The Glory of Vichitreshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.143.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि विचित्रेश्वरमुत्तमम्। तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे किञ्चिदाग्नेयगोचरे। धनुषां दशके तत्र स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi vicitreśvaramuttamam| tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidāgneyagocare| dhanuṣāṁ daśake tatra sthitaṁ pāpapraṇāśanam

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the excellent Vichitreshvara, situated in the eastern part of that very place, somewhat toward the south-east, at a distance of ten bow-lengths, the destroyer of sin.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.143.2)

विचित्रेण महादेवि लेखकेन यमस्य च। स्थापितं तन्महालिंगं तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम्

vicitreṇa mahādevi lekhakena yamasya ca| sthāpitaṁ tanmahāliṁgaṁ tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram

O great Goddess, that great linga was established by Vichitra, the scribe of Yama, after performing an extremely difficult austerity.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.143.3)

तं दृष्ट्वा पूजितं चैव मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वपातकैः। संपूज्य च विधानेन न दुःखी जायते नरः

taṁ dṛṣṭvā pūjitaṁ caiva muktaḥ syātsarvapātakaiḥ| saṁpūjya ca vidhānena na duḥkhī jāyate naraḥ

By beholding and worshipping him, one is freed from all sins; and by worshipping him according to proper rite, a man never becomes sorrowful.