The Glory of the Chitreshvari Shrine

Verse 1 (skanda.6.36.1)

ऋषयः उवाच । चित्रेश्वरमिदं पीठमगस्त्यमुनिनिर्मितम् । यत्प्रमाणं यत्प्रभावं तदस्माकं प्रकीर्तय

ṛṣayaḥ uvāca | citreśvaramidaṁ pīṭhamagastyamuninirmitam | yatpramāṇaṁ yatprabhāvaṁ tadasmākaṁ prakīrtaya

The sages said: Tell us the measure and the power of this Chitreshvara shrine, established by the sage Agastya.

Verse 2 (skanda.6.36.2)

सूत उवाच । तस्य पीठस्य माहात्म्यं वक्तुं नो शक्यते द्विजाः । सहस्रेणापि वर्षाणां मुखानामयुतैरपि

sūta uvāca | tasya pīṭhasya māhātmyaṁ vaktuṁ no śakyate dvijāḥ | sahasreṇāpi varṣāṇāṁ mukhānāmayutairapi

Suta said: O brahmins, the glory of that shrine cannot be told even in a thousand years, even with ten thousand mouths.

Verse 3 (skanda.6.36.3)

तत्र सिद्धिमनुप्राप्ताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । अनुध्यानसमायुक्ता योगिनः शंसितव्रताः

tatra siddhimanuprāptāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | anudhyānasamāyuktā yoginaḥ śaṁsitavratāḥ

There, hundreds upon thousands of yogis, absorbed in meditation and firm of vow, have attained accomplishment.

Verse 4 (skanda.6.36.4)

अन्यपीठेषु या सिद्धिर्वर्षानुष्ठानतो भवेत् । दिनेनैकेन तां सिद्धिं लभंते योगिनो ध्रुवम्

anyapīṭheṣu yā siddhirvarṣānuṣṭhānato bhavet | dinenaikena tāṁ siddhiṁ labhaṁte yogino dhruvam

The accomplishment that would come from a full year's practice at other shrines, that very accomplishment yogis surely obtain here in a single day.

Verse 5 (skanda.6.36.5)

यस्तत्राथर्वणान्मंत्राञ्जपेच्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । तेषामर्थोद्भवं कृत्स्नं फलं प्राप्नोति स ध्रुवम्

yastatrātharvaṇānmaṁtrāñjapecchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | teṣāmarthodbhavaṁ kṛtsnaṁ phalaṁ prāpnoti sa dhruvam

Whoever, filled with faith, recites the mantras of the Atharva Veda there, surely obtains the entire fruit inherent in their meaning.

Verse 6 (skanda.6.36.6)

पुत्रकामो नरस्तत्र पुंलिंगान्यो जपेन्नरः । स लभेतेप्सितान्पुत्रान्यद्यपि स्याज्जरान्वितः

putrakāmo narastatra puṁliṁgānyo japennaraḥ | sa labhetepsitānputrānyadyapi syājjarānvitaḥ

A man desiring a son who recites masculine-gendered mantras there obtains the sons he desires, even if he is already advanced in years.

Verse 7 (skanda.6.36.7)

गर्भोपनिषदं तत्र पुत्रकामो जपेन्नरः । अपि वन्ध्याप्रसंगेन स्यात्स पुत्रसमन्वितः

garbhopaniṣadaṁ tatra putrakāmo japennaraḥ | api vandhyāprasaṁgena syātsa putrasamanvitaḥ

A man desiring a son who recites the Garbha Upanishad there becomes possessed of a son even through union with a barren wife.

Verse 8 (skanda.6.36.8)

शत्रुलोकविनाशाय यो जपेच्छतरुद्रियम् । तस्मिन्पीठेऽरयस्तस्य सद्यो गच्छंति संक्षयम्

śatrulokavināśāya yo japecchatarudriyam | tasminpīṭhe'rayastasya sadyo gacchaṁti saṁkṣayam

Whoever recites the Shatarudriya at that shrine for the destruction of an enemy's realm, his enemies are at once brought to ruin.

