Linga Purana — Chapter 1

LiP 1.1

नमो रुद्राय हरये ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने प्रधानपुरुषेशाय सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारिणे

namo rudrāya haraye brahmaṇe paramātmane pradhānapuruṣeśāya sargasthityantakāriṇe

Homage to Rudra, to Hari, to Brahman, to the Supreme Self, to the lord of primal matter and of spirit, the maker of creation, maintenance and end.

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LiP 1.2

नारदो ऽभ्यर्च्य शैलेशे शङ्करं सङ्गमेश्वरे हिरण्यगर्भे स्वर्लीने ह्य् अविमुक्ते महालये

nārado 'bhyarcya śaileśe śaṅkaraṃ saṅgameśvare hiraṇyagarbhe svarlīne hy avimukte mahālaye

Nārada, having worshipped Śaṅkara at Śaileśa, at Saṅgameśvara, at Hiraṇyagarbha, at Svarlīna, and indeed at Avimukta, at Mahālaya,

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LiP 1.3

रौद्रे गोप्रेक्षके चैव श्रेष्ठे पाशुपते तथा विघ्नेश्वरे च केदारे तथा गोमायुकेश्वरे

raudre goprekṣake caiva śreṣṭhe pāśupate tathā vighneśvare ca kedāre tathā gomāyukeśvare

and at Raudra and Goprekṣaka, at Śreṣṭha and Pāśupata, and at Vighneśvara and Kedāra, and likewise at Gomāyukeśvara,

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LiP 1.4

हिरण्यगर्भे चन्द्रेशे ईशान्ये च त्रिविष्टपे शुक्रेश्वरे यथान्यायं नैमिषं प्रययौ मुनिः

hiraṇyagarbhe candreśe īśānye ca triviṣṭape śukreśvare yathānyāyaṃ naimiṣaṃ prayayau muniḥ

at Hiraṇyagarbha, at Candreśa, at Īśānya and at Triviṣṭapa, and at Śukreśvara, as is proper — the sage then went to Naimiṣa.

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LiP 1.5

नैमिषेयास्तदा दृष्ट्वा नारदं हृष्टमानसाः समभ्यर्च्यासनं तस्मै तद्योग्यं समकल्पयन्

naimiṣeyāstadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ samabhyarcyāsanaṃ tasmai tadyogyaṃ samakalpayan

Then the dwellers of Naimiṣa, seeing Nārada, with delighted minds honoured him and prepared for him a seat fit for him.

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LiP 1.6

सो ऽपि हृष्टो मुनिवरैर् दत्तं भेजे तदासनम् सम्पूज्यमानो मुनिभिः सुखासीनो वरासने

so 'pi hṛṣṭo munivarair dattaṃ bheje tadāsanam sampūjyamāno munibhiḥ sukhāsīno varāsane

He too, delighted, took that seat given by the best of sages; being honoured by the sages, seated comfortably on the excellent seat,

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LiP 1.7

चक्रे कथां विचित्रार्थां लिङ्गमाहात्म्यमाश्रिताम् एतस्मिन्नेवकाले तु सूतः पौराणिकः स्वयम्

cakre kathāṃ vicitrārthāṃ liṅgamāhātmyamāśritām etasminnevakāle tu sūtaḥ paurāṇikaḥ svayam

(He) told a tale of wondrous import, resting on the greatness of the liṅga. And at that very time the Sūta, the reciter of the Purāṇas, himself

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LiP 1.8

जगाम नैमिषं धीमान् प्रणामार्थं तपस्विनाम् तस्मै साम च पूजां च यथावच्चक्रिरे तदा

jagāma naimiṣaṃ dhīmān praṇāmārthaṃ tapasvinām tasmai sāma ca pūjāṃ ca yathāvaccakrire tadā

— the wise one — went to Naimiṣa to make his salutation to the ascetics; and then they duly performed for him both a greeting and honour.

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LiP 1.9

नैमिषेयास्तु शिष्याय कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य तु अथ तेषां पुराणस्य शुश्रूषा समपद्यत

naimiṣeyāstu śiṣyāya kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya tu atha teṣāṃ purāṇasya śuśrūṣā samapadyata

The men of Naimiṣa (turned) to the disciple of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana; then there arose in them the wish to hear the Purāṇa.

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LiP 1.10

दृष्ट्वा तम् अतिविश्वस्तं विद्वांसं रोमहर्षणम् अपृच्छंश्च ततः सूतम् ऋषिं सर्वे तपोधनाः

dṛṣṭvā tam ativiśvastaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ romaharṣaṇam apṛcchaṃśca tataḥ sūtam ṛṣiṃ sarve tapodhanāḥ

And then, seeing him — Romaharṣaṇa, most trustworthy and learned — all those whose wealth is austerity questioned the Sūta, the seer.

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LiP 1.11

पुराणसंहितां पुण्यां लिङ्गमाहात्म्यसंयुताम् त्वया सूत महाबुद्धे कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ liṅgamāhātmyasaṃyutām tvayā sūta mahābuddhe kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ

"O Sūta of great intellect, the holy collection of the Purāṇa, joined with the greatness of the liṅga — (for it) the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana

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LiP 1.12

उपासितः पुराणार्थं लब्धा तस्माच्च संहिता तस्माद्भवन्तं पृच्छामः सूत पौराणिकोत्तमम्

upāsitaḥ purāṇārthaṃ labdhā tasmācca saṃhitā tasmādbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ sūta paurāṇikottamam

was attended upon by you for the sake of the Purāṇa's matter, and from him the collection was obtained. Therefore we ask you, O Sūta, best of the Purāṇa-reciters, (for)

