The Glory of Ananteshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.161.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तस्य दक्षिणतः स्थितम्। ईशाने लक्ष्मणेशाच्च धनुषां षोडशे प्रिये

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi tasya dakṣiṇataḥ sthitam| īśāne lakṣmaṇeśācca dhanuṣāṁ ṣoḍaśe priye

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the linga situated to its south — O beloved, sixteen bow-lengths northeast of Lakshmanesha.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.161.2)

अनन्तेश्वरनामानमनन्तेन प्रतिष्ठितम्। नागराजेन देवेशि ज्ञात्वा क्षेत्रं तु पावनम्

ananteśvaranāmānamanantena pratiṣṭhitam| nāgarājena deveśi jñātvā kṣetraṁ tu pāvanam

O queen of gods, the serpent-king Ananta, recognizing this as a hallowed field, established that linga named Ananteshvara.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.161.3)

यस्तु तं पूजयेद्देवि पंचम्यां फाल्गुने सिते। पञ्चोपचारविधिना जिताहारो जितेन्द्रियः

yastu taṁ pūjayeddevi paṁcamyāṁ phālgune site| pañcopacāravidhinā jitāhāro jitendriyaḥ

O Goddess, whoever, restrained in diet and senses, worships him with the five-fold offerings on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Phalguna —

Verse 4 (skanda.7.161.4)

न तं दशंति फणिनो दश वर्षाणि पंच च। विषं न क्रमते देवि देहे त्वचरमेव वा

na taṁ daśaṁti phaṇino daśa varṣāṇi paṁca ca| viṣaṁ na kramate devi dehe tvacarameva vā

— serpents do not bite him for fifteen years, and, O Goddess, poison, whether from plant or creature, does not spread through his body.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.161.5)

तस्मात्तं पूजयेद्यत्नात्पंचम्यां च विशेषतः

tasmāttaṁ pūjayedyatnātpaṁcamyāṁ ca viśeṣataḥ

Therefore one should worship him diligently, especially on the fifth lunar day.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.161.6)

तत्रानंतव्रतं कार्यं मधुपायससंयुतम्। पायसं मधुसंयुक्तं देयं विप्राय भोजनम्

tatrānaṁtavrataṁ kāryaṁ madhupāyasasaṁyutam| pāyasaṁ madhusaṁyuktaṁ deyaṁ viprāya bhojanam

There one should perform the Ananta vow with milk-pudding mixed with honey; that honey-mixed pudding should be given as food to a brahmin.