Verse 9 (skanda.6.36.9)

भूतप्रेतपिशाचादिरक्षार्थं तत्र मानवः । यो जपेद्वामदेव्यं च स स्याद्धि निरुपद्रवः

bhūtapretapiśācādirakṣārthaṁ tatra mānavaḥ | yo japedvāmadevyaṁ ca sa syāddhi nirupadravaḥ

The man who recites the Vamadevya there for protection from ghosts, spirits, demons, and the like becomes entirely free of trouble.

Verse 10 (skanda.6.36.10)

कोऽदादिति नरस्तत्र कन्यार्थं यो जपेदृचम् । यां कन्यां ध्यायमानस्तु स तां प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्

ko'dāditi narastatra kanyārthaṁ yo japedṛcam | yāṁ kanyāṁ dhyāyamānastu sa tāṁ prāpnotyasaṁśayam

Whoever there recites, for the sake of a bride, the verse beginning "ko'dāt," obtains without doubt the very maiden on whom he meditates.

Verse 11 (skanda.6.36.11)

यो भूपालप्रसादार्थमिमं देवा निशं जपेत् । निरर्गलः प्रसादः स्यात्तस्य पार्थिवसंभवः

yo bhūpālaprasādārthamimaṁ devā niśaṁ japet | nirargalaḥ prasādaḥ syāttasya pārthivasaṁbhavaḥ

Whoever, for the favor of a king, recites at night the mantra "imaṁ devāḥ," gains an unrestricted grace flowing from that king.

Verse 12 (skanda.6.36.12)

स्वस्त्रीस्नेहकृतेयस्तु तं पत्नीभिरिति द्विजाः । जपेद्भार्या भवेत्साध्वी तस्य सा स्नेहवत्सला

svastrīsnehakṛteyastu taṁ patnībhiriti dvijāḥ | japedbhāryā bhavetsādhvī tasya sā snehavatsalā

O brahmins, whoever, to win his own wife's affection, recites the mantra "taṁ patnībhiḥ," his wife becomes virtuous and full of tender love for him.

Verse 13 (skanda.6.36.13)

यो लोकानुग्रहार्थाय जपेददितिरित्यपि । तस्य लोकानुरागः स्यात्सलाभश्च विशेषतः

yo lokānugrahārthāya japedaditirityapi | tasya lokānurāgaḥ syātsalābhaśca viśeṣataḥ

Whoever recites the mantra beginning "aditiḥ" for the favor of the people gains the people's affection, and especially their material support.

Verse 14 (skanda.6.36.14)

वित्तार्थी यो जपेत्तत्र श्रीसूक्तं मनुजो द्विजाः । सर्वतस्तस्य वित्तानि समागच्छंत्यनेकशः

vittārthī yo japettatra śrīsūktaṁ manujo dvijāḥ | sarvatastasya vittāni samāgacchaṁtyanekaśaḥ

O brahmins, a man desiring wealth who recites the Shri Sukta there finds riches of every kind pouring in upon him from every side.

Verse 15 (skanda.6.36.15)

भूमीति यो जपेत्साम भूम्यर्थं तत्र मानवः । स भवेद्भूपतिर्नूनं नीचजातिरपि ध्रुवम्

bhūmīti yo japetsāma bhūmyarthaṁ tatra mānavaḥ | sa bhavedbhūpatirnūnaṁ nīcajātirapi dhruvam

A man who, for the sake of land, recites there the Saman beginning "bhūmi," surely becomes a ruler of the earth, even if born into a lowly family.

Verse 16 (skanda.6.36.16)

जपेद्रथंतरं साम यानार्थं तत्र यो नरः । स प्राप्नोति हि यानानि शीघ्रगानि शुभानि च

japedrathaṁtaraṁ sāma yānārthaṁ tatra yo naraḥ | sa prāpnoti hi yānāni śīghragāni śubhāni ca

Whoever recites the Rathantara Saman there for the sake of a vehicle obtains swift and auspicious vehicles.

