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Linga Purana — Chapter 24

LiP 24.1

श्रुत्वैवमखिलं ब्रह्मा रुद्रेण परिभाषितम् पुनः प्रणम्य देवेशं रुद्रमाह प्रजापतिः

śrutvaivamakhilaṃ brahmā rudreṇa paribhāṣitam punaḥ praṇamya deveśaṃ rudramāha prajāpatiḥ

Having heard all this that was declared by Rudra, Brahmā the Prajāpati, bowing again to the lord of the gods, said to Rudra:

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LiP 24.2

भगवन्देवदेवेश विश्वरूपं महेश्वर उमाधव महादेव नमो लोकाभिवन्दित

bhagavandevadeveśa viśvarūpaṃ maheśvara umādhava mahādeva namo lokābhivandita

"O Blessed One, Lord of the gods of gods, O Maheśvara whose form is the universe, O husband of Umā, O Mahādeva, homage (to you), you who are revered by the worlds!

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LiP 24.3

विश्वरूप महाभाग कस्मिन्काले महेश्वर या इमास्ते महादेव तनवो लोकवन्दिताः

viśvarūpa mahābhāga kasminkāle maheśvara yā imāste mahādeva tanavo lokavanditāḥ

O you of universal form, greatly fortunate one, O Maheśvara, at what time (do they appear), O Mahādeva, these bodies of yours that are revered by the worlds?

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LiP 24.4

कस्यां वा युगसंभूत्यां द्रक्ष्यन्तीह द्विजातयः केन वा तपसा देव ध्यानयोगेन केन वा

kasyāṃ vā yugasaṃbhūtyāṃ drakṣyantīha dvijātayaḥ kena vā tapasā deva dhyānayogena kena vā

And in the arising of which age will the twice-born see (them) here? And by what austerity, O god, or by what yoga of meditation

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LiP 24.5

नमस्ते वै महादेव शक्यो द्रष्टुं द्विजातिभिः तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शर्वः सम्प्रेक्ष्य तं पुरः

namaste vai mahādeva śakyo draṣṭuṃ dvijātibhiḥ tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śarvaḥ samprekṣya taṃ puraḥ

— homage to you indeed, O Mahādeva — are you able to be seen by the twice-born?" Having heard that speech of his, Śarva, looking at him before (him),

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LiP 24.6

स्मयन्प्राह महादेव ऋग्यजुःसामसंभवः तपसा नैव वृत्तेन दानधर्मफलेन च

smayanprāha mahādeva ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃbhavaḥ tapasā naiva vṛttena dānadharmaphalena ca

smiling, spoke — Mahādeva, the source of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman: "Not by austerity, nor by (good) conduct, nor by the fruit of gift-giving and duty,

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LiP 24.7

न तीर्थफलयोगेन क्रतुभिर् वाप्तदक्षिणैः न वेदाध्ययनैर्वापि न वित्तेन न वेदनैः

na tīrthaphalayogena kratubhir vāptadakṣiṇaiḥ na vedādhyayanairvāpi na vittena na vedanaiḥ

not by the attainment of the fruit of pilgrimage places, nor by sacrifices at which the priestly fees have been given, nor by studies of the Vedas, nor by wealth, nor by knowledge (of them),

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LiP 24.8

न शक्यं मानवैर्द्रष्टुम् ऋते ध्यानादहं त्विह सप्तमे चैव वाराहे ततस्तस्मिन्पितामह

na śakyaṃ mānavairdraṣṭum ṛte dhyānādahaṃ tviha saptame caiva vārāhe tatastasminpitāmaha

am I able to be seen by men here, except through meditation. And then, in that seventh Vārāha (kalpa), O grandfather,

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LiP 24.9

कल्पेश्वरो ऽथ भगवान् सर्वलोकप्रकाशनः मनुर्वैवस्वतश्चैव तव पौत्रो भविष्यति

kalpeśvaro 'tha bhagavān sarvalokaprakāśanaḥ manurvaivasvataścaiva tava pautro bhaviṣyati

the Blessed Lord of the kalpa, the illuminator of all worlds — and Manu Vaivasvata will be your grandson.

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LiP 24.10

तदा चतुर्युगावस्थे तस्मिन्कल्पे युगान्तिके अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां ब्राह्मणानां हिताय च

tadā caturyugāvasthe tasminkalpe yugāntike anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya ca

Then, in that kalpa consisting of four yugas, at the end of an age, for the sake of favouring the worlds and for the welfare of brahmins,

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LiP 24.11

उत्पत्स्यामि तदा ब्रह्मन् पुनर् अस्मिन् युगान्तिके युगप्रवृत्त्या च तदा तस्मिंश् च प्रथमे युगे

utpatsyāmi tadā brahman punar asmin yugāntike yugapravṛttyā ca tadā tasmiṃś ca prathame yuge

I shall then be born, O brahmā, again at that age's end; and then, with the commencing of the yuga, in that first age,

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LiP 24.12

द्वापरे प्रथमे ब्रह्मन् यदा व्यासः स्वयं प्रभुः तदाहं ब्राह्मणार्थाय कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके

dvāpare prathame brahman yadā vyāsaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ tadāhaṃ brāhmaṇārthāya kalau tasmin yugāntike

in the first Dvāpara, O brahmā, when Vyāsa himself is the lord, then I, for the sake of the brahmins, in that Kali at the age's end,

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LiP 24.13

भविष्यामि शिखायुक्तः श्वेतो नाम महामुनिः हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये छागले पर्वतोत्तमे

bhaviṣyāmi śikhāyuktaḥ śveto nāma mahāmuniḥ himavacchikhare ramye chāgale parvatottame

shall become a great sage named Śveta, wearing a topknot, on the lovely peak of Himavat, on Chāgala, the best of mountains.

