The Glory of Chitrangadeshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.122.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं चित्रांगदेश्वरम्। तस्यैव नैर्ऋते भागे धनुर्विंशतिभिः स्थितम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi liṁgaṁ citrāṁgadeśvaram| tasyaiva nairṛte bhāge dhanurviṁśatibhiḥ sthitam

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the linga called Chitrangadeshvara, situated twenty bow-lengths to the southwest of that one.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.122.2)

चित्रांगदेन देवेशि गंधर्वपतिना प्रिये। क्षेत्रं पवित्रं ज्ञात्वा वै लिंगं तत्र प्रतिष्ठितम्। कृत्वा तपो महाघोरं समाराध्य महेश्वरम्

citrāṁgadena deveśi gaṁdharvapatinā priye| kṣetraṁ pavitraṁ jñātvā vai liṁgaṁ tatra pratiṣṭhitam| kṛtvā tapo mahāghoraṁ samārādhya maheśvaram

O beloved Goddess of gods, Chitrangada, lord of the Gandharvas, knowing this field to be sacred, established that linga there, and through most terrible austerity worshipped Maheshvara.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.122.3)

अथ यो भावसंयुक्तस्तल्लिंगं संप्रपूजयेत्। गांधर्वलोकमाप्नोति गन्धर्वैः सह मोदते

atha yo bhāvasaṁyuktastalliṁgaṁ saṁprapūjayet| gāṁdharvalokamāpnoti gandharvaiḥ saha modate

Whoever, filled with devotion, duly worships that linga attains the world of the Gandharvas and rejoices there among them.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.122.4)

तत्र शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां संस्नाप्य विधिना शिवम्। पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्गंधधूपैरनुक्रमात्। स प्राप्नोत्यखिलं कामं मनसा यद्यदीप्सितम्

tatra śuklatrayodaśyāṁ saṁsnāpya vidhinā śivam| pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairgaṁdhadhūpairanukramāt| sa prāpnotyakhilaṁ kāmaṁ manasā yadyadīpsitam

There, on the thirteenth of the bright fortnight, one who duly bathes Shiva and worships him in order with various flowers, fragrance and incense obtains every desire cherished in the mind.