Verse 17 (skanda.6.36.17)

गजार्थी यो जपेत्तत्र गणानां द्विजसत्तमाः । स प्राप्नोति गजान्मर्त्यो मदप्लावितभूतलान्

gajārthī yo japettatra gaṇānāṁ dvijasattamāḥ | sa prāpnoti gajānmartyo madaplāvitabhūtalān

O foremost of brahmins, a mortal desiring elephants who recites there the mantra of the Ganas obtains elephants whose temporal ichor floods the earth.

Verse 18 (skanda.6.36.18)

न तद्रक्षेति यो मन्त्रं जपेद्रक्षाकृते नरः । तस्य स्यात्सर्वतो रक्षा समेषु विषमेषु च

na tadrakṣeti yo mantraṁ japedrakṣākṛte naraḥ | tasya syātsarvato rakṣā sameṣu viṣameṣu ca

The man who, for protection, recites the mantra "na tad rakṣaḥ," is protected on every side, in both favorable and adverse circumstances.

Verse 19 (skanda.6.36.19)

सप्तर्षय इति श्रेष्ठां यो जपेत्तु समाहितः । ऋचं रोगविनाशाय स रोगैः परिमुच्यते

saptarṣaya iti śreṣṭhāṁ yo japettu samāhitaḥ | ṛcaṁ rogavināśāya sa rogaiḥ parimucyate

Whoever, with a composed mind, recites for the destruction of disease the excellent verse beginning "saptarṣayaḥ," is entirely freed from illness.

Verse 20 (skanda.6.36.20)

यदुभी यो जपेत्तत्र ग्रहपीडार्दितो जनः । सानुकूला ग्रहास्तस्य प्रभवंति न संशयः

yadubhī yo japettatra grahapīḍārdito janaḥ | sānukūlā grahāstasya prabhavaṁti na saṁśayaḥ

A person afflicted by planetary distress who recites the mantra "yad ubhe" there finds the planets, without doubt, becoming favorable to him.

Verse 21 (skanda.6.36.21)

भूतपीडार्दितो यश्च बृहत्साम जपेन्नरः । पितृवज्जायते तस्य स भूतोऽप्यंतकोऽपि चेत्

bhūtapīḍārdito yaśca bṛhatsāma japennaraḥ | pitṛvajjāyate tasya sa bhūto'pyaṁtako'pi cet

A man afflicted by malevolent spirits who recites the Brihat Saman there finds that even a ghost, even Death himself, becomes to him as a father.

Verse 22 (skanda.6.36.22)

यात्रासिद्धिकृते यश्च जपेत्सूक्तं च शाकुनम् । तस्य संसिध्यते यात्रा यद्यपि स्यादकिंचनः

yātrāsiddhikṛte yaśca japetsūktaṁ ca śākunam | tasya saṁsidhyate yātrā yadyapi syādakiṁcanaḥ

Whoever recites the Shakuna Sukta for the success of a journey has that journey succeed, even if he is a man of no means.

Verse 23 (skanda.6.36.23)

सर्पनाशाय यस्तत्र सार्पसूक्तं जपेन्नरः । न तस्य मंदिरे सर्पाः प्रविशंति कथंचन

sarpanāśāya yastatra sārpasūktaṁ japennaraḥ | na tasya maṁdire sarpāḥ praviśaṁti kathaṁcana

A man who recites the serpent hymn there against serpents finds that snakes never enter his dwelling in any way.

Verse 24 (skanda.6.36.24)

विषनाशाय यस्तत्र जपेच्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । उत्तिष्ठेति विषं सद्यस्तस्य नाशं प्रयास्यति

viṣanāśāya yastatra japecchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | uttiṣṭheti viṣaṁ sadyastasya nāśaṁ prayāsyati

One who, filled with faith, recites the mantra "uttiṣṭha" there against poison finds that poison at once destroyed.

