The Glory of Partheshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.417.1)

॥ पुलस्त्य उवाच ॥ ततः पार्थेश्वरं गच्छेदेवं पातकनाशनम् । यं दृष्ट्वा मानवः सम्यङ्मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

pulastya uvāca | tataḥ pārtheśvaraṁ gacchedevaṁ pātakanāśanam | yaṁ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyaṅmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Pulastya said: Then one should go to Partheshvara, which thus destroys sin, seeing which a man is duly freed from all sins.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.417.2)

पार्था नाम्न्यभवत्साध्वी देवलस्य प्रिया सती । तया पूर्वं तपस्तप्तं तत्र स्थाने महीपते

pārthā nāmnyabhavatsādhvī devalasya priyā satī | tayā pūrvaṁ tapastaptaṁ tatra sthāne mahīpate

O king, there was a virtuous wife named Parthā, the beloved of the sage Devala; by her, formerly, austerity was performed in that place.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.417.3)

सा पूर्वमभवद्वन्ध्या ऋषिपत्नी यशस्विनी । वैराग्यं परमं गत्वा ततश्चैवार्बुदं गता

sā pūrvamabhavadvandhyā ṛṣipatnī yaśasvinī | vairāgyaṁ paramaṁ gatvā tataścaivārbudaṁ gatā

That illustrious wife of the sage was formerly barren. Having attained supreme dispassion, she then went to Mount Arbuda.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.417.4)

वायुभक्षा निराहारा समचित्ताऽऽसने स्थिता । ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते भक्त्या तस्या महीपते

vāyubhakṣā nirāhārā samacittāsane sthitā | tato varṣasahasrānte bhaktyā tasyā mahīpate

Living on air alone, without food, seated with an even mind — then, O king, at the end of a thousand years, through her devotion —

Verse 5 (skanda.7.417.5)

उद्भिद्य धरणीपृष्ठं सहसा लिङ्गमुत्थितम् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वागुवाचाशरीरिणी

udbhidya dharaṇīpṛṣṭhaṁ sahasā liṅgamutthitam | etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī

Suddenly, splitting open the surface of the earth, a linga rose up. At that very moment a bodiless voice spoke.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.417.6)

पूजयैतन्महाभागे शिवलिङ्गं सुपावनम् । त्वद्भक्त्या धरणीपृष्ठान्निःसृतं कामदं महत्

pūjayaitanmahābhāge śivaliṅgaṁ supāvanam | tvadbhaktyā dharaṇīpṛṣṭhānniḥsṛtaṁ kāmadaṁ mahat

O most fortunate one, worship this most purifying Shiva-linga. Through your devotion it has emerged from the earth's surface, great and wish-fulfilling.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.417.7)

यो यं काममभिध्यायन्पूजयिष्यति मानवः । अन्योऽपि तदभिप्रेतं प्राप्स्यते नात्र संशयः

yo yaṁ kāmamabhidhyāyanpūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ | anyopi tadabhipretaṁ prāpsyate nātra saṁśayaḥ

Whatever desire a person contemplates while worshipping this linga, another too shall attain what is longed for — of this there is no doubt.

Verse 8 (skanda.7.417.8)

पार्थेश्वराख्यमेतद्धि लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति । एवमुक्त्वा ततो वाणी विरराम महीपते

pārtheśvarākhyametaddhi loke khyātiṁ gamiṣyati | evamuktvā tato vāṇī virarāma mahīpate

This linga, named Partheshvara, shall indeed attain fame in the world. Having said this, O king, the voice then fell silent.

Verse 9 (skanda.7.417.9)

ततः सा विस्मयाविष्टा पूजयामास तत्तदा । ततः पुत्रशतं प्राप्तं दिव्यं वंशधरं तथा

tataḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā pūjayāmāsa tattadā | tataḥ putraśataṁ prāptaṁ divyaṁ vaṁśadharaṁ tathā

Then she, filled with wonder, worshipped it at once; thereafter she obtained a hundred divine sons, continuers of the lineage.

Verse 10 (skanda.7.417.10)

ततः प्रभृति तल्लिङ्गं विख्यातं धरणीतले । तत्रास्ति निर्मलं तोयं गिरिगह्वरनिःसृतम्

tataḥ prabhṛti talliṅgaṁ vikhyātaṁ dharaṇītale | tatrāsti nirmalaṁ toyaṁ girigahvaraniḥsṛtam

From then on that linga became renowned on earth. There is pure water there, flowing out from a mountain cave.

Verse 11 (skanda.7.417.11)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरः सम्यग्यस्तं पश्यति भावतः । न स पश्यति संसारे दुःखं सन्तानसम्भवम्

tatra snātvā naraḥ samyagyastaṁ paśyati bhāvataḥ | na sa paśyati saṁsāre duḥkhaṁ santānasambhavam

The man who, having duly bathed there, beholds it with devotion, does not experience in this world the sorrow born of childlessness.

Verse 12 (skanda.7.417.12)

शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां जागरं तस्य चाग्रतः । यः करोति निराहारः स पुत्रं लभते ध्रुवम्

śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṁ jāgaraṁ tasya cāgrataḥ | yaḥ karoti nirāhāraḥ sa putraṁ labhate dhruvam

He who, fasting, keeps vigil before it on the fourteenth of the bright fortnight, certainly obtains a son.

Verse 13 (skanda.7.417.13)

पिण्डनिर्वापणं तत्र यः करोति समाहितः । तस्य पुत्रत्वमायाति पितरस्तत्प्रसादतः

piṇḍanirvāpaṇaṁ tatra yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ | tasya putratvamāyāti pitarastatprasādataḥ

He who, with a composed mind, offers the ancestral rice-ball there — by its grace his forefathers attain the state of a true son, that is, they are satisfied and reach a good state.