The Origin of Papanashana

Verse 1 (skanda.7.15.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्याग्नेये तु देवेशि अरुणेन प्रतिष्ठितम्। धनुषां च त्रये तत्र सिद्धलिंगसमीपतः

īśvara uvāca| tasyāgneye tu deveśi aruṇena pratiṣṭhitam| dhanuṣāṁ ca traye tatra siddhaliṁgasamīpataḥ

Īśvara said: O sovereign Goddess, in its southeast direction, established by Aruṇa, near the Siddhaliṅga, at a distance of three bow-lengths.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.15.2)

सूर्यसारथिना तत्र लिंगं देविप्रतिष्ठितम्। कलौ पापहरंनाम दर्शनात्पापनाशनम्

sūryasārathinā tatra liṁgaṁ devipratiṣṭhitam| kalau pāpaharaṁnāma darśanātpāpanāśanam

There stands the liṅga established by the Sun's charioteer (Aruṇa), O Goddess; in the Kali age it is named Pāpahara, the mere sight of which destroys sin.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.15.3)

चैत्रमास त्रयोदश्यां शुक्लायां वरवर्णिनि। पूजयेद्विधिवद्भक्त्या पौंडरीकफलं लभेत्

caitramāsa trayodaśyāṁ śuklāyāṁ varavarṇini| pūjayedvidhivadbhaktyā pauṁḍarīkaphalaṁ labhet

On the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra, O fair-colored one, whoever worships duly and with devotion obtains the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice.