymn of the eight Shri-Mangala verses, the Sun, bowing again and again on every side to both the Goddess and the God, fell silent before Shiva and Shivaa.

Verse 58 (skanda.4.49.58)

॥ देवदेव उवाच॥ उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते प्रसन्नोस्मि महामते॥ मित्रमन्नेत्रगो नित्यं प्रपश्ये तच्चराचरम्

devadeva uvāca uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṁ te prasannosmi mahāmate mitramannetrago nityaṁ prapaśye taccarācaram

The God of gods said: "Rise, rise; blessings upon you. I am pleased with you, O great-minded one. O Mitra, ever coursing as my very eye, it is through you that I forever behold all that moves and all that is still."

Verse 59 (skanda.4.49.59)

मम मूर्तिर्भवान्सूर्य सर्वज्ञो भव सर्वगः॥ सर्वेषां महसां राशिः सर्वेषां सर्वकर्मवित्

mama mūrtirbhavānsūrya sarvajño bhava sarvagaḥ sarveṣāṁ mahasāṁ rāśiḥ sarveṣāṁ sarvakarmavit

"O Sun, you are my own very form; become all-knowing, all-pervading, the very treasury of all splendour, the knower of every deed of every being."

Verse 60 (skanda.4.49.60)

सर्वेषां सर्वदुःखानि भक्तानां त्वं निराकुरु॥ त्वया नाम्नां चतुःषष्ट्या यदष्टकमुदीरितम्

sarveṣāṁ sarvaduḥkhāni bhaktānāṁ tvaṁ nirākuru tvayā nāmnāṁ catuḥṣaṣṭyā yadaṣṭakamudīritam

"Remove every sorrow of every one of your devotees. This eightfold hymn of sixty-four names, which you have composed —"

Verse 61 (skanda.4.49.61)

अनेन मां परिष्टुत्य नरो मद्भक्तिमाप्स्यति॥ अष्टकं मंगलागौर्या मंगलाष्टकसंज्ञकम्

anena māṁ pariṣṭutya naro madbhaktimāpsyati aṣṭakaṁ maṁgalāgauryā maṁgalāṣṭakasaṁjñakam

"— by reciting it in my praise, whatever man does so shall attain devotion to me; this hymn to Mangala Gauri shall become known as the Mangalashtaka."

Verse 62 (skanda.4.49.62)

अनेन मंगलागौरीं स्तुत्वा मंगलमाप्स्यति॥ चतुःषष्ट्यष्टकं स्तोत्रं मंगलाष्टकमेव च

anena maṁgalāgaurīṁ stutvā maṁgalamāpsyati catuḥṣaṣṭyaṣṭakaṁ stotraṁ maṁgalāṣṭakameva ca

"By this, whoever praises Mangala Gauri shall attain auspiciousness — both this hymn of sixty-four names, and this Mangalashtaka."

Verse 63 (skanda.4.49.63)

एतत्स्तोत्रवरं पुण्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्॥ दूरदेशांतरस्थोपि जपन्नित्यं नरोत्तमः

etatstotravaraṁ puṇyaṁ sarvapātakanāśanam dūradeśāṁtarasthopi japannityaṁ narottamaḥ

This excellent, meritorious hymn destroys every sin; even the best of men, dwelling far off in some distant land, reciting it daily —

Verse 64 (skanda.4.49.64)

त्रिसंध्यं परिशुद्धात्मा काशीं प्राप्स्यति दुर्लभाम्॥ अनेन स्तोत्रयुग्मेन जप्तेन प्रत्यहं नृभिः॥ ध्रुवदैनंदिनं पापं क्षालितं नात्र संशयः॥ न तस्य देहिनो देहे जातु चित्किल्बिषस्थितिः

trisaṁdhyaṁ pariśuddhātmā kāśīṁ prāpsyati durlabhām anena stotrayugmena japtena pratyahaṁ nṛbhiḥ dhruvadainaṁdinaṁ pāpaṁ kṣālitaṁ nātra saṁśayaḥ na tasya dehino dehe jātu citkilbiṣasthitiḥ

— at the three daily junctures, his soul purified, attains the hard-won Kashi. By these two hymns, recited daily by men, their daily sin is, without doubt, washed away; never does any residue of sin remain in the body of such a man.

