The Glory of Madhava

Verse 1 (skanda.7.299.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्यैव दक्षिणे भागे नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्। शंखचक्रगदाधारी माधवस्तत्र संस्थितः

īśvara uvāca| tasyaiva dakṣiṇe bhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam| śaṁkhacakragadādhārī mādhavastatra saṁsthitaḥ

Ishvara said: In the southern part of that very place, not far, stands Madhava, bearing conch, discus, and mace.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.299.2)

एकादश्यां सिते पक्षे सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः। यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गंधपुष्पानुलेपनैः। स याति परमं स्थानमपुनर्भवदायकम्

ekādaśyāṁ site pakṣe sopavāso jitendriyaḥ| yastaṁ pūjayate bhaktyā gaṁdhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ| sa yāti paramaṁ sthānamapunarbhavadāyakam

On the eleventh day of the bright fortnight, fasting and with senses controlled, whoever worships him with devotion, with sandal-paste, flowers, and unguents, attains the supreme abode that grants freedom from rebirth.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.299.3)

अत्र गाथा पुरा गीता ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा। विष्णुकुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा यो वै माधवमर्चयेत्। स यास्यति परं स्थानं यत्र देवो हरिः स्वयम्

atra gāthā purā gītā brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā| viṣṇukuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā yo vai mādhavamarcayet| sa yāsyati paraṁ sthānaṁ yatra devo hariḥ svayam

Here a verse was sung of old by Brahma, creator of the worlds: 'A man who bathes in the Vishnu-tank and worships Madhava shall go to that supreme abode where the god Hari himself dwells.'

Verse 4 (skanda.7.299.4)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं माहात्म्यं विष्णुदैवतम्। सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां सर्वपातकनाशनम्

etatte sarvamākhyātaṁ māhātmyaṁ viṣṇudaivatam| sarvakāmapradaṁ nṛṇāṁ sarvapātakanāśanam

This has all been declared to you, this glory belonging to the god Vishnu, granting all desires to men and destroying all sins.