Verse 25 (skanda.6.36.25)

स्थावरजगमं वापि कृत्रिमं यदि वा विषम् । तस्य नाम्ना विनिर्याति तमः सूर्योदये यथा

sthāvarajagamaṁ vāpi kṛtrimaṁ yadi vā viṣam | tasya nāmnā viniryāti tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Whether the poison be from a plant, from a creature, or artificially made, it departs at the very name of that mantra, just as darkness departs at sunrise.

Verse 26 (skanda.6.36.26)

व्याघ्रसाम जपेद्यस्तु तत्र श्रद्धासमन्वितः । तस्य व्याघ्रादयो व्याला जायंते सौम्यचेतसः

vyāghrasāma japedyastu tatra śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | tasya vyāghrādayo vyālā jāyaṁte saumyacetasaḥ

Whoever, with faith, recites the Vyaghra Saman there finds that even tigers and other fierce beasts become gentle of mind toward him.

Verse 27 (skanda.6.36.27)

कृषिकर्मप्रसिद्ध्यर्थं यो जपेल्लांगलानि च । वृष्टिहीनेऽपि लोकेऽस्मिन्कृषिस्तस्य प्रसिध्यति

kṛṣikarmaprasiddhyarthaṁ yo japellāṁgalāni ca | vṛṣṭihīne'pi loke'sminkṛṣistasya prasidhyati

Whoever recites the mantra "lāṅgalāni" for the success of farming finds his crops flourish, even in a world without rain.

Verse 28 (skanda.6.36.28)

ईतिनाशाय तत्रैव जपेद्देवव्रतं नरः । ततः संकीर्त्तना देव ईतयो यांति संक्षयम्

ītināśāya tatraiva japeddevavrataṁ naraḥ | tataḥ saṁkīrttanā deva ītayo yāṁti saṁkṣayam

A man who recites the Devavrata mantra there for the destruction of calamities finds, at the recitation of "saṁkīrtanā deva," all calamities brought to ruin.

Verse 29 (skanda.6.36.29)

अनावृष्टिहते लोके पंचेंद्रं तत्र यो जपेत् । तस्य हस्तकृते होमे तन्मंत्रैः स्याज्जलागमः

anāvṛṣṭihate loke paṁceṁdraṁ tatra yo japet | tasya hastakṛte home tanmaṁtraiḥ syājjalāgamaḥ

In a world stricken by drought, whoever recites the Panchendra mantra there finds that, through the fire-offering performed by his own hands with those mantras, rain comes down.

Verse 30 (skanda.6.36.30)

दंष्ट्राभ्यामिति यस्तत्र नरश्चौरार्दितः पठेत् । नोपद्रवो भवेत्तस्य कदाचिच्चौरसंभवः

daṁṣṭrābhyāmiti yastatra naraścaurārditaḥ paṭhet | nopadravo bhavettasya kadāciccaurasaṁbhavaḥ

A man troubled by thieves who recites the mantra "daṁṣṭrābhyām" there never again suffers any trouble arising from thieves.

Verse 31 (skanda.6.36.31)

विवादार्थं जपेद्यस्तु संसृष्टमिति तत्र च । विवादे विजयस्तस्य पापस्यापि प्रजायते

vivādārthaṁ japedyastu saṁsṛṣṭamiti tatra ca | vivāde vijayastasya pāpasyāpi prajāyate

Whoever recites the mantra "saṁsṛṣṭam" there for a dispute obtains victory in that dispute, even if he is in the wrong.

