Linga Purana — Chapter 11

LiP 11.1

कथं वै दृष्टवान्ब्रह्मा सद्योजातं महेश्वरम् वामदेवं महात्मानं पुराणपुरुषोत्तमम्

kathaṃ vai dṛṣṭavānbrahmā sadyojātaṃ maheśvaram vāmadevaṃ mahātmānaṃ purāṇapuruṣottamam

How indeed did Brahmā see Maheśvara as Sadyojāta, and the great-souled Vāmadeva, the ancient supreme Person,

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LiP 11.2

अघोरं च तथेशानं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि एकोनत्रिंशकः कल्पो विज्ञेयः श्वेतलोहितः

aghoraṃ ca tatheśānaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi ekonatriṃśakaḥ kalpo vijñeyaḥ śvetalohitaḥ

and Aghora and likewise Īśāna? Be pleased to tell (it) as it is. The twenty-ninth kalpa is to be known as Śvetalohita.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 11.3

तस्मिंस्तत्परमं ध्यानं ध्यायतो ब्रह्मणस्तदा उत्पन्नस्तु शिखायुक्तः कुमारः श्वेतलोहितः

tasmiṃstatparamaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyato brahmaṇastadā utpannastu śikhāyuktaḥ kumāraḥ śvetalohitaḥ

In that (kalpa), while Brahmā was meditating on that supreme meditation, there arose a boy, white-and-red, wearing a topknot.

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LiP 11.4

तं दृष्ट्वा पुरुषं श्रीमान् ब्रह्मा वै विश्वतोमुखः हृदि कृत्वा महात्मानं ब्रह्मरूपिणमीश्वरम्

taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣaṃ śrīmān brahmā vai viśvatomukhaḥ hṛdi kṛtvā mahātmānaṃ brahmarūpiṇamīśvaram

Having seen that Person, the glorious Brahmā, whose faces are turned everywhere, placing in his heart the great-souled Lord whose form is brahman,

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LiP 11.5

सद्योजातं ततो ब्रह्मा ध्यानयोगपरो ऽभवत् ध्यानयोगात्परं ज्ञात्वा ववन्दे देवमीश्वरम्

sadyojātaṃ tato brahmā dhyānayogaparo 'bhavat dhyānayogātparaṃ jñātvā vavande devamīśvaram

then Brahmā became devoted to the yoga of meditation on Sadyojāta; and having known through the yoga of meditation the Supreme, he bowed to the god, the Lord.

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LiP 11.6

सद्योजातं ततो ब्रह्म ब्रह्म वै समचिन्तयत् ततो ऽस्य पार्श्वतः श्वेताः प्रादुर्भूता महायशाः

sadyojātaṃ tato brahma brahma vai samacintayat tato 'sya pārśvataḥ śvetāḥ prādurbhūtā mahāyaśāḥ

Then Brahmā, brahman itself, meditated upon Sadyojāta as brahman; thereupon at his side white ones of great renown appeared.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

LiP 11.7

सुनन्दो नन्दनश्चैव विश्वनन्दोपनन्दनौ शिष्यास्ते वै महात्मानो यैस्तद्ब्रह्म सदावृतम्

sunando nandanaścaiva viśvanandopanandanau śiṣyāste vai mahātmāno yaistadbrahma sadāvṛtam

Sunanda and Nandana, and Viśvananda and Upanandana — these were his great-souled disciples, by whom that brahman was constantly attended.

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LiP 11.8

तस्याग्रे श्वेतवर्णाभः श्वेतो नाम महामुनिः विजज्ञे ऽथ महातेजास् तस्माज्जज्ञे हरस्त्वसौ

tasyāgre śvetavarṇābhaḥ śveto nāma mahāmuniḥ vijajñe 'tha mahātejās tasmājjajñe harastvasau

Before him a great sage named Śveta, of white colour and great splendour, was born; and from him was born that Hara.

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LiP 11.9

तत्र ते मुनयः सर्वे सद्योजातं महेश्वरम् प्रपन्नाः परया भक्त्या गृणन्तो ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्

tatra te munayaḥ sarve sadyojātaṃ maheśvaram prapannāḥ parayā bhaktyā gṛṇanto brahma śāśvatam

There all those sages took refuge in Sadyojāta Maheśvara with supreme devotion, praising the eternal brahman.

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LiP 11.10

तस्माद्विश्वेश्वरं देवं ये प्रपद्यन्ति वै द्विजाः प्राणायामपरा भूत्वा ब्रह्मतत्परमानसाः

tasmādviśveśvaraṃ devaṃ ye prapadyanti vai dvijāḥ prāṇāyāmaparā bhūtvā brahmatatparamānasāḥ

Therefore those twice-born who take refuge in the god, the lord of the universe, being intent on breath-control, with minds fixed on that brahman —

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LiP 11.11

ते सर्वे पापनिर्मुक्ता विमला ब्रह्मवर्चसः विष्णुलोकमतिक्रम्य रुद्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते

te sarve pāpanirmuktā vimalā brahmavarcasaḥ viṣṇulokamatikramya rudralokaṃ vrajanti te

all of them, freed from sin, spotless, possessed of the splendour of brahman, pass beyond Viṣṇu's world and go to Rudra's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition