Agni Purana — Chapter 217

AgP 217.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे गायत्रीनिर्वाणं नाम षोडशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् २८८ छप्तेर् {२१७} :श् अथ सप्तदशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः गायत्रीनिर्वाणं अग्निर् उवाच लिङ्गमूर्तिं शिवं स्तुत्वा गायत्र्या योगमाप्तवान् निर्वाणं(१) परमं ब्रह्म वसिष्ठो ऽन्यश् च शङ्करात्(२)

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gāyatrīnirvāṇaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 288 chapter {217} :ś atha saptadaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gāyatrīnirvāṇaṃ agnir uvāca liṅgamūrtiṃ śivaṃ stutvā gāyatryā yogamāptavān nirvāṇaṃ(1) paramaṃ brahma vasiṣṭho 'nyaś ca śaṅkarāt(2)

[Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred sixteenth chapter, called 'The Nirvāṇa of the Gāyatrī'. p. 288, chapter 217: Now the two hundred seventeenth chapter, 'The Nirvāṇa of the Gāyatrī'.] Agni said: Having praised Śiva whose form is the liṅga, Vasiṣṭha—and another too—obtained from Śaṅkara union through the Gāyatrī, and nirvāṇa, the supreme brahman.

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AgP 217.2

नमः कनकलिङ्गाय(३) वेदलिङ्गाय वै नमः नमः परमलिङ्गाय(४) व्योमलिङ्गाय वै नमः

namaḥ kanakaliṅgāya(3) vedaliṅgāya vai namaḥ namaḥ paramaliṅgāya(4) vyomaliṅgāya vai namaḥ

Homage to the golden liṅga, and homage to the liṅga that is the Veda; homage to the supreme liṅga, and homage to the liṅga that is the sky.

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AgP 217.3

नमः सहस्रलिङ्गाय वह्निलिङ्गाय वै नमः नमः पुराणलिङ्गाय श्रुतिलिङ्गाय वै नमः

namaḥ sahasraliṅgāya vahniliṅgāya vai namaḥ namaḥ purāṇaliṅgāya śrutiliṅgāya vai namaḥ

Homage to the thousand-fold liṅga, and homage to the liṅga of fire; homage to the liṅga that is the Purāṇas, and homage to the liṅga that is the Śruti.

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AgP 217.4

नमः पाताललिङ्गाय ब्रह्मलिङ्गाय वै नमः नमो रहस्यलिङ्गाय सप्तद्वीपोर्धलिङ्गिने

namaḥ pātālaliṅgāya brahmaliṅgāya vai namaḥ namo rahasyaliṅgāya saptadvīpordhaliṅgine

Homage to him whose liṅga is the netherworld, homage indeed to him whose liṅga is Brahman; homage to him whose liṅga is secret, to him who bears his liṅga above the seven continents.

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AgP 217.5

नमः सर्वात्मलिङ्गाय सर्वलोकाङ्गलिङ्गिने नमस्त्वव्यक्तलिङ्गाय बुद्धिलिङ्गाय वै नमः

namaḥ sarvātmaliṅgāya sarvalokāṅgaliṅgine namastvavyaktaliṅgāya buddhiliṅgāya vai namaḥ

Homage to him whose liṅga is the self of all, to him whose liṅga is the limbs of all worlds; and homage to him whose liṅga is the unmanifest, homage indeed to him whose liṅga is intellect.

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AgP 217.6

नमो ऽहङ्कारकिङ्गाय भूतलिङ्गाय वै नमः नम इन्द्रियलिङ्गाय नमस्तन्मात्रलिङ्गिने

namo 'haṅkārakiṅgāya bhūtaliṅgāya vai namaḥ nama indriyaliṅgāya namastanmātraliṅgine

Homage to him whose liṅga is the I-maker (ego), homage indeed to him whose liṅga is the elements; homage to him whose liṅga is the senses, homage to him whose liṅga is the subtle elements.

