The Glory of Manaveshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.218.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तत्रैव मानवं लिंगं मनुना संप्रतिष्ठितम्। पूर्वं हत्वा सुतं देवि मनुः पापसमन्वितः

īśvara uvāca| tatraiva mānavaṁ liṅgaṁ manunā saṁpratiṣṭhitam| pūrvaṁ hatvā sutaṁ devi manuḥ pāpasamanvitaḥ

Ishvara said: There, in that very place, stands the Manava linga, established by Manu. O Goddess, long ago Manu, having slain his own son, became burdened with sin.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.218.2)

क्षेत्रं पापहरं ज्ञात्वा तत्र प्रातिष्ठदीश्वरम्। मुक्तश्चैवाभवत्पापात्तस्मात्पुत्रवधोद्भवात्

kṣetraṁ pāpaharaṁ jñātvā tatra prātiṣṭhadīśvaram| muktaścaivābhavatpāpāttasmātputravadhodbhavāt

Knowing that field to be a destroyer of sin, he established the Lord there, and was freed from that sin born of the killing of his son.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.218.3)

पूजयेन्मानवो यस्तु स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्

pūjayenmānavo yastu sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet

Whatever man worships him becomes freed from his sins.