The Glory of Shukreshvara, Bhimeshvara, Gargeshvara, Kameshvara, Chudamani, and Chandishvara

Verse 1 (skanda.5.25.1)

सनत्कुमार उवाच । शुक्रेश्वरं समभ्यर्च्य सितपुष्पैर्विलेपनैः । प्रणिपत्य ततो भक्त्या रुद्रलोके महीयते

sanatkumāra uvāca śukreśvaraṁ samabhyarcya sitapuṣpairvilepanaiḥ praṇipatya tato bhaktyā rudraloke mahīyate

Sanatkumāra said: "Having worshipped Śukreśvara with white flowers and unguents, and having then prostrated with devotion, one is honoured in the world of Rudra."

Verse 2 (skanda.5.25.2)

भीमेश्वरं नरो दृष्ट्वा भक्त्या संपूज्य यत्नतः । न भयं लभते व्यास रणे रात्रौ जलेऽनले

bhīmeśvaraṁ naro dṛṣṭvā bhaktyā saṁpūjya yatnataḥ na bhayaṁ labhate vyāsa raṇe rātrau jale'nale

"O Vyāsa, the man who, with effort, beholds and devotedly worships Bhīmeśvara knows no fear — in battle, at night, in water, or in fire."

Verse 3 (skanda.5.25.3)

गर्गेश्वरं स्नापयित्वा तिलतैलेन मानवः । बिल्वपत्रैस्तु संपूज्य धर्मवृद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

gargeśvaraṁ snāpayitvā tilatailena mānavaḥ bilvapatraistu saṁpūjya dharmavṛddhimavāpnuyāt

"A man who bathes Gargeśvara with sesame oil, and worships him with bilva leaves, attains growth in dharma."

Verse 4 (skanda.5.25.4)

उपोषितश्चतुर्दश्यां तिलप्रस्थतिलांभसा । स्नापयित्वा तिलैरिष्ट्वा सदा सौख्यमवाप्नुयात्

upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṁ tilaprasthatilāṁbhasā snāpayitvā tilairiṣṭvā sadā saukhyamavāpnuyāt

"Fasting on the fourteenth lunar day, bathing the god with a measure of sesame mixed with sesame-water, and worshipping with sesame, one ever attains happiness."

Verse 5 (skanda.5.25.5)

गोसहस्रं नरो दत्त्वा भावं कृत्वा विशेषतः । भवबंधविनिर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति

gosahasraṁ naro dattvā bhāvaṁ kṛtvā viśeṣataḥ bhavabaṁdhavinirmukto rudralokaṁ sa gacchati

"The man who gives a thousand cows, with especially pure intent, is freed from the bondage of worldly existence and goes to the world of Rudra."

Verse 6 (skanda.5.25.6)

कामेश्वरं समभ्यर्च्य कुंकुमादिविलेपनैः । कामिकेन विमानेन याति स्वर्गं न संशयः

kāmeśvaraṁ samabhyarcya kuṁkumādivilepanaiḥ kāmikena vimānena yāti svargaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

"Having worshipped Kāmeśvara with kuṅkuma and other unguents, one goes to heaven in a wish-granting celestial chariot — without doubt."

Verse 7 (skanda.5.25.7)

चूडामणिं नमस्कृत्य नवम्यां कार्तिके सिते । न वियोनिं नरो याति धर्मबुद्धिः स जायते

cūḍāmaṇiṁ namaskṛtya navamyāṁ kārtike site na viyoniṁ naro yāti dharmabuddhiḥ sa jāyate

"Having bowed to Cūḍāmaṇi on the ninth of the bright fortnight of Kārtika, a man never falls into a lower birth; he becomes righteous-minded."

Verse 8 (skanda.5.25.8)

चंडीश्वरं समभ्यर्च्य कृष्णाष्टम्यामुपोषितः । निर्माल्योल्लंघनोत्थेन न शोकेनापि लिप्यते

caṁḍīśvaraṁ samabhyarcya kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāmupoṣitaḥ nirmālyollaṁghanotthena na śokenāpi lipyate

"Having worshipped Caṇḍīśvara, fasting on the eighth of the dark fortnight, one is not touched even by the grief that arises from transgressing the rule about discarded offerings."

Verse 9 (skanda.5.25.9)

इत्यादितीर्थानि महेश्वरस्य पुण्यानि सर्वाणि नरोऽभिगम्य । विशुद्धचित्तो भुवि भावितात्मा प्रयाति शंभोर्भुवनं सुरम्यम्

ityāditīrthāni maheśvarasya puṇyāni sarvāṇi naro'bhigamya viśuddhacitto bhuvi bhāvitātmā prayāti śaṁbhorbhuvanaṁ suramyam

Having thus visited all these holy fords of Maheśvara and the others, a man, pure in mind and sanctified in soul, goes on earth to the beautiful world of Śambhu.