Linga Purana — Chapter 16
LiP 16.1
अथान्यो ब्रह्मणः कल्पो वर्तते मुनिपुङ्गवाः विश्वरूप इति ख्यातो नामतः परमाद्भुतः
athānyo brahmaṇaḥ kalpo vartate munipuṅgavāḥ viśvarūpa iti khyāto nāmataḥ paramādbhutaḥ
Now there is another kalpa of Brahmā, O bulls among sages, known by the name Viśvarūpa, exceedingly wondrous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.2
विनिवृत्ते तु संहारे पुनः सृष्टे चराचरे ब्रह्मणः पुत्रकामस्य ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः
vinivṛtte tu saṃhāre punaḥ sṛṣṭe carācare brahmaṇaḥ putrakāmasya dhyāyataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
When the dissolution had come to an end and the moving and unmoving (world) had been created again, while Brahmā, the highest one, was meditating, desiring a son—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.3
प्रादुर्भूता महानादा विश्वरूपा सरस्वती विश्वमाल्यांबरधरा विश्वयज्ञोपवीतिनी
prādurbhūtā mahānādā viśvarūpā sarasvatī viśvamālyāṃbaradharā viśvayajñopavītinī
—there appeared Sarasvatī, of mighty sound, of universal form, wearing garlands and garments (made) of the universe, wearing the universe as her sacred thread,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.4
विश्वोष्णीषा विश्वगन्धा विश्वमाता महोष्ठिका तथाविधं स भगवान् ईशानं परमेश्वरम्
viśvoṣṇīṣā viśvagandhā viśvamātā mahoṣṭhikā tathāvidhaṃ sa bhagavān īśānaṃ parameśvaram
with the universe as her turban, with universal fragrance, mother of all, with great lips. Such (was she). He, the Lord, (beheld) Īśāna, the supreme Lord—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.5
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् अथ तं मनसा ध्यात्वा युक्तात्मा वै पितामहः
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam atha taṃ manasā dhyātvā yuktātmā vai pitāmahaḥ
—resembling pure crystal, adorned with every ornament; then, having meditated on him in his mind, the Grandfather, his self composed,
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LiP 16.6
ववन्दे देवमीशानं सर्वेशं सर्वगं प्रभुम् ओमीशान नमस्ते ऽस्तु महादेव नमो ऽस्तु ते
vavande devamīśānaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvagaṃ prabhum omīśāna namaste 'stu mahādeva namo 'stu te
praised the god Īśāna, lord of all, all-pervading, the master: "Oṃ, Īśāna, homage be to you; Mahādeva, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.7
नमो ऽस्तु सर्वविद्यानाम् ईशान परमेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु सर्वभूतानाम् ईशान वृषवाहन
namo 'stu sarvavidyānām īśāna parameśvara namo 'stu sarvabhūtānām īśāna vṛṣavāhana
Homage be (to you), lord of all branches of knowledge, Īśāna, supreme Lord; homage be (to you), lord of all beings, Īśāna, rider of the bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.8
ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपते तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपिणे नमो ब्रह्माधिपतये शिवं मे ऽस्तु सदाशिव
brahmaṇo 'dhipate tubhyaṃ brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe namo brahmādhipataye śivaṃ me 'stu sadāśiva
To you, overlord of brahman, to Brahman, whose form is brahman, homage to the overlord of brahman; let there be welfare for me, Sadāśiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.9
ओङ्कारमूर्ते देवेश सद्योजात नमोनमः प्रपद्ये त्वां प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि सद्योजाताय वै नमः
oṅkāramūrte deveśa sadyojāta namonamaḥ prapadye tvāṃ prapanno 'smi sadyojātāya vai namaḥ
O you whose form is the syllable Oṃ, lord of gods, Sadyojāta, homage and homage; I go to you (for refuge), I have taken refuge; homage indeed to Sadyojāta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.10
अभवे च भवे तुभ्यं तथा नातिभवे नमः भवोद्भव भवेशान मां भजस्व महाद्युते
