The Glory of Kumareshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.73.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कुमारेश्वरमुत्तमम्। लिंगं महाप्रभावं हि महापातकनाशनम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi kumāreśvaramuttamam| liṅgaṁ mahāprabhāvaṁ hi mahāpātakanāśanam

Ishvara said: Thereafter, O great Goddess, one should go to the excellent Kumareshvara — this Linga of great power destroys the greatest of sins.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.73.2)

धनुषां त्रिंशता देवि वरुणान्नैऋते स्थितम्। गौरीतपोवनाद्देवि दक्षिण स्थानसंस्थितम्

dhanuṣāṁ triṁśatā devi varuṇānnaiṛte sthitam| gaurītapovanāddevi dakṣiṇa sthānasaṁsthitam

O Devi, it stands thirty bow-lengths to the south-west of Varuna, and, O Devi, it is situated to the south of Gauri's penance-grove.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.73.3)

षण्मुखेन महादेवि तत्र कृत्वा महत्तपः। प्रतिष्ठितं महालिंगं कुमारेशस्ततोऽभवत्

ṣaṇmukhena mahādevi tatra kṛtvā mahattapaḥ| pratiṣṭhitaṁ mahāliṅgaṁ kumāreśastato'bhavat

O great Goddess, the six-faced one (Kartikeya) performed great austerity there and installed a great Linga, which thence became known as Kumaresha.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.73.4)

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या मासमेकं निरन्तरम्। षण्मासस्यार्चनेनैव यत्पुण्यमुपजायते

yastaṁ pūjayate bhaktyā māsamekaṁ nirantaram| ṣaṇmāsasyārcanenaiva yatpuṇyamupajāyate

Whoever worships it with devotion continuously for one month obtains the merit that arises from six months of worship.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.73.5)

तत्पुण्यं सकलं तस्य कुमारेशार्चनात्सकृत्। लभते दिवसैकेन विधिना यदि पूजयेत्

tatpuṇyaṁ sakalaṁ tasya kumāreśārcanātsakṛt| labhate divasaikena vidhinā yadi pūjayet

That entire merit he obtains in a single day merely by worshipping Kumaresha once, if he worships according to the prescribed rite.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.73.6)

कामं क्रोधं तथा लोभं रागं त्यक्त्वा तु मत्सरम्। ब्रह्मचारी यतिर्भूत्वा सकृदप्येनमर्चयेत्

kāmaṁ krodhaṁ tathā lobhaṁ rāgaṁ tyaktvā tu matsaram| brahmacārī yatirbhūtvā sakṛdapyenamarcayet

Abandoning desire, anger, greed, attachment, and envy, becoming a celibate ascetic, if one worships him even once —

Verse 7 (skanda.7.73.7)

एवं संपूजिते देवि सम्यग्यात्रा फलं लभेत्

evaṁ saṁpūjite devi samyagyātrā phalaṁ labhet

O Devi, having thus duly worshipped, one obtains the complete fruit of pilgrimage.