The Glory of Madhumati, Pingeshvara and the Bhadra (within the Greatness of Taptodaka-svami)

Verse 1 (skanda.7.333.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। बलभद्राच्च पूर्वेण स्थिता चासीत्सरिद्वरा। दुर्वासेश्वरनामेति बललिंगं प्रतिष्ठितम्

īśvara uvāca| balabhadrācca pūrveṇa sthitā cāsītsaridvarā| durvāseśvaranāmeti balaliṁgaṁ pratiṣṭhitam

Ishvara said: To the east of Balabhadra there stood an excellent river; there the linga of Bala is established, named Durvasesvara.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.333.2)

सर्वपापप्रशमनं दृष्टं सर्वसुखावहम्। स्नात्वा चास्य त्वमावास्यां पिंडदानं ददाति यः

sarvapāpapraśamanaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ sarvasukhāvaham| snātvā cāsya tvamāvāsyāṁ piṁḍadānaṁ dadāti yaḥ

It is seen to pacify all sins and bring all happiness. Whoever bathes there and, on the new-moon day, offers the pinda-oblation,

Verse 3 (skanda.7.333.3)

कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं पितॄणां तृप्तिमावहेत्। दुर्वासेश्वरनामानं तत्र पूज्य विधानतः

kalpakoṭiśataṁ sāgraṁ pitṝṇāṁ tṛptimāvahet| durvāseśvaranāmānaṁ tatra pūjya vidhānataḥ

he brings satisfaction to his ancestors for a full hundred crore kalpas, having duly worshipped there the one named Durvasesvara.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.333.4)

कोटियज्ञफलं प्राप्य सर्वान्कामा नवाप्नुयात्। तत्र लिंगान्यनेकानि ऋषिभिः स्थापितानि तु

koṭiyajñaphalaṁ prāpya sarvānkāmā navāpnuyāt| tatra liṁgānyanekāni ṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu

He obtains the merit of a crore sacrifices and attains all desires. There, many lingas were established there by the sages.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.333.5)

दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा पूजयित्वा मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वकिल्बिषैः। इत्येतत्कथितं देवि क्षेत्राद्यं तं यथाक्रमम्

dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā muktaḥ syātsarvakilbiṣaiḥ| ityetatkathitaṁ devi kṣetrādyaṁ taṁ yathākramam

By seeing, touching and worshipping them, one is freed from all sins. Thus, O Devi, I have described to you this field from its beginning, in due order.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.333.6)

भद्रायाः पश्चिमात्पूर्वं यथानुक्रममादितः। श्रुतं पापोपशमनं कोटियज्ञफलप्रदम्

bhadrāyāḥ paścimātpūrvaṁ yathānukramamāditaḥ| śrutaṁ pāpopaśamanaṁ koṭiyajñaphalapradam

From the west of the Bhadra river eastward, in due sequence from the beginning, you have heard this account, which pacifies sin and grants the merit of a crore sacrifices.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.333.7)

अथ क्षेत्रस्य परिधिस्थानं मधुमतीति च। तस्मान्नैर्ऋत्यदिग्भागे स्थानं खंडघटेति च

atha kṣetrasya paridhisthānaṁ madhumatīti ca| tasmānnairṛtyadigbhāge sthānaṁ khaṁḍaghaṭeti ca

Now, the boundary-region of the field is called Madhumati; in the southwest direction from there is the place called Khandaghata.

Verse 8 (skanda.7.333.8)

तत्र पिंगेश्वरो देवः समुद्रतटसन्निधौ। कूपानां सप्तकं तत्र पितॄणां यत्र पाणयः। दृश्यंतेऽद्यापि देवेशि यत्र पर्वणिपर्वणि

tatra piṁgeśvaro devaḥ samudrataṭasannidhau| kūpānāṁ saptakaṁ tatra pitṝṇāṁ yatra pāṇayaḥ| dṛśyaṁte'dyāpi deveśi yatra parvaṇiparvaṇi

There, near the seashore, stands the god Pingeshvara; there are seven wells there, where, O Deveshi, the hands of the ancestors are still seen even today, on every sacred occasion.

Verse 9 (skanda.7.333.9)

तत्र श्राद्धं नरः कृत्वा गयाकोटिगुणं फलम्। लभते नाऽत्र सन्देहः सोमामा यदि जायते

tatra śrāddhaṁ naraḥ kṛtvā gayākoṭiguṇaṁ phalam| labhate nā'tra sandehaḥ somāmā yadi jāyate

A man who performs shraddha there obtains merit a crore times that of Gaya — there is no doubt of this — if it falls on the new-moon day conjoined with the moon.

Verse 10 (skanda.7.333.10)

तत्रैव नातिदूरे तु भद्रायाः संगमः स्मृतः। पश्चिमात्संगमात्पूर्वः संगमः समुदाहृतः

tatraiva nātidūre tu bhadrāyāḥ saṁgamaḥ smṛtaḥ| paścimātsaṁgamātpūrvaḥ saṁgamaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

Not far from there is remembered the confluence of the Bhadra; to the east of the western confluence, another confluence is spoken of.

Verse 11 (skanda.7.333.11)

यत्पुण्यं लभते देवि पूर्व पश्चिमसंगमे। गंगासागरयोस्तत्र तद्भद्रासंगमे लभेत्

yatpuṇyaṁ labhate devi pūrva paścimasaṁgame| gaṁgāsāgarayostatra tadbhadrāsaṁgame labhet

Whatever merit one obtains, O Devi, at the eastern and western confluences of the Ganga and the ocean, that same merit one obtains at the confluence of the Bhadra.