The Greatness of Amaleshvara Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.368.1)

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि देवस्य चरितं महत्। श्रुतमात्रेण येनैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca| punaranyatpravakṣyāmi devasya caritaṁ mahat| śrutamātreṇa yenaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate|||

Shri Markandeya said: Again I shall tell of another great deed of the god, by merely hearing which a man is freed from all sins.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.368.2)

अबालो बालरूपेण ग्रामण्यैर्बालकैः सह। आमलैः क्रीडते शम्भुस्तत्ते वक्ष्यामि भारत।

abālo bālarūpeṇa grāmaṇyairbālakaiḥ saha| āmalaiḥ krīḍate śambhustatte vakṣyāmi bhārata|||

Shambhu, though never a child, assumed the form of a child and played with amala fruits together with the village boys - that, O descendant of Bharata, I shall tell you.

Verse 3 (skanda.5.368.3)

सर्वैस्तैरामलाः क्षिप्ता ये ते देवेन पाण्डव। आनीतास्तत्क्षणादेव ततः पश्चात्क्षिपेद्धरः।

sarvaistairāmalāḥ kṣiptā ye te devena pāṇḍava| ānītāstatkṣaṇādeva tataḥ paścātkṣipeddharaḥ|||

O Pandava, whatever amala fruits all those boys threw, the god would fetch them back that very instant. And after that, Hara himself would also throw them.

Verse 4 (skanda.5.368.4)

यावद्गत्वा दिशो दिग्भ्य आगच्छन्ति पृथक्पृथक्। तावत्तमामलं भूतं पश्यन्ति परमेश्वरम्।

yāvadgatvā diśo digbhya āgacchanti pṛthakpṛthak| tāvattamāmalaṁ bhūtaṁ paśyanti parameśvaram|||

Even as the boys went off in various directions and each returned separately, they would then behold that very amala fruit transformed into the supreme Lord.

Verse 5 (skanda.5.368.5)

तृतीये चैव यत्कर्म देवदेवस्य धीमतः। स्थानानां परमं स्थानमामलेश्वरमुत्तमम्।

tṛtīye caiva yatkarma devadevasya dhīmataḥ| sthānānāṁ paramaṁ sthānamāmaleśvaramuttamam|||

By this deed, performed a third time by the wise god of gods, this place became the supreme of all places, the excellent Amaleshvara.

Verse 6 (skanda.5.368.6)

तेन पूजितमात्रेण प्राप्यते परमं पदम्।

tena pūjitamātreṇa prāpyate paramaṁ padam|||

By merely worshipping there, the supreme state is attained.