The Glory of Sangameshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.328.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्माद्वायव्यदिग्भागे स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम्। संगमेश्वरनामाढ्यमृषयो यत्र संगताः

īśvara uvāca| tasmādvāyavyadigbhāge sthitaṁ pāpapraṇāśanam| saṁgameśvaranāmāḍhyamṛṣayo yatra saṁgatāḥ

Ishvara said: In the northwest direction from that place stands the sin-destroying tirtha named Sangameshvara, where the sages once assembled.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.328.2)

तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे कुण्डिका पापनाशिनी। वडवानलसंयुक्ता यत्रायाता सरस्वती

tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kuṇḍikā pāpanāśinī| vaḍavānalasaṁyuktā yatrāyātā sarasvatī

In the eastern direction of that very place is the sin-destroying Kundika, joined with the submarine fire, where the Sarasvati arrived.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.328.3)

कुंडिकायां नरः स्नात्वा संगमेश्वरमर्चयेत्। तस्य जन्मसहस्राणि लक्ष्म्याः पुत्रै प्रियैः सह। असंगमं महादेवि न कदाचित्प्रजायते

kuṁḍikāyāṁ naraḥ snātvā saṁgameśvaramarcayet| tasya janmasahasrāṇi lakṣmyāḥ putrai priyaiḥ saha| asaṁgamaṁ mahādevi na kadācitprajāyate

A man who bathes in the Kundika and worships Sangameshvara is never, for a thousand births, O great Goddess, separated from Lakshmi together with beloved sons.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.328.4)

मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैराजन्म मरणांतिकैः

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvairājanma maraṇāṁtikaiḥ

He is freed from all sins, from the moment of birth until death.