The Glory of Jaradgaveshvara (in the Glory of the Anshumati)

Verse 1 (skanda.7.344.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं पापप्रणाशनम्। कपिलेश्वरस्यैशान्यामुत्तरेण व्यवस्थितम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi liṅgaṁ pāpapraṇāśanam| kapileśvarasyaiśānyām uttareṇa vyavasthitam

Ishvara said: O Great Goddess, one should then go to the sin-destroying linga situated to the north, in the northeast quarter of Kapileshvara.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.344.2)

जरद्गवेश्वरंनाम जरद्गवप्रतिष्ठितम्। ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानां नाशनं नात्र संशयः

jaradgaveśvaraṁ nāma jaradgavapratiṣṭhitam| brahmahatyādi pāpānāṁ nāśanaṁ nātra saṁśayaḥ

Named Jaradgaveshvara, established by Jaradgava — it destroys sins beginning with the killing of a Brahmin; of this there is no doubt.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.344.3)

तत्रैव संस्थिता देवि देवी अंशुमती नदी। तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन पिडदानं तु दापयेत्

tatraiva saṁsthitā devi devī aṁśumatī nadī| tatra snātvā vidhānena piṇḍadānaṁ tu dāpayet

There too, O Goddess, stands the divine river Anshumati. Having bathed there according to rule, one should perform the offering of the pinda (rice-ball to the ancestors).

Verse 4 (skanda.7.344.4)

वर्षकोटिशतं साग्रं पितॄणां तृप्तिमावहेत्। वृषभस्तत्र दातव्यो ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे

varṣakoṭiśataṁ sāgraṁ pitṝṇāṁ tṛptim āvahet| vṛṣabhastatra dātavyo brāhmaṇe vedapārage

This brings satisfaction to the ancestors for more than a hundred crore years. A bull should be given there to a Brahmin well-versed in the Vedas.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.344.5)

ततस्तु पूजयेद्देवं गन्धपुष्पैर्जरद्गवम्। पञ्चामृतरसेनैव तथा गुग्गुलुधूपनैः

tatastu pūjayeddevaṁ gandhapuṣpairjaradgavam| pañcāmṛtarasenaiva tathā gugguludhūpanaiḥ

Then one should worship the God Jaradgava with scent and flowers, with the essence of the five nectars (panchamrita), and with the incense of guggulu resin.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.344.6)

स्तुतिदण्डनमस्कारैः प्रदक्षिणैरहर्निशम्। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्तत्र भक्ष्यभोज्यैः पृथग्विधैः। एकेन भोजितेनैव कोटिर्भवति भोजिता

stutidaṇḍanamaskāraiḥ pradakṣiṇairaharniśam| brāhmaṇānbhojayettatra bhakṣyabhojyaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ| ekena bhojitenaiva koṭirbhavati bhojitā

— with hymns of praise, prostrations, and circumambulations, day and night. One should feed Brahmins there with various kinds of food and delicacies. By feeding just one Brahmin there, a crore are deemed fed.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.344.7)

कृते सिद्धोदकंनाम तत्तीर्थं परिकीर्त्तितम्। जरद्गवेश्वरं तीर्थं कलौ तु परिकीर्त्यते

kṛte siddhodakaṁ nāma tattīrthaṁ parikīrtitam| jaradgaveśvaraṁ tīrthaṁ kalau tu parikīrtyate

In the Krita (Satya) age, that tirtha was celebrated by the name Siddhodaka; in the Kali age, it is renowned as the tirtha of Jaradgaveshvara.