abhave ca bhave tubhyaṃ tathā nātibhave namaḥ bhavodbhava bhaveśāna māṃ bhajasva mahādyute
Homage to you in non-being and in being, and likewise in that which is beyond being; O source of being, lord of being, favour me, greatly radiant one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.11
वामदेव नमस्तुभ्यं ज्येष्ठाय वरदाय च नमो रुद्राय कालाय कलनाय नमो नमः
vāmadeva namastubhyaṃ jyeṣṭhāya varadāya ca namo rudrāya kālāya kalanāya namo namaḥ
Vāmadeva, homage to you, and to Jyeṣṭha, the granter of boons; homage to Rudra, to Kāla, homage and homage to the reckoner (of time).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.12
नमो विकरणायैव कालवर्णाय वर्णिने बलाय बलिनां नित्यं सदा विकरणाय ते
namo vikaraṇāyaiva kālavarṇāya varṇine balāya balināṃ nityaṃ sadā vikaraṇāya te
Homage indeed to Vikaraṇa, to him of the colour of time, to the possessor of colour, to the strength of the strong, always; homage always to you, Vikaraṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.13
बलप्रमथनायैव बलिने ब्रह्मरूपिणे सर्वभूतेश्वरेशाय भूतानां दमनाय च
balapramathanāyaiva baline brahmarūpiṇe sarvabhūteśvareśāya bhūtānāṃ damanāya ca
To the crusher of strength, to the strong one, whose form is brahman, to the lord of the lords of all beings, and to the subduer of beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.14
मनोन्मनाय देवाय नमस्तुभ्यं महाद्युते वामदेवाय वामाय नमस्तुभ्यं महात्मने
manonmanāya devāya namastubhyaṃ mahādyute vāmadevāya vāmāya namastubhyaṃ mahātmane
to the god Manonmana—homage to you, greatly radiant one; to Vāmadeva, to Vāma, homage to you, great-souled one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.15
ज्येष्ठाय चैव श्रेष्ठाय रुद्राय वरदाय च कालहन्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं महात्मने
jyeṣṭhāya caiva śreṣṭhāya rudrāya varadāya ca kālahantre namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ mahātmane
to Jyeṣṭha and to Śreṣṭha, to Rudra and to the granter of boons, to the slayer of Time, homage to you, homage to you, great-souled one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.16
इति स्तवेन देवेशं ननाम वृषभध्वजम् यः पठेत् सकृदेवेह ब्रह्मलोकं गमिष्यति
iti stavena deveśaṃ nanāma vṛṣabhadhvajam yaḥ paṭhet sakṛdeveha brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati
With this hymn he bowed to the lord of gods, the bull-bannered one. Whoever recites it here even once will go to the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.17
श्रावयेद्वा द्विजान् श्राद्धे स याति परमां गतिम् एवं ध्यानगतं तत्र प्रणमन्तं पितामहम्
śrāvayedvā dvijān śrāddhe sa yāti paramāṃ gatim evaṃ dhyānagataṃ tatra praṇamantaṃ pitāmaham
Or if he lets twice-born men hear it at a śrāddha, he goes to the highest goal. To the Grandfather, thus absorbed in meditation and bowing there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.18
उवाच भगवानीशः प्रीतो ऽहं ते किमिच्छसि ततस्तु प्रणतो भूत्वा वाग्विशुद्धं महेश्वरम्
uvāca bhagavānīśaḥ prīto 'haṃ te kimicchasi tatastu praṇato bhūtvā vāgviśuddhaṃ maheśvaram
the Lord Īśa said: "I am pleased with you; what do you wish?" Then, having bowed, (he addressed) the great Lord, pure of speech,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.19
उवाच भगवान् रुद्रं प्रीतं प्रीतेन चेतसा यदिदं विश्वरूपं ते विश्वगौः श्रेयसीश्वरी
uvāca bhagavān rudraṃ prītaṃ prītena cetasā yadidaṃ viśvarūpaṃ te viśvagauḥ śreyasīśvarī
the Lord (Brahmā) spoke with a pleased mind to the pleased Rudra: "This universal form of yours, this Viśvagau, the auspicious Īśvarī—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.20
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि यथेयं परमेश्वर कैषा भगवती देवी चतुष्पादा चतुर्मुखी
etadveditumicchāmi yatheyaṃ parameśvara kaiṣā bhagavatī devī catuṣpādā caturmukhī
