Linga Purana — Chapter 108
LiP 108.1
दृष्टो ऽसौ वासुदेवेन कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा धौम्याग्रजस्ततो लब्धं दिव्यं पाशुपतं व्रतम्
dṛṣṭo 'sau vāsudevena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā dhaumyāgrajastato labdhaṃ divyaṃ pāśupataṃ vratam
He, Dhaumya's elder brother, was seen by Vāsudeva, by Kṛṣṇa of untiring deeds, and thereupon the divine Pāśupata observance was obtained.
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LiP 108.2
कथं लब्धं तदा ज्ञानं तस्मात्कृष्णेन धीमता वक्तुमर्हसि तां सूत कथां पातकनाशिनीम्
kathaṃ labdhaṃ tadā jñānaṃ tasmātkṛṣṇena dhīmatā vaktumarhasi tāṃ sūta kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm
How was that knowledge then obtained from him by the wise Kṛṣṇa? You ought to tell that story, O Sūta, which destroys sin.
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LiP 108.3
स्वेच्छया ह्यवतीर्णो ऽपि वासुदेवः सनातनः निन्दयन्नेव मानुष्यं देहशुद्धिं चकार सः
svecchayā hyavatīrṇo 'pi vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ nindayanneva mānuṣyaṃ dehaśuddhiṃ cakāra saḥ
Although the eternal Vāsudeva had descended by his own will, he performed a purification of the body, as though disparaging human condition.
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LiP 108.4
पुत्रार्थं भगवांस्तत्र तपस्तप्तुं जगाम च आश्रमं चोपमन्योर्वै दृष्टवांस्तत्र तं मुनिम्
putrārthaṃ bhagavāṃstatra tapastaptuṃ jagāma ca āśramaṃ copamanyorvai dṛṣṭavāṃstatra taṃ munim
For the sake of a son the Blessed One went there to practise austerity, (namely) to Upamanyu's hermitage, and there he saw that sage.
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LiP 108.5
नमश्चकार तं दृष्ट्वा धौम्याग्रजमहो द्विजाः बहुमानेन वै कृष्णस् त्रिः कृत्वा वै प्रदक्षिणम्
namaścakāra taṃ dṛṣṭvā dhaumyāgrajamaho dvijāḥ bahumānena vai kṛṣṇas triḥ kṛtvā vai pradakṣiṇam
On seeing him, Dhaumya's elder brother — ah, O twice-born ones! — Kṛṣṇa made obeisance to him with great respect, having circumambulated him three times.
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LiP 108.6
तस्यावलोकनादेव मुनेः कृष्णस्य धीमतः नष्टमेव मलं सर्वं कायजं कर्म्मजं तथा
tasyāvalokanādeva muneḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ naṣṭameva malaṃ sarvaṃ kāyajaṃ karmmajaṃ tathā
By the mere sight of that sage, all the impurity of the wise Kṛṣṇa, that born of the body and that born of (past) actions, was destroyed.
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LiP 108.7
भस्मनोद्धूलनं कृत्वा उपमन्युर्महाद्युतिः तमग्निरिति विप्रेन्द्रा वायुरित्यादिभिः क्रमात्
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ kṛtvā upamanyurmahādyutiḥ tamagniriti viprendrā vāyurityādibhiḥ kramāt
Having performed the smearing with ashes, Upamanyu of great splendour, (consecrating) him with "This is Agni," "This is Vāyu," and so forth in order, O chief of brahmins,
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LiP 108.8
दिव्यं पाशुपतं ज्ञानं प्रददौ प्रीतमानसः मुनेः प्रसादान्मान्यो ऽसौ कृष्णः पाशुपते द्विजाः
divyaṃ pāśupataṃ jñānaṃ pradadau prītamānasaḥ muneḥ prasādānmānyo 'sau kṛṣṇaḥ pāśupate dvijāḥ
with a delighted mind bestowed the divine Pāśupata knowledge; by the sage's grace that Kṛṣṇa became honoured in the Pāśupata (system), O twice-born ones.
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LiP 108.9
तपसा त्वेकवर्षान्ते दृष्ट्वा देवं महेश्वरम् सांबं सगणमव्यग्रं लब्धवान्पुत्रमात्मनः
tapasā tvekavarṣānte dṛṣṭvā devaṃ maheśvaram sāṃbaṃ sagaṇamavyagraṃ labdhavānputramātmanaḥ
And at the end of one year, by his austerity, having seen the god Maheśvara together with Ambā and with his attendants, unperturbed, he obtained a son for himself.
