गुह्यं चैव महाकालं ततो गच्छेत्समाहितः
Then, with focused mind, one should proceed to the secret and to Mahākāla.
ततो गच्छेत्समाधिस्थो दुर्वासेश्वरमुत्तमम्
After that, established in meditation, one should go to the supreme Lord Durvāsa.
श्वासावरोधनं कृत्वा दुर्वाससः समीपतः
Having restrained the breath, one should approach Durvāsa.
तत्रोच्छ्वासो विमोक्त्यस्तामभ्यर्च्य तु सर्वथा
There, after offering worship in every way, one should release the breath.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण यमलोकं न पश्यति
By merely seeing him, one does not behold the realm of Yama.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण बधिरत्वं न जायते
By merely seeing him, deafness does not arise.
न कीर्तयेद्यदा नाम सा यात्रा विफली भवेत्
If one does not recite his name, then that pilgrimage becomes fruitless.
भक्तियुक्तस्ततो ब्रूयान्नमस्कृत्वा पुनःपुनः
Then, filled with devotion, one should speak, bowing again and again.
संसारसागराद्धोरान्मामुद्धर जगत्पते 5.1.23.
O Lord of the world, lift me from the dreadful ocean of worldly existence.
प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुंधरा
By that act, the earth with its seven continents is circumambulated.
तत्फलं देवदेवस्य सकृद्दत्त्वा प्रदक्षिणम्
The fruit of that, having offered a single circumambulation to the God of gods,
पदेपदे यज्ञफलमिति मे शंकरोऽब्रवीत्
At every step, the fruit of sacrifice—so Śaṃkara told me.
पूजितानि भवंत्यत्र यात्रेश्वरसमर्चनात्
Here, all are worshipped through the veneration of the Lord of pilgrimage.
सहस्रदक्षिणां दद्यात्तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
If one gives a thousand offerings, hear the merit that accrues to him.
एवं यात्रां समाप्याथ गत्वा निजगृहं नरः
Thus, having completed the pilgrimage, a man should return to his own house.
भोजयेच्छिवभक्तांश्च शिवध्यानपरायणान्
He should feed devotees of Śiva who are devoted to meditation on Śiva.
यात्राक्रमेण चैकैकं द्वारांतरमनुव्रजेत्
Following the order of the pilgrimage, he should traverse each gateway in turn.
धेनुं पयस्विनीं दद्याद्वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः
He should give a milch cow, free from deceit regarding wealth.
दीनानाथदरिद्रांधविकलाद्यांश्च भोजयेत् 5.1.23.
One should feed those who are destitute, helpless, poor, blind, and afflicted.
कुलानां शतमुद्धृत्य मातापित्रोः समाहितः
Having rescued a hundred families, one should serve one's mother and father with devotion.
मौनी ध्यानपरो भूत्वा स कवित्वमवाप्नुयात्
By becoming silent and absorbed in meditation, he attains poetic inspiration.
यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण कवित्वमुपजायते
In whose mere presence poetic inspiration arises.
रूपयौवनसंपन्ना तस्य भार्याथ कौशिकी
His wife Kauśikī was endowed with beauty and youth.
तस्य पुत्रः समुत्पन्नो ह्यग्निशर्मेति नामतः
A son was born to him, named Agniśarman.
ततो बहुतिथे काले अनावृष्टिरजायत
After a long time, a drought occurred.
ततोऽसौ सुमतिर्विप्रः सभार्यः स सुतस्तथा
Then that wise Brahmin, together with his wife and son,
आभीरैर्दस्युभिः सार्धं संगोऽभूदग्निशर्मणः
Agniśarman associated with the Ābhīras and bandits.
स्मृतिर्नष्टा गता वेदा गतं गोत्रं गता श्रुतिः
Memory was lost, the Vedas disappeared, the lineage vanished, and the sacred tradition was gone.
सप्तर्षयः पथा तेन सुव्रताः समुपस्थिताः
The seven sages, steadfast in their vows, arrived by that path.
वस्त्राणीमानि मुच्यध्वं छत्रिकोपानहौ तथा 5.1.24.
Remove these garments, as well as your cloak and shoes.