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LiP 1.13

पुराणसंहितां दिव्यां लिङ्गमाहात्म्यसंयुताम् नारदो ऽप्यस्य देवस्य रुद्रस्य परमात्मनः

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ divyāṃ liṅgamāhātmyasaṃyutām nārado 'pyasya devasya rudrasya paramātmanaḥ

the divine collection of the Purāṇa, joined with the greatness of the liṅga. Nārada too, (having visited the sacred places) of this god Rudra, the supreme Self,

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LiP 1.14

क्षेत्राण्यासाद्य चाभ्यर्च्य लिङ्गानि मुनिपुङ्गवः इह संनिहितः श्रीमान् नारदो ब्रह्मणः सुतः

kṣetrāṇyāsādya cābhyarcya liṅgāni munipuṅgavaḥ iha saṃnihitaḥ śrīmān nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ

and having reached the holy fields and worshipped the liṅgas, that bull among sages, the glorious Nārada, son of Brahmā, is present here.

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LiP 1.15

भवभक्तो भवांश्चैव वयं वै नारदस्तथा अस्याग्रतो मुनेः पुण्यं पुराणं वक्तुमर्हसि

bhavabhakto bhavāṃścaiva vayaṃ vai nāradastathā asyāgrato muneḥ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vaktumarhasi

You are devoted to Bhava, and so are we, and Nārada likewise; in the presence of this sage you ought to speak the holy Purāṇa.

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LiP 1.16

सफलं साधितं सर्वं भवता विदितं भवेत् एवमुक्तः स हृष्टात्मा सूतः पौराणिकोत्तमः

saphalaṃ sādhitaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatā viditaṃ bhavet evamuktaḥ sa hṛṣṭātmā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ

Everything accomplished would become fruitful (and) known through you." Thus addressed, that Sūta, best of the Purāṇa-reciters, glad at heart,

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LiP 1.17

अभिवाद्याग्रतो धीमान् नारदं ब्रह्मणः सुतम् नैमिषेयांश्च पुण्यात्मा पुराणं व्याजहार सः

abhivādyāgrato dhīmān nāradaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutam naimiṣeyāṃśca puṇyātmā purāṇaṃ vyājahāra saḥ

the wise one, having saluted before (him) Nārada the son of Brahmā and the men of Naimiṣa, he of holy soul recited the Purāṇa:

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LiP 1.18

नमस्कृत्य महादेवं ब्रह्माणं च जनार्दनम् मुनीश्वरं तथा व्यासं वक्तुं लिङ्गं स्मराम्यहम्

namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca janārdanam munīśvaraṃ tathā vyāsaṃ vaktuṃ liṅgaṃ smarāmyaham

"Having bowed to Mahādeva, and to Brahmā and Janārdana, and to Vyāsa the lord of sages, I call to mind the liṅga in order to speak (of it):

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LiP 1.19

शब्दं ब्रह्मतनुं साक्षाच् छब्दब्रह्मप्रकाशकम् वर्णावयवम् अव्यक्तलक्षणं बहुधा स्थितम्

śabdaṃ brahmatanuṃ sākṣāc chabdabrahmaprakāśakam varṇāvayavam avyaktalakṣaṇaṃ bahudhā sthitam

(the liṅga that is) sound, whose body is Brahman, directly the revealer of the sound-Brahman, whose limbs are the letters, whose mark is the unmanifest, abiding in many forms,

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LiP 1.20

अकारोकारमकारं स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं परात्परम् ओङ्काररूपम् ऋग्वक्त्रं समजिह्वासमन्वितम्

akārokāramakāraṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parātparam oṅkārarūpam ṛgvaktraṃ samajihvāsamanvitam

the letters a, u and m, gross, subtle, higher than the high, having the form of Oṃ, whose face is the Ṛgveda, accompanied by the Sāman as its tongue,

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LiP 1.21

यजुर्वेदमहाग्रीवम् अथर्वहृदयं विभुम् प्रधानपुरुषातीतं प्रलयोत्पत्तिवर्जितम्

yajurvedamahāgrīvam atharvahṛdayaṃ vibhum pradhānapuruṣātītaṃ pralayotpattivarjitam

whose great neck is the Yajurveda, whose heart is the Atharvan, the all-pervading, beyond primal matter and spirit, free of dissolution and origination,

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LiP 1.22

तमसा कालरुद्राख्यं रजसा कनकाण्डजम् सत्त्वेन सर्वगं विष्णुं निर्गुणत्वे महेश्वरम्

tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṇḍajam sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇatve maheśvaram

by tamas named Kāla-Rudra, by rajas born of the golden egg (Brahmā), by sattva the all-pervading Viṣṇu, and in the quality-less state Maheśvara,

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LiP 1.23

प्रधानावयवं व्याप्य सप्तधाधिष्ठितं क्रमात् पुनः षोडशधा चैव षड्विंशकम् अजोद्भवम्

pradhānāvayavaṃ vyāpya saptadhādhiṣṭhitaṃ kramāt punaḥ ṣoḍaśadhā caiva ṣaḍviṃśakam ajodbhavam

pervading the constituents of primal matter, established sevenfold in order, and again sixteenfold, the twenty-sixth, arisen from the unborn,

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LiP 1.24

सर्गप्रतिष्ठासंहारलीलार्थं लिङ्गरूपिणम् प्रणम्य च यथान्यायं वक्ष्ये लिङ्गोद्भवं शुभम्

sargapratiṣṭhāsaṃhāralīlārthaṃ liṅgarūpiṇam praṇamya ca yathānyāyaṃ vakṣye liṅgodbhavaṃ śubham

taking the form of the liṅga for the sake of the play of creation, maintenance and destruction — having bowed (to him), I shall duly declare the auspicious arising of the liṅga.

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