Linga Purana — Chapter 19
LiP 19.1
अथोवाच महादेवः प्रीतो ऽहं सुरसत्तमौ पश्यतां मां महादेवं भयं सर्वं विमुच्यताम्
athovāca mahādevaḥ prīto 'haṃ surasattamau paśyatāṃ māṃ mahādevaṃ bhayaṃ sarvaṃ vimucyatām
Then Mahādeva said: I am pleased, you two best of gods; let (you two) behold me, Mahādeva; let all fear be released.
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LiP 19.2
युवां प्रसूतौ गात्राभ्यां मम पूर्वं महाबलौ अयं मे दक्षिणे पार्श्वे ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
yuvāṃ prasūtau gātrābhyāṃ mama pūrvaṃ mahābalau ayaṃ me dakṣiṇe pārśve brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
You two, of great strength, were formerly born from my (two) limbs: this one on my right side is Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds,
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LiP 19.3
वामे पार्श्वे च मे विष्णुर् विश्वात्मा हृदयोद्भवः प्रीतो ऽहं युवयोः सम्यग् वरं दद्मि यथेप्सितम्
vāme pārśve ca me viṣṇur viśvātmā hṛdayodbhavaḥ prīto 'haṃ yuvayoḥ samyag varaṃ dadmi yathepsitam
and on my left side is Viṣṇu, the self of the universe, arisen from my heart. I am well pleased with you two; I grant a boon as you desire.
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LiP 19.4
एवमुक्त्वा तु तं विष्णुं कराभ्यां परमेश्वरः पस्पर्श सुभगाभ्यां तु कृपया तु कृपानिधिः
evamuktvā tu taṃ viṣṇuṃ karābhyāṃ parameśvaraḥ pasparśa subhagābhyāṃ tu kṛpayā tu kṛpānidhiḥ
Having spoken thus, the Supreme Lord, the treasury of compassion, out of compassion touched that Viṣṇu with his two auspicious hands.
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LiP 19.5
ततः प्रहृष्टमनसा प्रणिपत्य महेश्वरम् प्राह नारायणो नाथं लिङ्गस्थं लिङ्गवर्जितम्
tataḥ prahṛṣṭamanasā praṇipatya maheśvaram prāha nārāyaṇo nāthaṃ liṅgasthaṃ liṅgavarjitam
Then, with delighted mind, having bowed to Maheśvara, Nārāyaṇa spoke to the Lord who abides in the liṅga yet is without any mark.
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LiP 19.6
यदि प्रीतिः समुत्पन्ना यदि देयो वरश् च नौ भक्तिर्भवतु नौ नित्यं त्वयि चाव्यभिचारिणी
yadi prītiḥ samutpannā yadi deyo varaś ca nau bhaktirbhavatu nau nityaṃ tvayi cāvyabhicāriṇī
If pleasure has arisen (in you), and if a boon is to be given to us two, let there be for us always an unswerving devotion to you.
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LiP 19.7
देवः प्रदत्तवान् देवाः स्वात्मन्यव्यभिचारिणीम् ब्रह्मणे विष्णवे चैव श्रद्धां शीतांशुभूषणः
devaḥ pradattavān devāḥ svātmanyavyabhicāriṇīm brahmaṇe viṣṇave caiva śraddhāṃ śītāṃśubhūṣaṇaḥ
The god adorned with the cool-rayed (moon) granted (it), O gods: to Brahmā and to Viṣṇu (he gave) unswerving faith in his own self.
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LiP 19.8
जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा पुनर्नारायणः स्वयम् प्रणिपत्य च विश्वेशं प्राह मन्दतरं वशी
jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā punarnārāyaṇaḥ svayam praṇipatya ca viśveśaṃ prāha mandataraṃ vaśī
Then Nārāyaṇa himself, self-controlled, going down to the ground on both knees and bowing to the Lord of All, spoke very softly:
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LiP 19.9
आवयोर्देवदेवेश विवादमतिशोभनम् इहागतो भवान् यस्माद् विवादशमनाय नौ
āvayordevadeveśa vivādamatiśobhanam ihāgato bhavān yasmād vivādaśamanāya nau
"O God, lord of gods, most excellent is this dispute of ours, since you have come here to settle our quarrel."
