The Glory of Kalagnirudra Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.342.1)

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच। जालेश्वरं ततो गच्छेल्लिङ्गमाद्यं स्वयम्भुवः । कालाग्निरुद्रं विख्यातं भृगुकच्छे व्यवस्थितम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca| jāleśvaraṁ tato gacchelliṅgamādyaṁ svayambhuvaḥ | kālāgnirudraṁ vikhyātaṁ bhṛgukacche vyavasthitam || 1 ||

Sri Markandeya said: Thereafter one should go to Jaleshvara, the primal, self-manifested linga, renowned as Kalagnirudra, established at Bhrigukachchha.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.342.2)

सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम् । क्षेत्रपापविनाशाय कृपया च समुत्थितम् ॥ २ ॥

sarvapāpapraśamanaṁ sarvopadravanāśanam | kṣetrapāpavināśāya kṛpayā ca samutthitam || 2 ||

Pacifier of all sin, destroyer of all calamities, it arose out of compassion, for the destruction of the sin that had befallen this field.

Verse 3 (skanda.5.342.3)

पुरा कल्पेऽसुरगणैराक्रान्ते भुवनत्रये । वेदोक्तकर्मनाशे च धर्मे च विलयं गते ॥ ३ ॥

purā kalpe'suragaṇairākrānte bhuvanatraye | vedoktakarmanāśe ca dharme ca vilayaṁ gate || 3 ||

Long ago, in a certain kalpa, when the three worlds were overrun by hosts of demons, when Vedic rites had been destroyed, and when dharma had fallen into ruin —

Verse 4 (skanda.5.342.4)

देवर्षिमुनिसिद्धेषु विश्वासपरमेषु च । कालाग्निरुद्रादुत्पन्नो धूमः कालोद्भवोद्भवः ॥ ४ ॥

devarṣimunisiddheṣu viśvāsaparameṣu ca | kālāgnirudrādutpanno dhūmaḥ kālodbhavodbhavaḥ || 4 ||

— while the gods, sages, munis and siddhas were placing their utmost trust in Shiva, from Kalagnirudra arose a smoke, itself born of the fire of time.

Verse 5 (skanda.5.342.5)

धूमात्समुत्थितं लिङ्गं भित्त्वा पातालसप्तकम् । अवटं दक्षिणे कृत्वा लिङ्गं तत्रैव तिष्ठति ॥ ५ ॥

dhūmātsamutthitaṁ liṅgaṁ bhittvā pātālasaptakam | avaṭaṁ dakṣiṇe kṛtvā liṅgaṁ tatraiva tiṣṭhati || 5 ||

From that smoke arose a linga, which pierced through the seven Patalas; making a pit on the southern side, the linga remains established there.

Verse 6 (skanda.5.342.6)

तत्र तीर्थे नृपश्रेष्ठ कुण्डं ज्वालासमुद्भवम् । यत्र सा पतिता ज्वाला शिवस्य दहतः पुरम् ॥ ६ ॥

tatra tīrthe nṛpaśreṣṭha kuṇḍaṁ jvālāsamudbhavam | yatra sā patitā jvālā śivasya dahataḥ puram || 6 ||

O best of kings, at that tirtha there is a kunda born of flame, where that very flame fell, when Shiva was burning the triple city of the demons.

Verse 7 (skanda.5.342.7)

तत्रावटं समुद्भूतं धूमावर्तस्ततोऽभवत् । तस्मिन्कुण्डे तु यः स्नानं कृत्वा वै नर्मदाजले ॥ ७ ॥

tatrāvaṭaṁ samudbhūtaṁ dhūmāvartastato'bhavat | tasminkuṇḍe tu yaḥ snānaṁ kṛtvā vai narmadājale || 7 ||

There a pit arose, and from it came forth a whirl of smoke. Whoever bathes in that kunda, in the waters of the Narmada —

Verse 8 (skanda.5.342.8)

कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं पितृभ्यो वै पूजयेच्च त्रिलोचनम् । कालाग्निरुद्रनामानि स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम् ॥ ८ ॥

kuryācchrāddhaṁ pitṛbhyo vai pūjayecca trilocanam | kālāgnirudranāmāni sa gacchetparamāṁ gatim || 8 ||

— performs shraddha for the ancestors, and worships the three-eyed one under his names as Kalagnirudra, attains the supreme state.

Verse 9 (skanda.5.342.9)

यत्किंचित्कामिकं कर्म ह्याभिचारिकमेव वा । रिपुसंक्षयकृद्वापि सांतानिकमथापि वा । अत्र तीर्थे कृतं सर्वमचिरात्सिध्यते नृप ॥ ९ ॥

yatkiṁcitkāmikaṁ karma hyābhicārikamiva vā | ripusaṅkṣayakṛdvāpi sāntānikamathāpi vā | atra tīrthe kṛtaṁ sarvamacirātsidhyate nṛpa || 9 ||

O king, whatever rite for the fulfillment of desire, or for magical purposes, or for the destruction of enemies, or for progeny — whatever is performed at this tirtha quickly succeeds.