Skandapurana 4.67.92.3

4.67.92.3

trailokye yāni vastūni ratnabhūtāni tāni tu ..
ratneśvaraṃ samabhyarcya sakṛtprāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 4.2.67.30 ..
pūjayiṣyaṃti ye liṃgaṃ ratneśaṃ kāmavarjitāḥ ..
te sarve madgaṇā bhūtvā prāṃte drakṣyaṃti māmiha .. 31 ..
rudrāṇāṃ koṭijapyena yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam ..
tatphalaṃ labhyate devi ratneśasya samarcanāt .. 32 ..
liṃge cānādisaṃsiddhe yadvṛttaṃ tadbravīmi te ..
itihāsaṃ mahāścaryaṃ sarvapāpanikṛṃtanam .. 33 ..
pureha nartakī kācidāsīnnāṭyārthakovidā ..
saikadā phālgune māsi śivarātryāṃ kalāvatī ..34..
nanarta jāgaraṃ prāpya jagau gītaṃ ca peśalam ..
svayaṃ ca vādayāmāsa nānāvādyāni vādyavit ..35..
tena tauryatrikeṇāpi prīṇayitvātha sā naṭī..
ratneśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ deśamiṣṭaṃ jagāma ha .. 36 ..
kāladharmavaśaṃyātā tatra sā varanartakī ..
sutā gaṃdharvarājasya vasubhūterbabhūva ha .. 37 ..
saṃgītasya savādyasya tasya lāsyasyapuṇyataḥ ..
tatreśāgre kṛtasyeha jāgare śivarātrije .. 38 ..
ramyā ratnāvalī nāma rūpalāvaṇyaśālinī ..
kalākalāpakuśalā madhurālāpavādinī .. 39 ..
piturānaṃdakṛnnityaṃ vasubhūterghaṭodbhava ..
sarvagāṃdharvakuśalā guṇaratnamahākhaniḥ .. 4.2.67.40 ..
mune sakhītrayaṃ tasyāścāru cāturyabhājanam ..
śaśilekhānaṃgalekhā citralekheti nāmataḥ .. 41 ..
tisṛbhistābhirekatra vāgdevīpariśīlitā ..
tābhyaḥ sarvāḥ kalāḥ prādātpariprītā sarasvatī .. 42 ..
prāpya ratnāvalī gauri sā janmāṃtaravāsanām ..
ratneśvarasya liṃgasya jagrāha niyamaṃ śubham .. 43..
ratnabhūtasya liṃgasya kāśyāṃ ratneśvarasya vai ..
nityaṃ saṃdarśanaṃ prāpya vakṣyāmyapi vaco mukhe .. 44 ..

Whatever things are regarded as jewels in the three worlds, / a mortal obtains them all by worshipping Ratneśvara just once. 30
Those who, free from desires, will worship the liṅga Ratneśa, / shall all become my gaṇas and will see me here at the end. 31
Whatever reward is proclaimed for chanting the Rudras a crore of times, / that reward is obtained, O goddess, by worshipping Ratneśa. 32
And regarding this beginningless and eternally perfected liṅga, I will tell you what occurred: / a most wondrous legend that cuts away all sins. 33
Formerly, in this place, there was a dancing girl skilled in the arts of the stage; / once, in the month of Phālguna, on the night of Śivarātri, that Kalāvatī, 34
keeping vigil, danced and sang a lovely song; / and being skilled in instruments, she herself played diverse musical instruments. 35
Having thus delighted the great liṅga Ratneśvara / with that triple music, the actress went to her desired place. 36
Having succumbed to the law of time there, that excellent dancer / was born as the daughter of the Gandharva king Vasubhūti. 37
By the merit of that song, instrumental music, and gentle dance, / performed there before the Lord during the vigil on Śivarātri, 38
she was born charming, named Ratnāvalī, endowed with beauty and loveliness, / skilled in the whole array of arts, speaking with sweet melodies. 39
Ever bringing delight to her father, Vasubhūti, O pot-born [Agastya], / she was skilled in all Gandharva lore, a great mine of jewel-like virtues. 40
O sage, she had three female friends, receptacles of charming cleverness, / by name Śaśilekhā, Anaṅgalekhā, and Citralekhā. 41
By those three together, the goddess of speech was worshipped; / well-pleased, Sarasvatī granted them all the arts. 42
Having received the impressions of her previous birth, O Gaurī, Ratnāvalī / undertook an auspicious vow dedicated to the liṅga Ratneśvara. 43
Having obtained daily sight of the jewel-like liṅga, Ratneśvara in Kāśī— / I shall tell you what words were on her lips. 44