Verse 65 (skanda.4.49.65)

त्रिकालं योजयेन्नित्यमेतत्स्तोत्रद्वयंशुभम्॥ किंजप्तैर्बहुभिः स्तोत्रैश्चंचलश्रीप्रदैर्नृणाम्

trikālaṁ yojayennityametatstotradvayaṁśubham kiṁjaptairbahubhiḥ stotraiścaṁcalaśrīpradairnṛṇām

One should ever recite this pair of auspicious hymns three times each day; what use, for men, is the recitation of many other hymns that grant only fickle, passing fortune?

Verse 66 (skanda.4.49.66)

एतत्स्तोत्रद्वयं दद्यात्काश्यां नैःश्रेयसीं श्रियम्॥ तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन मानवैर्मोक्षकांक्षिभिः

etatstotradvayaṁ dadyātkāśyāṁ naiḥśreyasīṁ śriyam tasmātsarvaprayatnena mānavairmokṣakāṁkṣibhiḥ

This pair of hymns grants, in Kashi, the fortune of ultimate beatitude; therefore, men who long for liberation should, with every effort —

Verse 67 (skanda.4.49.67)

एतत्स्तोत्रद्वयं जप्यं त्यक्त्वा स्तोत्राण्यनेकशः॥ प्रपंच आवयोरेव सर्व एष चराचरः

etatstotradvayaṁ japyaṁ tyaktvā stotrāṇyanekaśaḥ prapaṁca āvayoreva sarva eṣa carācaraḥ

— recite this pair of hymns alone, setting aside all others; for this entire moving and unmoving world is but the outspreading of the two of us alone.

Verse 68 (skanda.4.49.68)

तदावयोःस्तवादस्मान्निष्प्रपंचो जनो भवेत्॥ समृद्धिमाप्य महतीं पुत्रपौत्रवतीमिह

tadāvayoḥstavādasmānniṣprapaṁco jano bhavet samṛddhimāpya mahatīṁ putrapautravatīmiha

By this very praise of the two of us, a person becomes free of worldly entanglement, having first attained here great prosperity, blessed with sons and grandsons.

Verse 69 (skanda.4.49.69)

अंते निर्वाणमाप्नोति जपन्स्तोत्रमिदं नरः॥ अन्यच्च शृणु सप्ताश्व ग्रहराज दिवाकर

aṁte nirvāṇamāpnoti japanstotramidaṁ naraḥ anyacca śṛṇu saptāśva graharāja divākara

A man who recites this hymn attains liberation at last. Hear something more besides, O seven-horsed one, O king of planets, O Divakara.

Verse 70 (skanda.4.49.70)

त्वया प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं गभस्तीश्वरसंज्ञितम्॥ सेवितं भक्तिभावेन सर्वसिद्धिसमर्पकम्

tvayā pratiṣṭhitaṁ liṁgaṁ gabhastīśvarasaṁjñitam sevitaṁ bhaktibhāvena sarvasiddhisamarpakam

The linga established by you, named Gabhastishvara, when served with devotion, grants every kind of accomplishment.

Verse 71 (skanda.4.49.71)

त्वया गभस्तिमालाभिश्चांपेयांबुजकांतिभिः॥ यदर्चित्वैश्वरं लिंगं सर्वभावेन भास्कर

tvayā gabhastimālābhiścāṁpeyāṁbujakāṁtibhiḥ yadarcitvaiśvaraṁ liṁgaṁ sarvabhāvena bhāskara

O Bhaskara, that very linga of the Lord, which you have worshipped with your own whole heart, offering garlands of your own rays as radiant as golden lotuses —

Verse 72 (skanda.4.49.72)

गभस्तीश्वर इत्याख्यां ततो लिंगमवाप्स्यति॥ अर्चयित्वा गभस्तीशं स्नात्वा पंचनदे नरः

gabhastīśvara ityākhyāṁ tato liṁgamavāpsyati arcayitvā gabhastīśaṁ snātvā paṁcanade naraḥ

— that linga shall thenceforth bear the name Gabhastishvara. Whatever man, having bathed at Panchanada, worships Gabhastisha —

