Enumeration of the Foremost Tirthas

Verse 1 (skanda.7.368.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। अथ वस्त्रापथे क्षेत्रे संति तीर्थानि कोटिशः। तथापि सारं ते वच्मि सर्वतीर्थमहोदयम्

īśvara uvāca| atha vastrāpathe kṣetre saṁti tīrthāni koṭiśaḥ| tathāpi sāraṁ te vacmi sarvatīrthamahodayam

Ishvara said: Now, in the field of Vastrapatha, there are tirthas by the crore; nevertheless, I shall tell you the essence — the great glory of all these tirthas together.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.368.2)

दामोदरे नदी प्रोक्ता स्वर्णरेषेति या स्मृता। ब्रह्मकुण्डं च तत्रैव तथा ब्रह्मेश्वरः स्मृतः

dāmodare nadī proktā svarṇareṣeti yā smṛtā| brahmakuṇḍaṁ ca tatraiva tathā brahmeśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ

At Damodara is told of the river remembered by the name Svarnaresha; there too is Brahmakunda, and likewise Brahmeshvara is remembered there.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.368.3)

कालमेघश्च संप्रोक्तो भवो दामोदरः स्मृतः। गव्यूतिद्वितयेनैव कालिका तत्र कीर्तिता

kālameghaśca saṁprokto bhavo dāmodaraḥ smṛtaḥ| gavyūtidvitayenaiva kālikā tatra kīrtitā

Kalamegha too is told of there, and Bhava is remembered there as Damodara; and within a mere two gavyutis of that place, Kalika is celebrated.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.368.4)

इन्द्रेश्वरश्च तत्रैव रैवतः पर्वतस्तथा। उज्जयंतश्च तत्रैव देवः कुम्भीश्वरः स्मृतः

indreśvaraśca tatraiva raivataḥ parvatastathā| ujjayaṁtaśca tatraiva devaḥ kumbhīśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ

Indreshvara is there too, as is the mountain Raivata; Ujjayanta stands there as well, and the god Kumbhishvara is remembered there.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.368.5)

भीमेश्वरश्च तत्रैव ततः क्षेत्रं महाप्रभम्। तैलसारणिकंनाम त्रेतायां हैममारकम्

bhīmeśvaraśca tatraiva tataḥ kṣetraṁ mahāprabham| tailasāraṇikaṁnāma tretāyāṁ haimamārakam

Bhimeshvara is there too; and beyond that lies a field of great splendor, called Tailasaranika, which in the Treta age was known as Haimamaraka, the golden Maraka.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.368.6)

पंचगव्यूतिमात्रं तु तत्क्षेत्रं संप्रकीर्तितम्। मृगीकुण्डं च तत्रैव सर्वपातकनाशनम्

paṁcagavyūtimātraṁ tu tatkṣetraṁ saṁprakīrtitam| mṛgīkuṇḍaṁ ca tatraiva sarvapātakanāśanam

That field is celebrated as extending a full five gavyutis; there too lies the Mrigikunda, destroyer of every sin.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.368.7)

एतद्वस्त्रापथं क्षेत्रं रत्नधात्वोस्तथाऽऽकरम्। कथितं तव देवेशि पुनः संक्षेपतो मया

etadvastrāpathaṁ kṣetraṁ ratnadhātvostathā''karam| kathitaṁ tava deveśi punaḥ saṁkṣepato mayā

This is the field of Vastrapatha, a very mine of gems and minerals besides; thus, O Goddess of the gods, has it been told to you once more by me, in brief.