The Glory of Uttareshvara, near Sangaleshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.303.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि उत्तरे देवमुत्तमम्। यस्तमाराधयेद्देवं महापातकनाशनम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi uttare devamuttamam| yastamārādhayeddevaṁ mahāpātakanāśanam

Ishvara said: Then go, O great Goddess, to the excellent god in the north; whoever worships that god obtains the destruction of great sin.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.303.2)

तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे धनुषां त्रितये स्थितम्। शेषादिप्रमुखैर्नागैर्महता तपसा युतैः। समाराध्य महादेवं स्थापितं लिंगमुत्तमम्

tasyaiva paścime bhāge dhanuṣāṁ tritaye sthitam| śeṣādipramukhairnāgairmahatā tapasā yutaiḥ| samārādhya mahādevaṁ sthāpitaṁ liṁgamuttamam

In the western part of that very place, within three bow-lengths, is a linga which the serpents headed by Shesha, endowed with great austerity, established after duly worshipping Mahadeva.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.303.3)

यस्तमाराधयेद्देवं सर्पैराराधितं पुरा। न विषं क्रमते देहे तस्य जन्मावधि प्रिये

yastamārādhayeddevaṁ sarpairārādhitaṁ purā| na viṣaṁ kramate dehe tasya janmāvadhi priye

Whoever worships that god, who was formerly worshipped by serpents—poison never spreads in his body for as long as he lives, O dear one.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.303.4)

सर्पास्तस्य प्रसीदन्ति न कुंथंति कदाचन। तस्मात्सर्वं प्रयत्नेन तल्लिंगं पूजयेन्नरः

sarpāstasya prasīdanti na kuṁthaṁti kadācana| tasmātsarvaṁ prayatnena talliṁgaṁ pūjayennaraḥ

Serpents remain pleased with him and never bite him; therefore, with all effort, a man should worship that linga.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.303.5)

तत्र लिंगान्यनेकानि ऋषिभिः स्थापितानि तु। गंगातीरे महापुण्ये पश्चिमे वरवर्णिनि

tatra liṁgānyanekāni ṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu| gaṁgātīre mahāpuṇye paścime varavarṇini

There, O fair-complexioned one, on the bank of the Ganga, in the greatly holy western part, many lingas have been established by sages.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.303.6)

तानि दृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते। अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

tāni dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate| aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Having seen and worshipped them, one is freed from all sins; a man obtains the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices.