The Glory of Bhairaveshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.94.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि भैरवेश्वरमुत्तमम्। तस्यैव वह्निकोणस्थं धनुषांदशके स्थितम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam| tasyaiva vahnikoṇasthaṁ dhanuṣāṁ daśake sthitam

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to the excellent Bhairaveshvara, situated in the southeast corner of that place, at a distance of ten bows.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.94.2)

सर्वकामप्रदं देवि दारिद्र्यौघविनाशनम्। पूर्वं चण्डेश्वरंनाम ख्यातं कृतयुगे प्रिये

sarvakāmapradaṁ devi dāridryaughavināśanam| pūrvaṁ caṇḍeśvaraṁ nāma khyātaṁ kṛtayuge priye

Bestower of all desires, O Goddess, destroyer of the flood of poverty; formerly, in the Krita Yuga, O beloved, it was known by the name Chandeshvara.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.94.3)

चण्डोनाम गणो देवि तेन चाराधितं पुरा। दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं तु तेन चण्डेश्वरं स्मृतम्

caṇḍo nāma gaṇo devi tena cārādhitaṁ purā| divyābdānāṁ sahasraṁ tu tena caṇḍeśvaraṁ smṛtam

The gana named Chanda, O Goddess, worshipped him formerly, for a thousand divine years; thereby he was remembered as Chandeshvara.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.94.4)

तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशं स्पृष्ट्वा च सुसमाहितः। मुच्यते सकलात्पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्

taṁ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṁ spṛṣṭvā ca susamāhitaḥ| mucyate sakalātpāpādājanmamaraṇāntikāt

Having beheld that Lord of the gods of gods, and touched him, with a well-composed mind, one is freed from all sin, from birth right up to the end of death.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.94.5)

तत्र कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां मासे भाद्रपदे प्रिये। उपवास परो भूत्वा यः करोति प्रजागरम्। स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः

tatra kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṁ māse bhādrapade priye| upavāsa paro bhūtvā yaḥ karoti prajāgaram| sa yāti paramaṁ sthānaṁ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ

There, on the dark fourteenth day in the month of Bhadrapada, O beloved, he who, wholly fasting, keeps a night vigil, goes to the supreme abode where the god Maheshvara dwells.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.94.6)

वाचिकं मानसं पापं कर्मणा यदुपार्जितम्। तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति तस्य लिंगस्य दर्शनात्

vācikaṁ mānasaṁ pāpaṁ karmaṇā yadupārjitam| tatsarvaṁ nāśamāyāti tasya liṅgasya darśanāt

Whatever sin of speech or mind, or acquired through action, all of it is destroyed by the sight of that Linga.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.94.7)

तिला हिरण्यं वस्त्राणि तत्र देयं मनीषिणे। सर्वकिल्विषनाशार्थं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुना

tilā hiraṇyaṁ vastrāṇi tatra deyaṁ manīṣiṇe| sarvakilviṣanāśārthaṁ samyagyātrāphalepsunā

Sesame, gold, and garments should be given there to a wise man, by one desiring the full fruit of the pilgrimage, for the destruction of all sin.

Verse 8 (skanda.7.94.8)

भैरवाकारमास्थाय कल्पान्ते स हरेद्यतः। विश्वं समग्रं देवेशि तेनासौ भैरवः स्मृतः

bhairavākāramāsthāya kalpānte sa haredyataḥ| viśvaṁ samagraṁ deveśi tenāsau bhairavaḥ smṛtaḥ

Since, taking the form of Bhairava at the end of the Kalpa, he consumes the entire universe, O Lady of the gods — thereby he is remembered as Bhairava.

Verse 9 (skanda.7.94.9)

अस्मिन्कल्पे महादेवि प्रभासक्षेत्रमास्थितः। बभूव भैरवो रुद्रः कल्पान्ते लिंगमूर्तिमान्

asminkalpe mahādevi prabhāsakṣetramāsthitaḥ| babhūva bhairavo rudraḥ kalpānte liṅgamūrtimān

In this Kalpa, O great Goddess, established in the field of Prabhasa, the Rudra Bhairava came to be, at the end of the Kalpa, embodied in the Linga.

Verse 10 (skanda.7.94.10)

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं भैरवेश्वरम्। यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते जन्तुः पातकादतिभैरवात्

evaṁ saṁkṣepataḥ proktaṁ māhātmyaṁ bhairaveśvaram| yacchrutvā mucyate jantuḥ pātakādatibhairavāt

Thus has been told, in brief, the glory of Bhairaveshvara; by hearing which a creature is freed even from the most dreadful sin.