The Glory of Shringareshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.359.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि स्थानं शृंगसरोऽभिधम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi sthānaṁ śṛṁgasaro'bhidham

Ishvara said: Thereafter, O great Goddess, one should go to the place called Shringasara (Lake of the Horn).

Verse 2 (skanda.7.359.2)

शृंगारेश्वरनामा च तत्र देवः प्रतिष्ठितः। शृङ्गारं विधिवच्चक्रे यत्र गोपीयुतो हरिः

śṛṁgāreśvaranāmā ca tatra devaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ| śṛṅgāraṁ vidhivaccakre yatra gopīyuto hariḥ

There is enshrined the deity named Shringareshvara — the place where Hari, accompanied by the gopis, duly performed his amorous adornment (shringara).

Verse 3 (skanda.7.359.3)

शृङ्गारेश्वरनामा च तेन पापौघनाशनः। पूजयेद्यो विधानेन तत्र स्थाने स्थितं भवम्। दारिद्र्यदुःखसंयुक्तो न स भूयाद्भवे क्वचित्

śṛṅgāreśvaranāmā ca tena pāpaughanāśanaḥ| pūjayedyo vidhānena tatra sthāne sthitaṁ bhavam| dāridryaduḥkhasaṁyukto na sa bhūyādbhave kvacit

By that very name of Shringareshvara he destroys the mass of sins. Whoever duly worships Bhava (Shiva) enshrined there never again becomes bound by poverty and sorrow in this world of rebirth.