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LiP 19.10
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा पुनः प्राह हरो हरिम् प्रणिपत्य स्थितं मूर्ध्ना कृताञ्जलिपुटं स्मयन्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā punaḥ prāha haro harim praṇipatya sthitaṃ mūrdhnā kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ smayan
Hearing that speech of his, Hara spoke again to Hari, who stood bowed with his head, his palms joined, and (Hara) smiling (said):
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LiP 19.11
प्रलयस्थितिसर्गाणां कर्ता त्वं धरणीपते वत्स वत्स हरे विष्णो पालयैतच्चराचरम्
pralayasthitisargāṇāṃ kartā tvaṃ dharaṇīpate vatsa vatsa hare viṣṇo pālayaitaccarācaram
"You are the maker of dissolution, preservation and creation, O lord of the earth; dear child, dear child, Hari, Viṣṇu, protect this world of moving and unmoving things.
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LiP 19.12
त्रिधा भिन्नो ह्यहं विष्णो ब्रह्मविष्णुभवाख्यया सर्गरक्षालयगुणैर् निष्कलः परमेश्वरः
tridhā bhinno hyahaṃ viṣṇo brahmaviṣṇubhavākhyayā sargarakṣālayaguṇair niṣkalaḥ parameśvaraḥ
For I am divided threefold, O Viṣṇu, under the names Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Bhava, by the qualities of creation, preservation and dissolution; (yet) the Supreme Lord is without parts.
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LiP 19.13
संमोहं त्यज भो विष्णो पालयैनं पितामहम् पाद्मे भविष्यति सुतः कल्पे तव पितामहः
saṃmohaṃ tyaja bho viṣṇo pālayainaṃ pitāmaham pādme bhaviṣyati sutaḥ kalpe tava pitāmahaḥ
Give up your bewilderment, O Viṣṇu; protect this grandfather (Brahmā). In the Pādma kalpa your grandfather will be your son.
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LiP 19.14
तदा द्रक्ष्यसि मां चैवं सो ऽपि द्रक्ष्यति पद्मजः एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
tadā drakṣyasi māṃ caivaṃ so 'pi drakṣyati padmajaḥ evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃs tatraivāntaradhīyata
Then you will see me thus, and the lotus-born one too will see (me)." Having spoken so, that Blessed One vanished on that very spot.
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LiP 19.15
तदाप्रभृति लोकेषु लिङ्गार्चा सुप्रतिष्ठिता लिङ्गवेदी महादेवी लिङ्गं साक्षान्महेश्वरः
tadāprabhṛti lokeṣu liṅgārcā supratiṣṭhitā liṅgavedī mahādevī liṅgaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ
From that time on the worship of the liṅga became well established in the worlds: the liṅga's pedestal is the Great Goddess, and the liṅga is Maheśvara himself.
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LiP 19.16
लयनाल्लिङ्गमित्युक्तं तत्रैव निखिलं सुराः यस्तु लैङ्गं पठेन्नित्यम् आख्यानं लिङ्गसन्निधौ
layanālliṅgamityuktaṃ tatraiva nikhilaṃ surāḥ yastu laiṅgaṃ paṭhennityam ākhyānaṃ liṅgasannidhau
It is called liṅga from (its being that in which there is) dissolution; in it alone (dissolves) the whole (universe), O gods. But whoever daily recites the Liṅga narrative in the presence of a liṅga—
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LiP 19.17
स याति शिवतां विप्रो नात्र कार्या विचारणा
sa yāti śivatāṃ vipro nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
—that brahmin attains the state of Śiva; no doubt is to be entertained here.
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