Verse 32 (skanda.6.36.32)

यो रिपूच्चाटनार्थाय नरो रुद्रशिरो जपेत् । तस्य ते रिपवो यांति देशं त्यक्त्वा कुबुद्धितः

yo ripūccāṭanārthāya naro rudraśiro japet | tasya te ripavo yāṁti deśaṁ tyaktvā kubuddhitaḥ

A man who recites the Rudrashira mantra to drive away his enemies finds those enemies, overcome by confused judgment, abandoning their own land and departing.

Verse 33 (skanda.6.36.33)

मोहनाय रिपूणां च यो जपेद्विष्णुसंहिताम् । तस्य मोहाभिभूतास्ते जायंते रिपवो ध्रुवम्

mohanāya ripūṇāṁ ca yo japedviṣṇusaṁhitām | tasya mohābhibhūtāste jāyaṁte ripavo dhruvam

Whoever recites the Vishnu Samhita to bewilder his enemies finds those enemies surely overwhelmed by confusion.

Verse 34 (skanda.6.36.34)

वशीकरणहेतोर्यः कूष्मांडीः प्रजपेन्नरः । शत्रवोऽपि वशे तस्य किं पुनः प्रमदादयः

vaśīkaraṇahetoryaḥ kūṣmāṁḍīḥ prajapennaraḥ | śatravo'pi vaśe tasya kiṁ punaḥ pramadādayaḥ

A man who recites the Kushmandi mantras for the sake of gaining mastery finds even his enemies come under his control -- what then of women and the like?

Verse 35 (skanda.6.36.35)

यः स्तंभाय रिपूणां वै प्राजापत्यं च वारुणम् । मंत्रं जपेद्द्विजश्रेष्ठाः सम्यक्छ्रद्धापरायणः । मंत्रसंस्तंभितास्तस्य जायंते सर्वशत्रवः

yaḥ staṁbhāya ripūṇāṁ vai prājāpatyaṁ ca vāruṇam | maṁtraṁ japeddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ samyakchraddhāparāyaṇaḥ | maṁtrasaṁstaṁbhitāstasya jāyaṁte sarvaśatravaḥ

O foremost of brahmins, whoever, with full and proper faith, recites the Prajapatya and Varuna mantras to paralyze his enemies finds all his enemies rendered powerless, held fast by those mantras.

Verse 36 (skanda.6.36.36)

जपेत्काली करालीति यः शोषाय नरो द्विजाः । स शोषयति तत्कृत्स्नं यच्चित्ते धारयेन्नरः

japetkālī karālīti yaḥ śoṣāya naro dvijāḥ | sa śoṣayati tatkṛtsnaṁ yaccitte dhārayennaraḥ

O brahmins, a man who recites, for the sake of desiccation, the mantra "kālī karālī" causes to wither away entirely whatever he holds in his mind.

Verse 37 (skanda.6.36.37)

एष मंत्रस्तदा जप्तो ह्यगस्त्येन महात्मना । यत्प्रभावान्नदीनाथस्तेन संशोषितो ध्रुवम्

eṣa maṁtrastadā japto hyagastyena mahātmanā | yatprabhāvānnadīnāthastena saṁśoṣito dhruvam

This very mantra was then recited by the great-souled Agastya, by whose power the lord of rivers, the ocean, was surely made to dry up.

Verse 38 (skanda.6.36.38)

एतत्प्रभावं यत्पीठं मंत्राणां सिद्धिकारकम् । ऐहिकानां फलानां च तन्मया वः प्रकीर्तितम्

etatprabhāvaṁ yatpīṭhaṁ maṁtrāṇāṁ siddhikārakam | aihikānāṁ phalānāṁ ca tanmayā vaḥ prakīrtitam

This shrine of such power, which grants accomplishment of mantras and of worldly fruits alike, I have now described to you in full.

Verse 39 (skanda.6.36.39)

यो वांछति पुनः स्वर्गं स तत्र द्विजसत्तमाः । स्नानं करोतु दानं च श्राद्धं चापि विशेषतः

yo vāṁchati punaḥ svargaṁ sa tatra dvijasattamāḥ | snānaṁ karotu dānaṁ ca śrāddhaṁ cāpi viśeṣataḥ

O foremost of brahmins, whoever desires heaven should there bathe, give gifts, and especially perform shraddha.

