The Glory of Chandreshvara and Kalakunda Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.7.342.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्य दक्षिणनैर्ऋत्ये नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्। लिंगं पापहरं देवि स्वयं सोमप्रतिष्ठितम्

īśvara uvāca| tasya dakṣiṇanairṛtye nātidūre vyavasthitam| liṅgaṁ pāpaharaṁ devi svayaṁ somapratiṣṭhitam

Ishvara said: To its south-southwest, not far off, O Goddess, stands a sin-removing linga, self-established by Soma (the Moon).

Verse 2 (skanda.7.342.2)

तत्रैवामृतकुण्डं तु कलाकुण्डं तु तत्स्मृतम्। तत्र स्नात्वा तु चंद्रेशं यो नरः पूजयिष्यति

tatraivāmṛtakuṇḍaṁ tu kalākuṇḍaṁ tu tatsmṛtam| tatra snātvā tu candreśaṁ yo naraḥ pūjayiṣyati

There is the Amrita-kunda, known as Kalakunda. Whatever man bathes there and worships Chandresha (Lord of the Moon) —

Verse 3 (skanda.7.342.3)

स तु वर्षसहस्रस्य तपःफलमवाप्स्यति। तत्रैव संस्थितं देवि तडागं चंद्रनिर्मितम्

sa tu varṣasahasrasya tapaḥphalam avāpsyati| tatraiva saṁsthitaṁ devi taḍāgaṁ candranirmitam

— he shall obtain the fruit of a thousand years' austerity. There too, O Goddess, lies a tank built by the Moon.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.342.4)

धनुःषोडशविस्तारं चंद्रेशात्पूर्वपश्चिमे। तत्पूर्वं ते समाख्यातं मुक्तिदानादिपूर्वकम्

dhanuḥṣoḍaśavistāraṁ candreśāt pūrvapaścime| tat pūrvaṁ te samākhyātaṁ muktidānādipūrvakam

Sixteen bow-lengths in extent, east and west of Chandresha — that tank, bestowing liberation, gifts and the rest, has already been described to you.