The Glory of Gayatrishvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.154.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं पापविमोचनम्। हिरण्येश्वरवायव्ये धनुषां त्रितये स्थितम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi liṅgaṁ pāpavimocanam| hiraṇyeśvaravāyavye dhanuṣāṁ tritaye sthitam

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the sin-liberating linga situated to the northwest of Hiranyeshvara, at a distance of three bow-lengths.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.154.2)

पापघ्नं सर्वजंतूनां दर्शनात्स्पर्शनादपि। आद्यं लिंगं महादेवि गायत्र्या संप्रतिष्ठितम्

pāpaghnaṁ sarvajaṁtūnāṁ darśanātsparśanādapi| ādyaṁ liṅgaṁ mahādevi gāyatryā saṁpratiṣṭhitam

It destroys the sins of all creatures merely by sight or touch; O great Goddess, that primal linga was established by Gayatri herself.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.154.3)

तल्लिंगं समनुप्राप्य गायत्रीं जपते तु यः। ब्राह्मणस्तु शुचिर्भूत्वा मुच्यते दुष्प्रतिग्रहात्

talliṅgaṁ samanuprāpya gāyatrīṁ japate tu yaḥ| brāhmaṇastu śucirbhūtvā mucyate duṣpratigrahāt

Whatever brahmin, having reached that linga, becomes pure and recites the Gayatri, is freed from the sin of accepting improper gifts.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.154.4)

ज्येष्ठस्य पूर्णिमायां तु दंपती यस्तु भोजयेत्। परिधाप्य यथाशक्त्या दौर्भाग्यैर्मुच्यते नरः

jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṁ tu daṁpatī yastu bhojayet| paridhāpya yathāśaktyā daurbhāgyairmucyate naraḥ

On the full moon of the month of Jyeshtha, whatever man feeds a married couple and clothes them according to his means is freed from misfortune.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.154.5)

गंधपुष्पोपहारैश्च पौर्णमास्यां तु योऽर्चयेत्। ब्राह्मण्यं जायते तस्य सप्त जन्मानि सुंदरि

gaṁdhapuṣpopahāraiśca paurṇamāsyāṁ tu yo'rcayet| brāhmaṇyaṁ jāyate tasya sapta janmāni suṁdari

O beautiful one, whoever worships him with offerings of fragrance and flowers on the full moon day is born a brahmin for seven lives.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.154.6)

इत्येवं कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम्। ब्रह्मकुण्डप्रसादेन सारात्सारतरं प्रिये

ityevaṁ kathitaṁ devi māhātmyaṁ pāpanāśanam| brahmakuṇḍaprasādena sārātsārataraṁ priye

Thus, O Goddess, by the grace of Brahmakunda, has this sin-destroying glory been told — the essence of essences, O beloved.