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LiP 108.10
तदाप्रभृति तं कृष्णं मुनयः संशितव्रताः दिव्याः पाशुपताः सर्वे तस्थुः संवृत्य सर्वदा
tadāprabhṛti taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ divyāḥ pāśupatāḥ sarve tasthuḥ saṃvṛtya sarvadā
From that time on, sages of strict vows, all divine Pāśupatas, stood surrounding that Kṛṣṇa at all times.
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LiP 108.11
अन्यं च कथयिष्यामि मुक्त्यर्थं प्राणिनां सदा सौवर्णीं मेखलां कृत्वा आधारं दण्डधारणम्
anyaṃ ca kathayiṣyāmi muktyarthaṃ prāṇināṃ sadā sauvarṇīṃ mekhalāṃ kṛtvā ādhāraṃ daṇḍadhāraṇam
And I shall tell of another (observance), ever for the liberation of living beings: having made a golden girdle, a stand, and a staff to hold,
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LiP 108.12
सौवर्णं पिण्डिकं चापि व्यजनं दण्डमेव च नरैः स्त्रियाथ वा कार्यं मषीभाजनलेखनीम्
sauvarṇaṃ piṇḍikaṃ cāpi vyajanaṃ daṇḍameva ca naraiḥ striyātha vā kāryaṃ maṣībhājanalekhanīm
and also a golden ball(?), a fan, and a staff — by men or else by a woman there should be made an inkpot and a writing-reed;
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LiP 108.13
क्षुराः कर्तरिका चापि अथ पात्रमथापि वा पाशुपताय दातव्यं भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहैः
kṣurāḥ kartarikā cāpi atha pātramathāpi vā pāśupatāya dātavyaṃ bhasmoddhūlitavigrahaiḥ
razors too, and scissors, or else a bowl — (all this) is to be given to a Pāśupata, to those whose bodies are smeared with ashes.
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LiP 108.14
सौवर्णं राजतं वापि ताम्रं वाथ निवेदयेत् आत्मवित्तानुसारेण योगिनं पूजयेद्बुधः
sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ vāpi tāmraṃ vātha nivedayet ātmavittānusāreṇa yoginaṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ
He should present it made of gold, or of silver, or of copper; the wise man should honour the yogin according to his own wealth.
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LiP 108.15
ते सर्वे पापनिर्मुक्ताः समस्तकुलसंयुताः यान्ति रुद्रपदं दिव्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
te sarve pāpanirmuktāḥ samastakulasaṃyutāḥ yānti rudrapadaṃ divyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
All those, freed from sin, together with their whole family, go to the divine abode of Rudra; no doubt need be entertained here.
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LiP 108.16
तस्मादनेन दानेन गृहस्थो मुच्यते भवात् योगिनां संप्रदानेन शिवः क्षिप्रं प्रसीदति
tasmādanena dānena gṛhastho mucyate bhavāt yogināṃ saṃpradānena śivaḥ kṣipraṃ prasīdati
Therefore by this gift a householder is released from worldly existence; by making gifts to yogins Śiva is quickly pleased.
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LiP 108.17
राज्यं पुत्रं धनं भव्यम् अश्वं यानमथापि वा सर्वस्वं वापि दातव्यं यदीच्छेन्मोक्षमुत्तमम्
rājyaṃ putraṃ dhanaṃ bhavyam aśvaṃ yānamathāpi vā sarvasvaṃ vāpi dātavyaṃ yadīcchenmokṣamuttamam
Kingdom, son, wealth, a fine horse, or a vehicle, or even all one's possessions should be given, if one desires the highest liberation.
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LiP 108.18
अध्रुवेण शरीरेण ध्रुवं साध्यं प्रयत्नतः भव्यं पाशुपतं नित्यं संसारार्णवतारकम्
adhruveṇa śarīreṇa dhruvaṃ sādhyaṃ prayatnataḥ bhavyaṃ pāśupataṃ nityaṃ saṃsārārṇavatārakam
With this impermanent body the permanent must be striven for with effort: the eternal Pāśupata (observance) is to be attained, which carries (one) across the ocean of transmigration.
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LiP 108.19
एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं संक्षेपान्न च संशयः यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ saṃkṣepānna ca saṃśayaḥ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
All this has been told to you in brief, and there is no doubt (of it); whoever recites or hears (it) goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
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