Skandapurana 4.66.47.7

4.66.47.7

vijñātasarvavṛttāṃtaḥ sarvajñopyanabhijñavat ..
acaleṃdrāgajeyāvastatprāsādavilokane ..37..
ityuktveśaḥ sagirijo niragātsagaṇo mune..
mahāsyaṃdanamāruhya prāsādaṃ draṣṭumutsukaḥ .. 34 ..
athāluloke giriśaḥ prāsādaṃ varaṇātaṭe ..
atīva ramyaracanaṃ yāminīmātranirmitam..35 ..
syaṃdanādavaruhyātha garbhāgāramavīviśat ..
dadarśa ca mahāliṃgaṃ caṃdrakāṃtaśilāmayam .. 36 ..
dedīpyamānaṃ mahasā mokṣalakṣmyaṃkurākṛti ..
dṛṣṭiprasādajananaṃ punarjananaśātanam .. 37 ..
kenedaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ yāvajjijñāsatīśvaraḥ ..
tāvaddarśa purataḥ praśastiṃ kartṛsūcikām..
vācayitveva ca manāṅmanasyeva manojahṛt ..
uvāca devo diṣṭyeti prekṣasvātmapituḥ kṛtim .. 39 ..
umā śrutyeti saṃhṛṣṭā kadaṃbakusumaśriyam ..
ānaṃdāṃkuralakṣmīvadaṃgeṣu paribibhratī .. 4.2.66.140 ..
tato vyajijñapaddevaṃ devī pādau praṇamya ca ..
asmim̐lliṃgavare nātha tvayā stheyamaharniśam .. 41 ..
asya liṃgasya ye bhaktā śaileśasya maheśituḥ ..
tebhyastvaṃ mahatīmṛddhiṃ dāsyasīha paratra ca .. 42 ..
tatheti deva uktvā tāṃ pārvatīṃ punarabravīt ..
varaṇāyāṃ kṛtasnānaiḥ śaileśo yaiḥ samarcitaḥ .. 43 ..
pitṝnsaṃtarpya ca mudā dattvā dānāni śaktitaḥ ..
na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiratra saṃsāravartmani.. 44 ..
śailaiśvare mahāliṃge nityaṃ sthāsyāmyahaṃ śubhe ..
pradāsyāmi parāṃ muktimetalliṃgārcake jane.. 45..
śaileśvaraṃ ye drakṣyaṃti varaṇāyāḥ surodhasi ..
teṣāṃ kāśyāṃ nivasatāṃ duḥkhaṃ nābhibhaviṣyati .. 46..
umayāpi varo dattastatra liṃge ghaṭodbhava ..
śaileśvarasya ye bhaktāste me putrā na saṃśayaḥ .. 47

He who knows the whole matter, omniscient, spoke as if unknowing: / “O daughter of the Mountain King, let us go to see that temple.” / Having spoken thus, the Lord went forth with the Daughter of the Mountain and his gaṇas, O sage, / having mounted a great chariot, eager to see the temple. / Then Giriśa beheld the temple on the bank of the Varaṇā, / exceedingly delightful in design, built in the span of a single night. / Having descended from the chariot, he entered the sanctum sanctorum / and saw the great liṅga made of moonstone, / blazing with radiance, resembling the sprout of the glory of liberation, / producing purity of vision and cutting off rebirth. / While Īśvara was wishing to know, “By whom was this liṅga installed?”, / he saw before him the inscription indicating its maker. / Having read it slightly, as it were, the Destroyer of Kāma in his mind / said: “O Goddess, by good fortune! Behold your father's work!” / Hearing this, Umā was overjoyed, bearing on her limbs / the beauty of a kadamba flower, like the radiance of sprouts of joy. / Then the goddess made a petition to the God, having bowed at his feet: / “O Lord, you must dwell in this supreme liṅga day and night. / Whoever are devotees of this liṅga, Śaileśa the Great Lord, / to them you must grant great prosperity here and in the hereafter.” / Having said “So be it,” the God again spoke to that Pārvatī: / “By those who have bathed in the Varaṇā and worshipped Śaileśa, / and having gratified the ancestors with joy and given gifts according to their capacity, / there is no return for them here on the path of saṃsāra. / I shall dwell perpetually in the Śaileśvara great liṅga, O auspicious one; / I shall grant supreme liberation to the people who worship this liṅga. / Those who see Śaileśvara on the auspicious bank of the Varaṇā, / living in Kāśī, sorrow will not overcome them.” / A boon was also given by Umā at that liṅga, O Pot-born [Agastya]: / “Those who are devotees of Śaileśvara are my sons, without a doubt.”