Skandapurana 4.66.47.3

4.66.47.3

kāśīṃ prāpya mudā tiṣṭhedgirirājāṃgajā sakhaḥ .. 74 ..
.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..
yadā yadā sa girijā mṛdunāmākṣarāmṛtam ..
āviṣkaroti pathiko'drīṃdro hṛṣyettadātadā .. 75 ..
umānāmāmṛtaṃ pītaṃ yeneha jagatītale ..
na jātu jananīstanyaṃ sa pibetkuṃbhasaṃbhava .. 76 ..
umetidvyakṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ yo'harniśamanusmaret ..
na smareccitraguptastaṃ kṛtapāpamapi dvija .. 77 ..
punaḥ śuśrāva himavānhṛṣṭaḥ kārpaṭikoditam ..
.. kārpaṭika uvāca .. ..
rājanviśveśvarārtheyaḥ prāsādo viśvakarmaṇā .. 78 ..
nirmīyate sunirmāṇo janmi nirvāṇadāyinaḥ ..
tadapūrvaṃ na karṇābhyāmapyākarṇitavānaham .. 79 ..
yatrātimitratejobhiḥ śalākābhiḥ samaṃtataḥ ..
maṇimāṇikyaratnānāṃ prāsādebhittayaḥ kṛtāḥ ..4.2.66.80 ..
yatra saṃti śataṃ staṃbhā bhāsvaṃto dvādaśottarāḥ ..
ekaikaṃ bhuvanaṃ dhartumaṣṭāṣṭāviti kalpitāḥ .. 81 ..
caturdaśasu yā śobhā viṣṭapeṣu samaṃtataḥ ..
tasminvimāne sāstīha śatakoṭiguṇottarā .. 82 ..
caṃdrakāṃtamaṇīnāṃ ca staṃbhādhāra śilāśca yāḥ ..
citraratnamayaistaṃbhaiḥ staṃbhitāstatprabhābharāḥ .. 83 ..
padmarāgeṃdranīlānāṃ śālīnāḥ śālabhaṃjikāḥ ..
nīrājayaṃtyahorātraṃ yatra rajapradīpakaiḥ .. 84 ..
sphuratsphaṭikanirmāṇa ślakṣṇa padmaśilātale ..
anekaratnarūpāṇi vicitrāṇi samaṃtataḥ ..85..
āraktapītamaṃjiṣṭha nīlakirmīravarṇakaiḥ ..
vinyastānīva bhāsaṃte citre citrakṛtāyataḥ .. 86 ..
dṛkpicchilā vilokyaṃte māṇikyastaṃbharājayaḥ ..
yato'vimukte svakṣetre mokṣalakṣmyaṃkurā iva .. 87 ..
ratnākarebhyaḥ sarvebhyo gaṇā ratnoccayānbahūn ..
rāśīṃścakruḥ samānīya yatrādriśikharopamān .. 88 ..

having reached Kāśī, he might dwell there with joy as the companion of the daughter of the Mountain King.” / Skanda said: / “Whenever that traveler made manifest the nectar of Girijā’s sweet names and syllables, the king of mountains rejoiced at every moment. / One who has drunk here on the surface of the earth the nectar of the name of Umā, / O pot-born [sage], shall never drink breast milk from a mother. / He who remembers day and night the two-syllable mantra ‘Umā’— / even if he has committed sin, Citragupta does not remember him, O twice-born one. / Again, rejoiced, Himavat listened to the words spoken by the pilgrim. / The pilgrim said: / ‘O King, for the sake of Viśveśvara, who grants nirvāṇa to mortals, an exquisite temple / is being built by Viśvakarman; / such an unprecedented thing I have not even heard with my ears! / In which the walls of the temple are constructed all around from gems and rubies / with rods of surpassing brilliance; / in which there are one hundred and twelve radiant pillars, / fashioned as eight by eight, as it were, to uphold each world. / Whatever beauty there is in all the fourteen worlds all around, / in that temple it is a hundred crore times greater here. / And the base-stones of the pillars, made of moonstones— / the great mass of their luster is held firm by columns composed of variegated gems. / Where statues made of rubies and sapphires / constantly perform the wave-offering of lights day and night with jewel lamps; / on the polished lotus-slab floor made of glistening crystal, / countless variegated shapes of gems all around, / with colors of reddish, yellow, madder, blue, and dappled, / appear as if painted in a picture by a painter. / The rows of ruby pillars are seen as captivating to the gaze, / like sprouts of the glory of liberation in his own sacred field, the Avimukta. / Where the attendants, having brought great heaps of gems from all oceans, / piled them into heaps resembling mountain peaks;