Verse 73 (skanda.4.49.73)

न जातु जायते मातुर्जठरे धूतकल्मषः॥ इमां च मंगलागौरीं नारी वा पुरुषोपि वा॥ चैत्रशुक्लतृतीयायामुपोषणपरायणः॥ महोपचारैः संपूज्य दुकूलाभरणादिभिः

na jātu jāyate māturjaṭhare dhūtakalmaṣaḥ imāṁ ca maṁgalāgaurīṁ nārī vā puruṣopi vā caitraśuklatṛtīyāyāmupoṣaṇaparāyaṇaḥ mahopacāraiḥ saṁpūjya dukūlābharaṇādibhiḥ

— his sins washed away, is never born again in a mother's womb. And whatever woman or man, keeping a fast on the third day of the bright fortnight of Chaitra, worships this Mangala Gauri with grand offerings — fine cloth, ornaments, and the rest —

Verse 74 (skanda.4.49.74)

रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा गीतनृत्यकथादिभिः॥ प्रातः कुमारीः संपूज्य द्वादशाच्छादनादिभिः

rātrau jāgaraṇaṁ kṛtvā gītanṛtyakathādibhiḥ prātaḥ kumārīḥ saṁpūjya dvādaśācchādanādibhiḥ

— keeping vigil through the night with song, dance, and story, and in the morning worshipping twelve young girls with clothing and gifts —

Verse 75 (skanda.4.49.75)

संभोज्यपरमान्नाद्यैर्दत्त्वान्येभ्योपि दक्षिणाम्॥ होमं कृत्वा विधानेन जातवेदस इत्यृचा

saṁbhojyaparamānnādyairdattvānyebhyopi dakṣiṇām homaṁ kṛtvā vidhānena jātavedasa ityṛcā

— feeding them the finest food, giving offerings to others as well, and performing the fire-rite according to due form with the "Jatavedase" verse —

Verse 76 (skanda.4.49.76)

अष्टोत्तरशताभिश्च तिलाज्याहुतिभिः प्रगे॥ एकं गोमिथुनं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणाय कुटुंबिने

aṣṭottaraśatābhiśca tilājyāhutibhiḥ prage ekaṁ gomithunaṁ dattvā brāhmaṇāya kuṭuṁbine

— offering one hundred and eight oblations of sesame and ghee at dawn, and giving a pair of cattle to a family-man Brahmin —

Verse 77 (skanda.4.49.77)

श्रद्धया समलंकृत्य भूषणैर्द्विजदंपती॥ भोजयित्वा महार्हान्नैः प्रीयेतां मंगलेश्वरौ

śraddhayā samalaṁkṛtya bhūṣaṇairdvijadaṁpatī bhojayitvā mahārhānnaiḥ prīyetāṁ maṁgaleśvarau

— and, with reverence, adorning a Brahmin couple with ornaments and feeding them the finest food — by all this, Mangaleshvara and his consort are well pleased.

Verse 78 (skanda.4.49.78)

इति मंत्रं समुच्चार्य प्रातः कृत्वाथ पारणम्॥ न दुर्भगत्वमाप्नोति न दारिद्र्यं कदाचन

iti maṁtraṁ samuccārya prātaḥ kṛtvātha pāraṇam na durbhagatvamāpnoti na dāridryaṁ kadācana

Reciting this mantra, and breaking the fast the next morning, one never falls into misfortune, nor ever into poverty.

Verse 79 (skanda.4.49.79)

न वै संतानविच्छित्तिं भोगोच्छित्तिं न जातुचित्॥ स्त्री वैधव्यं न चाप्नोति न नायोषिद्वियोगभाक्

na vai saṁtānavicchittiṁ bhogocchittiṁ na jātucit strī vaidhavyaṁ na cāpnoti na nāyoṣidviyogabhāk

One never suffers the loss of children, nor the loss of one's enjoyments; a woman never becomes a widow, nor is any woman ever parted from her husband.

