कुजंभोऽपि हतो दैत्यो देवविद्वेषकारकः
The demon Kujambha, who was a cause of enmity towards the gods, was also slain.
भक्त्या ये पूजयिष्यंति धनुःसाहस्रमीश्वरम्
Those who worship with devotion the Lord of a thousand bows,
अर्चिते देवदेवेशे धनुःसाहस्रिके शिवे
When the Lord of gods, the Lord Shiva of a thousand bows, is worshipped,
प्रातर्मध्येऽपराह्णे च धनुःसाहस्रकं शिवम्
In the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon, Shiva of a thousand bows—
तीर्थानां च यथा गंगा रक्षिता योधसत्तमैः
Just as the Ganga among holy places is protected by the best of warriors,
तत्र गंगादितीर्थानि विद्यन्ते विविधानि च 5.2.63.
There, the Ganga and other holy places, and various others, are found.
तेषां फलं विनिर्दिष्टं ये पश्यन्ति तु भक्तितः
The fruit has been declared for those who behold them with devotion.
एष ते कथितो देवि प्रभावः पापना शनः
O Devi, thus I have told you the power of the destroyer of sins.
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां पञ्चम आवंत्यखण्डे चतुरशीति लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये धनुःसाहस्रमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Samhita of the glorious Skanda Mahapurana, in the fifth Avantya section, in the greatness of the eighty-four lingas, the sixty-third chapter named 'The Description of the Greatness of Dhanuḥsāhasra' is concluded.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण पशुयोनिर्न लभ्यते
By whose mere sight, one does not attain a birth among animals—
पशुपालो महादेवि बभूव भुवि विश्रुतः
The protector of creatures, O great goddess, became renowned on earth.
दिदृक्षुः स कदाचिच्च गतस्तोयनिधिं प्रति एका स्त्री मुक्तकेशा सा भ्रमन्ती च पुनःपुनः
Desiring to see, he once went towards the ocean; there was a woman with loose hair, wandering again and again.
अथ राजा भयाविष्टो विसंज्ञः समपद्यत
Then the king, seized by fear, fell unconscious.
ततोन्ये समपातं च आगत्य नृपसत्तमम्
Then others, having come to the best of kings, also fell down.
रुद्धे राजनि ते सर्वे एकीभूतास्तु दस्यवः
With the king restrained, all those bandits became united.
तस्य तां धृष्टतां ज्ञात्वा स्थैर्यं च नृपतेर्मृधे
Knowing his boldness and the king's steadfastness in battle,
अमूर्ता इव ते सर्वे एकीभूतास्ततोऽभवन्
All of them then became as if without form, united together.
अथापश्यत्तदाऽऽयांतं नारदं मुनिपुंगवम्
Then, at that moment, he saw Nārada, the foremost of sages, approaching.
अकस्मात्पुरुषाः पंच समायाता भयावहाः ।। 5.2.64.
Suddenly, five men appeared, terrifying in aspect.
तैरहं वेष्टितो दुष्टैर्व्याकुलश्च कृतस्तदा
I was then surrounded by those wicked ones and thrown into confusion.
ततोऽन्ये पुरुषाः पञ्च समायाता नियुध्य माम्
After that, five other men arrived and began to fight with me.
एवं तैः पीडितोऽत्यर्थं पुनर्मोहमुपागतः
Thus, tormented excessively by them, I again fell into delusion.
दृढो भव महाराज मा विषादं कुरु प्रभो
Be steadfast, O great king; do not give in to despair, O lord.
तस्या वाक्येन विप्रेंद्र मया धैर्येण संयुगे
By his words, O best of Brahmins, I maintained courage in the battle.
प्रलीना मच्छरीरे तु केप्यते कापि साऽबला
But then, some powerless woman vanished into my body.
ये त्वया पुरुषा दृष्टास्त्वयि लीना जिता मृधे भ्रमन्ती या च नारी सा त्वया दृष्टा नृपोत्तम
The men you saw, who merged into you and were conquered in battle, and the woman who wandered about—these you beheld, O best of kings.
मनोरूपेण सा बुद्धिर्भ्रमत्येव हि न स्थिरा
That wandering intellect, taking the form of desire, is never steady.
सोऽपि क्रोधवशं नीत इन्द्रियैर्विषयैः प्रियैः
He too was led into anger by the senses, drawn to their pleasing objects.
महादेवो जगन्नाथः सृष्टिसंहारकारकः 5.2.64.
Great Mahadeva, Lord of the universe, is the cause of creation and dissolution.
सुरा विभूतयो यस्य क्रीडार्थं भुवनत्रयम्
The gods and all powers exist for his sport, and the three worlds as well.