Verse 40 (skanda.6.36.40)

अथ वांछति यो मोक्षं विरक्तो भवसागरात् । निष्कामस्तत्र संतुष्टस्तपस्तप्येत्सुबुद्धिमान्

atha vāṁchati yo mokṣaṁ virakto bhavasāgarāt | niṣkāmastatra saṁtuṣṭastapastapyetsubuddhimān

And whoever, detached from the ocean of worldly existence, desires liberation -- let that wise man perform austerity there, free of desire and content.

Verse 41 (skanda.6.36.41)

ऋषयः उवाच । मंत्रजाप्यस्य माहात्म्यं यत्त्वया नः प्रकीर्तितम् । तत्कथं सिद्धिमायाति मंत्रजाप्यं हि सूतज

ṛṣayaḥ uvāca | maṁtrajāpyasya māhātmyaṁ yattvayā naḥ prakīrtitam | tatkathaṁ siddhimāyāti maṁtrajāpyaṁ hi sūtaja

The sages said: You have told us the glory of mantra recitation -- but how, O son of Suta, does such recitation actually attain its accomplishment?

Verse 42 (skanda.6.36.42)

सूत उवाच । अत्र तत्कथयिष्यामि यन्मया पितृतः श्रुतम् । वदतो ब्राह्मणेंद्रस्य पुरा दुर्वाससो मुनेः

sūta uvāca | atra tatkathayiṣyāmi yanmayā pitṛtaḥ śrutam | vadato brāhmaṇeṁdrasya purā durvāsaso muneḥ

Suta said: On this I shall tell what I heard from my own father, at the time when the foremost of brahmins, the sage Durvasa, once posed this very question.

Verse 43 (skanda.6.36.43)

तेन पूर्वं पिताऽस्माकं पृष्टो दुर्वाससा द्विजाः । मंत्रवादकृते यच्च शृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः

tena pūrvaṁ pitā'smākaṁ pṛṣṭo durvāsasā dvijāḥ | maṁtravādakṛte yacca śṛṇudhvaṁ susamāhitāḥ

O brahmins, listen with composed minds to what Durvasa once asked my own father regarding the accomplishment of mantras.

Verse 44 (skanda.6.36.44)

दुर्वासा उवाच । साधयिष्याम्यहं मन्त्रमभीष्टं कमपि व्रती । तस्य सिद्धिकृते ब्रूहि विधानं शास्त्रसंभवम्

durvāsā uvāca | sādhayiṣyāmyahaṁ mantramabhīṣṭaṁ kamapi vratī | tasya siddhikṛte brūhi vidhānaṁ śāstrasaṁbhavam

Durvasa said: As one holding a vow, I wish to accomplish some desired mantra; tell me the procedure, drawn from scripture, for its accomplishment.

Verse 45 (skanda.6.36.45)

लोमहर्षण उवाच । मंत्राणां साधनं कष्टं सर्वेषामपि सन्मुने । प्रत्यवायसमोपेतं बहुच्छिद्रसमाकुलम्

lomaharṣaṇa uvāca | maṁtrāṇāṁ sādhanaṁ kaṣṭaṁ sarveṣāmapi sanmune | pratyavāyasamopetaṁ bahucchidrasamākulam

Lomaharshana said: O worthy sage, the accomplishment of any mantra is arduous, fraught with pitfalls, and beset by many flaws.

Verse 46 (skanda.6.36.46)

तस्मान्मंत्रकृते सिद्धिं यदि त्वं वांछसि द्विज । चमत्कारपुरे क्षेत्रे तत्र त्वं गंतुमर्हसि

tasmānmaṁtrakṛte siddhiṁ yadi tvaṁ vāṁchasi dvija | camatkārapure kṣetre tatra tvaṁ gaṁtumarhasi

Therefore, O brahmin, if you desire the accomplishment of a mantra, you should go to the field of Chamatkarapura.