Verse 80 (skanda.4.49.80)

पापानि विलयं यांति पुण्यराशिश्च लभ्यते॥ अपि वंध्या प्रसूयेत कृत्वैतन्मंगलाव्रतम्

pāpāni vilayaṁ yāṁti puṇyarāśiśca labhyate api vaṁdhyā prasūyeta kṛtvaitanmaṁgalāvratam

Sins are utterly destroyed, and a treasury of merit is gained; even a barren woman gives birth to a child, simply by performing this vow of Mangala.

Verse 81 (skanda.4.49.81)

एतद्व्रतस्य करणात्कुरूपत्वं न जातुचित्॥ कुमारी विंदतेत्यंतं गुणरूपयुतं पतिम्

etadvratasya karaṇātkurūpatvaṁ na jātucit kumārī viṁdatetyaṁtaṁ guṇarūpayutaṁ patim

By performing this vow, one never becomes deformed; an unmarried girl obtains, in the end, a husband endowed with virtue and beauty alike.

Verse 82 (skanda.4.49.82)

कुमारोपि व्रतं कृत्वा विंदति स्त्रियमुत्तमाम्॥ संति व्रतानि बहुशो धनकामप्रदानि च॥ नाप्नुयुर्जातुचित्तानि मंगलाव्रततुल्यताम्॥ कर्तव्या चाब्दिकी यात्रा मधौ तस्यां तिथौ नरैः

kumāropi vrataṁ kṛtvā viṁdati striyamuttamām saṁti vratāni bahuśo dhanakāmapradāni ca nāpnuyurjātucittāni maṁgalāvratatulyatām kartavyā cābdikī yātrā madhau tasyāṁ tithau naraiḥ

A young man too, performing this vow, obtains an excellent wife. There are many vows that grant wealth and fulfil desires, but none of them can ever equal this vow of Mangala. Men should undertake the yearly pilgrimage in the month of Madhu, on that same tithi.

Verse 83 (skanda.4.49.83)

सर्वविघ्नप्रशांत्यर्थं सदा काशीनिवासिभिः॥ अपरं द्युमणे वच्मि तव चात्र तपस्यतः

sarvavighnapraśāṁtyarthaṁ sadā kāśīnivāsibhiḥ aparaṁ dyumaṇe vacmi tava cātra tapasyataḥ

— this pilgrimage should ever be undertaken by the residents of Kashi, for the quelling of every obstacle. O jewel of light, let me tell you one thing more, concerning your own austerity here.

Verse 84 (skanda.4.49.84)

मयूखा एव खे दृष्टा न च दृष्टं कलेवरम्॥ मयूखादित्य इत्याख्या ततस्ते दितिनंदन

mayūkhā eva khe dṛṣṭā na ca dṛṣṭaṁ kalevaram mayūkhāditya ityākhyā tataste ditinaṁdana

Since only your rays were seen in the sky, and your own form remained unseen, henceforth your name shall be Mayukhaditya.

Verse 85 (skanda.4.49.85)

त्वदर्चनान्नृणां कश्चिन्न व्याधिः प्रभविष्यति॥ भविष्यति न दारिद्र्यं रविवारे त्वदीक्षणात्

tvadarcanānnṛṇāṁ kaścinna vyādhiḥ prabhaviṣyati bhaviṣyati na dāridryaṁ ravivāre tvadīkṣaṇāt

Through your worship, no disease at all shall prevail over men; and through beholding you on a Sunday, no poverty shall ever arise.

Verse 86 (skanda.4.49.86)

इत्थं मयूखादित्यस्य शिवो दत्त्वा बहून्वरान्॥ तत्रैवांतर्हितो भूतो रविस्तत्रैव तस्थिवान्

itthaṁ mayūkhādityasya śivo dattvā bahūnvarān tatraivāṁtarhito bhūto ravistatraiva tasthivān

Thus, having granted Mayukhaditya many boons, Shiva vanished right there; and the Sun remained there in that very place.

Verse 87 (skanda.4.49.87)

श्रुत्वाख्यानमिदं पुण्यं मयूखादित्यसंश्रयम्॥ द्रौपदादित्यसहितं नरो न निरयं व्रजेत्

śrutvākhyānamidaṁ puṇyaṁ mayūkhādityasaṁśrayam draupadādityasahitaṁ naro na nirayaṁ vrajet

Whoever hears this meritorious tale, concerning Mayukhaditya together with Draupadaditya, shall never go to hell.