The Glory of Balabhadreshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.227.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि बलभद्रप्रतिष्ठितम्। लिंगं महापापहरं गात्रोत्सर्गात्तदुत्तरे

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi balabhadrapratiṣṭhitam| liṅgaṁ mahāpāpaharaṁ gātrotsargāttaduttare

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the linga established by Balabhadra, remover of great sin, to the north of Gatrotsarga.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.227.2)

महालिंगं महादेवि महासिद्धि फलप्रदम्। बलभद्रेण विधिना स्थापितं पापशुद्धये

mahāliṅgaṁ mahādevi mahāsiddhi phalapradam| balabhadreṇa vidhinā sthāpitaṁ pāpaśuddhaye

That great linga, O great Goddess, bestows the fruit of great accomplishment; it was established, with due rite, by Balabhadra for the purification of sin.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.227.3)

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात्। तृतीयारेवतीयोगे स योगेशपदं लभेत्

yastaṁ pūjayate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt| tṛtīyārevatīyoge sa yogeśapadaṁ labhet

He who worships it with devotion, in due order, with fragrance, flowers and the like, on the third lunar day in conjunction with the Revati nakshatra, attains the station of a lord of yoga.