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AgP 217.7

नमः पुरुषलिङ्गाय भावलिङ्गाय वै नमः :न् १ निर्मलमिति ख॥ २ वशिष्तोप्येव शङ्करादिति ख॥ , घ॥ च ३ कमललिङ्गायेति ट॥ ४ नमः पवनलिङ्गायेति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ट॥ च :प् २८९ नमो रजोर्धलिङ्गाय सत्त्वलिङ्गाय(१) वै नमः(२)

namaḥ puruṣaliṅgāya bhāvaliṅgāya vai namaḥ :n 1 nirmalamiti kha.. 2 vaśiṣtopyeva śaṅkarāditi kha.. , gha.. ca 3 kamalaliṅgāyeti ṭa.. 4 namaḥ pavanaliṅgāyeti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ṭa.. ca :p 289 namo rajordhaliṅgāya sattvaliṅgāya(1) vai namaḥ(2)

Homage to him whose liṅga is the Person (puruṣa), homage indeed to him whose liṅga is becoming; homage to him whose liṅga is above rajas, homage indeed to him whose liṅga is sattva.

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AgP 217.8

नम्स्तेभवलिङ्गाय नमस्त्रैगुण्यलिङ्गिने नमो ऽनागतलिङ्गाय तेजोलिङ्गाय वै नमः

namstebhavaliṅgāya namastraiguṇyaliṅgine namo 'nāgataliṅgāya tejoliṅgāya vai namaḥ

Homage to you whose liṅga is existence, homage to you whose liṅga is the three qualities; homage to him whose liṅga is what has not yet come, homage indeed to him whose liṅga is radiance.

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AgP 217.9

नमो वायूर्ध्वलिङ्गाय(३) श्रुतिलिङ्गाय वै नमः नमस्ते ऽथर्वलिङ्गाय सामलिङ्गाय(४) वै नमः

namo vāyūrdhvaliṅgāya(3) śrutiliṅgāya vai namaḥ namaste 'tharvaliṅgāya sāmaliṅgāya(4) vai namaḥ

Homage to him whose liṅga is above the wind, homage indeed to him whose liṅga is the Veda; homage to you whose liṅga is the Atharva(veda), homage indeed to him whose liṅga is the Sāma(veda).

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AgP 217.10

नमो यज्ञाङ्गलिङ्गाय यज्ञलिङ्गाय वै नमः नमस्ते तत्त्वलिङ्गाय देवानुगतलिङ्गिने(५)

namo yajñāṅgaliṅgāya yajñaliṅgāya vai namaḥ namaste tattvaliṅgāya devānugataliṅgine(5)

Homage to him whose liṅga is the limbs of sacrifice, homage indeed to him whose liṅga is sacrifice; homage to you whose liṅga is reality, to you who bear the liṅga followed after by the gods.

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AgP 217.11

दिश नः परमं योगमपत्यं मत्समन्तथा ब्रह्म चैवाक्षयं देव शमञ्चैव परं विभो(६)

diśa naḥ paramaṃ yogamapatyaṃ matsamantathā brahma caivākṣayaṃ deva śamañcaiva paraṃ vibho(6)

Grant us the highest yoga, and offspring equal to me, and imperishable sacred knowledge, O god, and supreme peace, O pervading one.

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AgP 217.12

अक्षयन्त्वञ्च वंशस्य धर्मे च मतिमक्षयां अग्निर् उवाच वसिष्ठेन स्तुतः शम्भुस्तुष्टः श्रीपर्वते पुरा

akṣayantvañca vaṃśasya dharme ca matimakṣayāṃ agnir uvāca vasiṣṭhena stutaḥ śambhustuṣṭaḥ śrīparvate purā

and the imperishability of the lineage, and an unfailing mind set on dharma. Agni said: Thus praised by Vasiṣṭha, Śambhu was pleased, of old, on the Śrī mountain.

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AgP 217.13

वसिष्ठाय वरं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥१३

vasiṣṭhāya varaṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhīyata //13

Having given a boon to Vasiṣṭha, he vanished right there. (13)

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