"This I wish to know, O Supreme Lord — how she is: who is this blessed Goddess, four-footed and four-faced?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.21
चतुःशृङ्गी चतुर्वक्त्रा चतुर्दंष्ट्रा चतुःस्तनी चतुर्हस्ता चतुर्नेत्रा विश्वरूपा कथं स्मृता
catuḥśṛṅgī caturvaktrā caturdaṃṣṭrā catuḥstanī caturhastā caturnetrā viśvarūpā kathaṃ smṛtā
"Four-horned, four-mouthed, with four fangs, four udders, four hands and four eyes — how is she remembered as having the form of the universe?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.22
किंनामगोत्रा कस्येयं किंवीर्या चापि कर्मतः तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा देवदेवो वृषध्वजः
kiṃnāmagotrā kasyeyaṃ kiṃvīryā cāpi karmataḥ tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ
"What is her name and lineage, whose is she, what is her power and by what deed?" Having heard that speech of his, the God of gods whose banner is the bull
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.23
प्राह देववृषं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माणं चात्मसंभवम् रहस्यं सर्वमन्त्राणां पावनं पुष्टिवर्धनम्
prāha devavṛṣaṃ brahmā brahmāṇaṃ cātmasaṃbhavam rahasyaṃ sarvamantrāṇāṃ pāvanaṃ puṣṭivardhanam
spoke to Brahmā, the bull among gods, born of himself — (declaring) the secret of all mantras, purifying, increasing prosperity:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.24
शृणुष्वैतत्परं गुह्यम् आदिसर्गे यथा तथा एवं यो वर्तते कल्पो विश्वरूपस्त्वसौ मतः
śṛṇuṣvaitatparaṃ guhyam ādisarge yathā tathā evaṃ yo vartate kalpo viśvarūpastvasau mataḥ
"Hear this supreme secret, how it was at the first creation. The aeon that so proceeds is held to be the Viśvarūpa (aeon)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.25
ब्रह्मस्थानमिदं चापि यत्र प्राप्तं त्वया प्रभो त्वत्तः परतरं देव विष्णुना तत्पदं शुभम्
brahmasthānamidaṃ cāpi yatra prāptaṃ tvayā prabho tvattaḥ parataraṃ deva viṣṇunā tatpadaṃ śubham
"And this is the station of Brahmā, which you have attained, O Lord; higher than you, O god, is that auspicious station (attained) by Viṣṇu —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.26
वैकुण्ठेन विशुद्धेन मम वामाङ्गजेन वा तदाप्रभृति कल्पश् च त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तमो ह्ययम्
vaikuṇṭhena viśuddhena mama vāmāṅgajena vā tadāprabhṛti kalpaś ca trayastriṃśattamo hyayam
"— by the wholly pure Vaikuṇṭha, born of my left side. And from that time on this is the thirty-third aeon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.27
शतं शतसहस्राणाम् अतीता ये स्वयंभुवः पुरस्तात्तव देवेश तच्छृणुष्व महामते
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇām atītā ye svayaṃbhuvaḥ purastāttava deveśa tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate
"A hundred hundred-thousands of Self-born ones have passed away before you, O lord of gods; hear that, O great-minded one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.28
आनन्दस्तु स विज्ञेय आनन्दत्वे व्यवस्थितः माण्डव्यगोत्रस्तपसा मम पुत्रत्वमागतः
ānandastu sa vijñeya ānandatve vyavasthitaḥ māṇḍavyagotrastapasā mama putratvamāgataḥ
"He is to be known as Ānanda, established in the state of bliss; of the Māṇḍavya lineage, he attained sonship to me by austerity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.29
त्वयि योगं च सांख्यं च तपोविद्याविधिक्रियाः ऋतं सत्यं दया ब्रह्म अहिंसा सन्मतिः क्षमा
tvayi yogaṃ ca sāṃkhyaṃ ca tapovidyāvidhikriyāḥ ṛtaṃ satyaṃ dayā brahma ahiṃsā sanmatiḥ kṣamā
"In you (are) yoga and sāṃkhya, austerity, knowledge, rule and rite; right order, truth, compassion, brahman, non-injury, good thought, patience,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.30
ध्यानं ध्येयं दमः शान्तिर् विद्याविद्या मतिर्धृतिः कान्तिर्नीतिः प्रथा मेधा लज्जा दृष्टिः सरस्वती
