The Glory of Gandharveshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.26.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। अथ लब्धवरस्तत्र कृतार्थो भक्तिसंयुतः। स्थापयामास लिंगं स गन्धर्वो घनवाहनः। सोमेशादुत्तरे भागे दंडपाणिसमीपतः। गन्धर्वेश्वरनामानं गान्धर्वफलदायकम्

īśvara uvāca| atha labdhavarastatra kṛtārtho bhaktisaṁyutaḥ| sthāpayāmāsa liṁgaṁ sa gandharvo ghanavāhanaḥ| someśāduttare bhāge daṁḍapāṇisamīpataḥ| gandharveśvaranāmānaṁ gāndharvaphaladāyakam

Ishvara said: Then, having obtained the boon there and become fulfilled, that devoted Gandharva whose vehicle was the cloud installed a linga named Gandharveshvara — the bestower of fruit upon the Gandharvas — to the north of Someshvara, near Dandapani.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.26.2)

वरदावारुणे भागे धनुषां पञ्चके स्थितम्। पञ्चम्यां पूजयित्वा च न दुःखी जायते नरः

varadāvāruṇe bhāge dhanuṣāṁ pañcake sthitam| pañcamyāṁ pūjayitvā ca na duḥkhī jāyate naraḥ

It stands in the western (Varuna) quarter of Varada, at a distance of five bow-lengths (dhanus). A man who worships it on the fifth lunar day (panchami) never becomes sorrowful.