Verse 47 (skanda.6.36.47)

तत्र चित्रेश्वरीपीठमगस्त्येन विनिर्मितम् । सद्यः सिद्धिकरं प्रोक्तं मन्त्राणां हृदि वर्तिनाम्

tatra citreśvarīpīṭhamagastyena vinirmitam | sadyaḥ siddhikaraṁ proktaṁ mantrāṇāṁ hṛdi vartinām

There is the Chitreshvari shrine established by Agastya, said to bring immediate accomplishment to mantras held firmly in the heart.

Verse 48 (skanda.6.36.48)

न तत्र जायते छिद्रं प्रत्यवायो न च द्विज । नासिद्धिर्वरदानेन सर्वेषां त्रिदिवौकसाम्

na tatra jāyate chidraṁ pratyavāyo na ca dvija | nāsiddhirvaradānena sarveṣāṁ tridivaukasām

There, no flaw arises, no misstep, O brahmin, nor is there any failure, thanks to the boon granted by all the dwellers of heaven.

Verse 49 (skanda.6.36.49)

चातुर्युंग्यं हि तत्पीठं स्थितानां सिद्धिमाहरेत् । युगानुरूपतः सद्यस्ततो वक्ष्याम्यहं द्विज

cāturyuṁgyaṁ hi tatpīṭhaṁ sthitānāṁ siddhimāharet | yugānurūpataḥ sadyastato vakṣyāmyahaṁ dvija

That shrine grants accomplishment to those established there throughout all four ages, each in accordance with its own age; therefore, O brahmin, I shall now explain this.

Verse 50 (skanda.6.36.50)

यो यं साधयितुं मन्त्रमिच्छति द्विजसत्तम । स तस्य पूर्वमेवाथ लक्षमेकं जपेन्नरः

yo yaṁ sādhayituṁ mantramicchati dvijasattama | sa tasya pūrvamevātha lakṣamekaṁ japennaraḥ

O foremost of brahmins, whatever mantra a man wishes to accomplish, he must first recite it one hundred thousand times.

Verse 51 (skanda.6.36.51)

ततो भवति संसिद्धो मंत्रार्हः स नरः शुचिः । जपेद्ब्राह्मणशार्दूल ततो लक्षचतुष्टयम् । दशांशेन तु होमः स्यात्सुसमिद्धे हुताशने

tato bhavati saṁsiddho maṁtrārhaḥ sa naraḥ śuciḥ | japedbrāhmaṇaśārdūla tato lakṣacatuṣṭayam | daśāṁśena tu homaḥ syātsusamiddhe hutāśane

Then that purified man becomes fit for the mantra; O tiger among brahmins, he should then recite it four hundred thousand times, and offer a tenth part of that number as oblation into a well-kindled fire.

Verse 52 (skanda.6.36.52)

ततस्तु जायते सिद्धिर्नूनं तन्मंत्रसंभवा । तत्र सौम्येषु कृत्येषु होमः सिद्धार्थकैः सितैः

tatastu jāyate siddhirnūnaṁ tanmaṁtrasaṁbhavā | tatra saumyeṣu kṛtyeṣu homaḥ siddhārthakaiḥ sitaiḥ

Then the accomplishment born of that mantra surely comes to him. For peaceful rites, the oblation should be of white mustard seeds,

Verse 53 (skanda.6.36.53)

जातीपुष्पैश्च विप्रेन्द्र स्मृतो ब्राह्मणभोजनैः । तथा रौद्रेषु कृत्येषु रक्तपुष्पैः सगुग्गुलैः । तर्पणैः कन्यकानां च होमः स्यात्स फलप्रदः

jātīpuṣpaiśca viprendra smṛto brāhmaṇabhojanaiḥ | tathā raudreṣu kṛtyeṣu raktapuṣpaiḥ saguggulaiḥ | tarpaṇaiḥ kanyakānāṁ ca homaḥ syātsa phalapradaḥ

O foremost of brahmins, along with jasmine flowers and the feeding of brahmins. For fierce rites, however, the oblation, made with red flowers together with guggulu, and accompanied by offerings honoring young maidens, bears its fruit.