dhyānaṃ dhyeyaṃ damaḥ śāntir vidyāvidyā matirdhṛtiḥ kāntirnītiḥ prathā medhā lajjā dṛṣṭiḥ sarasvatī
"meditation, the object of meditation, self-restraint, peace, knowledge and ignorance, understanding, steadfastness, beauty, right conduct, renown, wisdom, modesty, sight, Sarasvatī,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.31
तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्रिया चैव प्रसादश् च प्रतिष्ठिताः द्वात्रिंशत्सुगुणा ह्येषा द्वात्रिंशाक्षरसंज्ञया
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kriyā caiva prasādaś ca pratiṣṭhitāḥ dvātriṃśatsuguṇā hyeṣā dvātriṃśākṣarasaṃjñayā
"contentment, nourishment, action and grace — (all these) are established; this (goddess) has thirty-two good qualities, and is designated by thirty-two syllables."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.32
प्रकृतिर्विहिता ब्रह्मंस् त्वत्प्रसूतिर्महेश्वरी विष्णोर्भगवतश्चापि तथान्येषामपि प्रभो
prakṛtirvihitā brahmaṃs tvatprasūtirmaheśvarī viṣṇorbhagavataścāpi tathānyeṣāmapi prabho
"Nature has been ordained, O Brahmā, as your progenitrix, the Great Goddess — and of the blessed Viṣṇu too, and likewise of the others, O Lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.33
सैषा भगवती देवी मत्प्रसूतिः प्रतिष्ठिता चतुर्मुखी जगद्योनिः प्रकृतिर् गौः प्रतिष्ठिता
saiṣā bhagavatī devī matprasūtiḥ pratiṣṭhitā caturmukhī jagadyoniḥ prakṛtir gauḥ pratiṣṭhitā
"This very blessed Goddess, born of me, is established: four-faced, the womb of the world, Nature, the Cow, established (thus)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.34
गौरी माया च विद्या च कृष्णा हैमवतीति च प्रधानं प्रकृतिश्चैव यामाहुस्तत्त्वचिन्तकाः
gaurī māyā ca vidyā ca kṛṣṇā haimavatīti ca pradhānaṃ prakṛtiścaiva yāmāhustattvacintakāḥ
"Gaurī, Māyā, and Vidyā, Kṛṣṇā, and Haimavatī — she whom the ponderers of principles call Pradhāna and Prakṛti,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.35
अजामेकां लोहितां शुक्लकृष्णां विश्वप्रजां सृजमानां सरूपाम् अजो ऽहं मां विद्धि तां विश्वरूपं गायत्रीं गां विश्वरूपां हि बुद्ध्या
ajāmekāṃ lohitāṃ śuklakṛṣṇāṃ viśvaprajāṃ sṛjamānāṃ sarūpām ajo 'haṃ māṃ viddhi tāṃ viśvarūpaṃ gāyatrīṃ gāṃ viśvarūpāṃ hi buddhyā
"the one unborn (she-goat), red, white and black, bringing forth offspring like herself as the whole world — I am the unborn (he-goat); know her as me. Know by your understanding that Viśvarūpa, Gāyatrī, the Cow of universal form."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 16.36
एवमुक्त्वा महादेवः ससर्ज परमेश्वरः ततश् च पार्श्वगा देव्याः सर्वरूपकुमारकाः
evamuktvā mahādevaḥ sasarja parameśvaraḥ tataś ca pārśvagā devyāḥ sarvarūpakumārakāḥ
Having spoken thus, Mahādeva, the Supreme Lord, created; and thereupon (there appeared) at the Goddess's side boys of every form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.37
जटी मुण्डी शिखण्डी च अर्धमुण्डश् च जज्ञिरे ततस्तेन यथोक्तेन योगेन सुमहौजसः
jaṭī muṇḍī śikhaṇḍī ca ardhamuṇḍaś ca jajñire tatastena yathoktena yogena sumahaujasaḥ
The matted-haired one, the shaven one, the crested one, and the half-shaven one were born; then, by that yoga as it was declared, (they became) of very great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.38
दिव्यवर्षसहस्रान्ते उपासित्वा महेश्वरम् धर्मोपदेशमखिलं कृत्वा योगमयं दृढम्
divyavarṣasahasrānte upāsitvā maheśvaram dharmopadeśamakhilaṃ kṛtvā yogamayaṃ dṛḍham
At the end of a thousand divine years, having worshipped Maheśvara and having given the whole instruction in dharma, firm and consisting of yoga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 16.39
शिष्टाश् च नियतात्मानः प्रविष्टा रुद्रमीश्वरम्
śiṣṭāś ca niyatātmānaḥ praviṣṭā rudramīśvaram
the remaining ones, self-restrained, entered into Rudra, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition