The Glory of Yogeshvara

Verse 1 (skanda.7.97.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि योगेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्। कामेशाद्वायवे भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम्

īśvara uvāca| tato gacchenmahādevi yogeśvaramiti śrutam| kāmeśādvāyave bhāge dhanuṣāṁ saptake sthitam

Ishvara said: Then, O great Goddess, one should go to what is known as Yogeshvara; situated to the northwest of Kamesha, at a distance of seven bows.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.97.2)

लिंगं महाप्रभावं हि दर्शनात्पापनाशनम्। पूर्वे युगे तु संख्यातं गणेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्

liṅgaṁ mahāprabhāvaṁ hi darśanātpāpanāśanam| pūrve yuge tu saṁkhyātaṁ gaṇeśvaramiti śrutam

A Linga of great power indeed, whose very sight destroys sin; in a former age it was reckoned and known by the name Ganeshvara.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.97.3)

पुरा मम गणा देवि असंख्याता महावलाः। क्षेत्रं माहेश्वरं ज्ञात्वा प्रभासं समुपागमन्

purā mama gaṇā devi asaṁkhyātā mahāvalāḥ| kṣetraṁ māheśvaraṁ jñātvā prabhāsaṁ samupāgaman

Long ago, O Goddess, my innumerable and mighty ganas, having learned of the field sacred to Maheshvara, came together to Prabhasa.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.97.4)

तत्रस्थाश्च तपो घोरं तेपुस्ते योगमाश्रिताः। दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं तु ततस्तुष्टो महेश्वरः

tatrasthāśca tapo ghoraṁ tepuste yogamāśritāḥ| divyābdānāṁ sahasraṁ tu tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

Abiding there, resorting to yoga, they performed terrible austerity for a thousand divine years; then Maheshvara became pleased.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.97.5)

सालोक्यां च ददौ मुक्तिं तेषां योगबलेन। यस्मात्षडंगयोगेन तेषां तुष्टो वृषध्वजः। तेन योगेश्वरं नाम लिंगं योगफलप्रदम्

sālokyāṁ ca dadau muktiṁ teṣāṁ yogabalena| yasmātṣaḍaṁgayogena teṣāṁ tuṣṭo vṛṣadhvajaḥ| tena yogeśvaraṁ nāma liṅgaṁ yogaphalapradam

He granted them liberation in his own realm, through the power of their yoga; since the bull-bannered god was pleased with them through the sixfold yoga, thereby the Linga bears the name Yogeshvara, bestower of the fruit of yoga.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.97.6)

यस्तमर्चयते भक्त्या सम्यक्पूजाविधानतः। स योगसिद्धिमाप्नोति मोदते दिवि देववत्

yastamarcayate bhaktyā samyakpūjāvidhānataḥ| sa yogasiddhimāpnoti modate divi devavat

He who worships him with devotion, duly, according to the prescribed rite of worship, attains the accomplishment of yoga, and rejoices in heaven like a god.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.97.7)

यो दद्यात्कांचनं मेरुं कृत्स्नां चैव वसुन्धराम्। योगेशं पूजयेद्यस्तु स तयोरधिकः स्मृतः

yo dadyātkāṁcanaṁ meruṁ kṛtsnāṁ caiva vasundharām| yogeśaṁ pūjayedyastu sa tayoradhikaḥ smṛtaḥ

Whoever would give the golden Mount Meru, and the whole earth — and whoever worships Yogesha — he is remembered as greater than the two combined.

Verse 8 (skanda.7.97.8)

वृषभस्तत्र दातव्यः संपूर्णफलहेतवे। एवमेकादश प्रोक्ता रुद्राः प्राभासमाश्रिताः। नित्यं पूज्याश्च वंद्याश्च क्षेत्रस्य फलमीप्सुभिः

vṛṣabhastatra dātavyaḥ saṁpūrṇaphalahetave| evamekādaśa proktā rudrāḥ prābhāsamāśritāḥ| nityaṁ pūjyāśca vaṁdyāśca kṣetrasya phalamīpsubhiḥ

A bull should be given there, for the sake of the complete fruit. Thus have the eleven Rudras resorting to Prabhasa been declared — ever worthy of worship and veneration by those desiring the fruit of the field.

Verse 9 (skanda.7.97.9)

य एतां चैव शृणुयाद्रुद्रैकादशसंहिताम्। तस्य क्षेत्रफलं सर्वं प्रभासांतरवासिनः

ya etāṁ caiva śṛṇuyādrudraikādaśasaṁhitām| tasya kṣetraphalaṁ sarvaṁ prabhāsāntaravāsinaḥ

He who hears this collection concerning the eleven Rudras obtains the entire fruit of the field, as though dwelling within Prabhasa.

Verse 10 (skanda.7.97.10)

यश्चैतान्नैव जानाति रुद्रान्प्राभासमाश्रितान्। स क्षेत्रमध्यसंस्थोऽपि नास्त्येव स पशुः स्मृतः

yaścaitānnaiva jānāti rudrānprābhāsamāśritān| sa kṣetramadhyasaṁstho'pi nāstyeva sa paśuḥ smṛtaḥ

He who does not even know these Rudras who dwell in Prabhasa, though he stands in the midst of the field, is reckoned as if he did not exist — he is deemed a mere beast.

Verse 11 (skanda.7.97.11)

एतेषां चैव रुद्राणां सर्वान्वाप्येकमेव वा। सोमेश्वरं पूजयित्वा जपेद्वै शतरुद्रियम्। सर्वेषां लभते पुण्यं रुद्राणां नात्र संशयः

eteṣāṁ caiva rudrāṇāṁ sarvānvāpyekameva vā| someśvaraṁ pūjayitvā japedvai śatarudriyam| sarveṣāṁ labhate puṇyaṁ rudrāṇāṁ nātra saṁśayaḥ

Having worshipped all of these Rudras, or even just one, and having worshipped Someshvara and recited the Shatarudriya, one obtains the merit of all the Rudras — of this there is no doubt.

Verse 12 (skanda.7.97.12)

इदं रहस्यं संख्यातं माहात्म्यं तव भामिनि। रुद्राणां पापशमनं श्रुतं पुण्यविवर्द्धनम्

idaṁ rahasyaṁ saṁkhyātaṁ māhātmyaṁ tava bhāmini| rudrāṇāṁ pāpaśamanaṁ śrutaṁ puṇyavivarddhanam

This secret glory, O radiant one, has been recounted to you — this sin-pacifying glory of the Rudras, declared to increase merit.