Verse 54 (skanda.6.36.54)

एतत्कृतयुगे प्रोक्तं मंत्रसाधनमुत्तमम् । सर्वेषां साधकानां च मया प्रोक्तं द्विजोत्तम

etatkṛtayuge proktaṁ maṁtrasādhanamuttamam | sarveṣāṁ sādhakānāṁ ca mayā proktaṁ dvijottama

O best of brahmins, this excellent procedure for the accomplishment of mantras I have declared for the Krita Yuga, applicable to all practitioners.

Verse 55 (skanda.6.36.55)

एतत्त्रेतायुगे प्रोक्तं पादोनं मन्त्रसाधनम् । युग्मार्धं द्वापरे कार्यं चतुर्थांशं कलौ युगे

etattretāyuge proktaṁ pādonaṁ mantrasādhanam | yugmārdhaṁ dvāpare kāryaṁ caturthāṁśaṁ kalau yuge

In the Treta Yuga, this same procedure is prescribed at three-quarters its measure; in Dvapara, at half; and in the Kali Yuga, only a quarter part need be done.

Verse 56 (skanda.6.36.56)

एवं तत्र समासाद्य सिद्धिं मंत्रसमुद्भवाम् । तत्र पीठे ततः कृत्यं साधयेत्स्वेच्छया नरः

evaṁ tatra samāsādya siddhiṁ maṁtrasamudbhavām | tatra pīṭhe tataḥ kṛtyaṁ sādhayetsvecchayā naraḥ

Thus, having attained there the accomplishment born of the mantra, a man may then, at that shrine, accomplish whatever task he wishes.

Verse 57 (skanda.6.36.57)

शापानुग्रहसामर्थ्यसंयुतस्तेजसाऽन्वितः । अजेयः सर्वभूतानां साधूनां संमतस्तथा

śāpānugrahasāmarthyasaṁyutastejasā'nvitaḥ | ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ sādhūnāṁ saṁmatastathā

He becomes endowed with the power to curse and to bless, filled with spiritual radiance, unconquerable by any being, and honored among the virtuous.

Verse 58 (skanda.6.36.58)

सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा स मुनिस्तस्य पितुर्मम वचोऽखिलम् । ततश्चित्रेश्वरं पीठं समायातोऽथ सन्मुनिः

sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā sa munistasya piturmama vaco'khilam | tataścitreśvaraṁ pīṭhaṁ samāyāto'tha sanmuniḥ

Suta said: Having heard all these words of my father, that sage, worthy Durvasa, then came to the Chitreshvara shrine.

Verse 59 (skanda.6.36.59)

तत्र संसाधयामास सर्वान्मंत्रान्यथाक्रमम् । विधिना शास्त्रदृष्टेन श्रद्धया परया युतः

tatra saṁsādhayāmāsa sarvānmaṁtrānyathākramam | vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ

There he accomplished all his mantras in due order, by the procedure laid down in scripture, filled with supreme devotion.

Verse 60 (skanda.6.36.60)

इति संसिद्धमंत्रः स चमत्कारपुरं गतः । विप्राणां प्रार्थनार्थाय भूमिखंडकृते द्विजाः

iti saṁsiddhamaṁtraḥ sa camatkārapuraṁ gataḥ | viprāṇāṁ prārthanārthāya bhūmikhaṁḍakṛte dvijāḥ

O brahmins, having thus accomplished his mantras, he went on to Chamatkarapura, at the entreaty of the brahmins, for the sake of a certain plot of land.