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LiP 24.14

तत्र शिष्याः शिखायुक्ता भविष्यन्ति तदा मम श्वेतः श्वेतशिखश्चैव श्वेतास्यः श्वेतलोहितः

tatra śiṣyāḥ śikhāyuktā bhaviṣyanti tadā mama śvetaḥ śvetaśikhaścaiva śvetāsyaḥ śvetalohitaḥ

There disciples wearing topknots will then be mine: Śveta, and Śvetaśikha, Śvetāsya and Śvetalohita,

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LiP 24.15

चत्वारस्तु महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ततस्ते ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मगतिं पराम्

catvārastu mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ tataste brahmabhūyiṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā brahmagatiṃ parām

four great-souled brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas; then they, most abounding in brahman, having seen the supreme goal that is brahman,

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LiP 24.16

मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति ध्यानयोगपरायणाः ततः पुनर्यदा ब्रह्मन् द्वितीये द्वापरे प्रभुः

matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti dhyānayogaparāyaṇāḥ tataḥ punaryadā brahman dvitīye dvāpare prabhuḥ

will come near me, devoted to the yoga of meditation. Then again, O brahmā, when in the second Dvāpara the lord,

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LiP 24.17

प्रजापतिर्यदा व्यासः सद्यो नाम भविष्यति तदा लोकहितार्थाय सुतारो नाम नामतः

prajāpatiryadā vyāsaḥ sadyo nāma bhaviṣyati tadā lokahitārthāya sutāro nāma nāmataḥ

Prajāpati, will be Vyāsa by the name of Sadya, then, for the welfare of the world, by name Sutāra,

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LiP 24.18

भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् शिष्यानुग्रहकाम्यया तत्रापि मम ते शिष्या नामतः परिकीर्तिताः

bhaviṣyāmi kalau tasmin śiṣyānugrahakāmyayā tatrāpi mama te śiṣyā nāmataḥ parikīrtitāḥ

I shall be born in that Kali, out of a wish to favour disciples. There too those disciples of mine are proclaimed by name:

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LiP 24.19

दुन्दुभिः शतरूपश् च ऋचीकः केतुमांस्तदा प्राप्य योगं तथा ध्यानं स्थाप्य ब्रह्म च भूतले

dundubhiḥ śatarūpaś ca ṛcīkaḥ ketumāṃstadā prāpya yogaṃ tathā dhyānaṃ sthāpya brahma ca bhūtale

Dundubhi, Śatarūpa, Ṛcīka and Ketumān; then, having attained yoga and meditation, and having established brahman on the earth,

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LiP 24.20

रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति सहचारित्वमेव च तृतीये द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासस्तु भार्गवः

rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti sahacāritvameva ca tṛtīye dvāpare caiva yadā vyāsastu bhārgavaḥ

they will go to the world of Rudra and to companionship (with him). And in the third Dvāpara, when Vyāsa is the descendant of Bhṛgu,

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LiP 24.21

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि दमनस्तु युगान्तिके तत्रापि च भविष्यन्ति चत्वारो मम पुत्रकाः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi damanastu yugāntike tatrāpi ca bhaviṣyanti catvāro mama putrakāḥ

then too I shall be born, as Damana, at the age's end; and there too there will be four sons of mine:

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LiP 24.22

विकोशश् च विकेशश् च विपाशः शापनाशनः ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण योगोक्तेन महौजसः

vikośaś ca vikeśaś ca vipāśaḥ śāpanāśanaḥ te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa yogoktena mahaujasaḥ

Vikośa, Vikeśa, Vipāśa, and Śāpanāśana — they too, of great vigor, by that very path taught in yoga,

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LiP 24.23

रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् चतुर्थे द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासो ऽङ्गिराः स्मृतः

rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham caturthe dvāpare caiva yadā vyāso 'ṅgirāḥ smṛtaḥ

will go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard to come by. And in the fourth Dvāpara, when Aṅgiras is remembered as Vyāsa,

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LiP 24.24

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि सुहोत्रो नाम नामतः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्राश् चत्वारो ऽपि तपोधनाः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi suhotro nāma nāmataḥ tatrāpi mama te putrāś catvāro 'pi tapodhanāḥ

then too I shall come to be, Suhotra by name; and there too those four sons of mine, rich in austerity,

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LiP 24.25

द्विजश्रेष्ठा भविष्यन्ति योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः सुमुखो दुर्मुखश्चैव दुर्दरो दुरतिक्रमः

dvijaśreṣṭhā bhaviṣyanti yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ sumukho durmukhaścaiva durdaro duratikramaḥ

will be the best of the twice-born, yoga-souled, firm in their vows: Sumukha, Durmukha, Durdara, and Duratikrama.

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LiP 24.26

प्राप्य योगगतिं सूक्ष्मां विमला दग्धकिल्बिषाः ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण योगयुक्ता महौजसः

prāpya yogagatiṃ sūkṣmāṃ vimalā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa yogayuktā mahaujasaḥ

Having attained the subtle course of yoga, spotless, their impurity burnt away, they too, joined to yoga, of great vigor, by that very path,

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LiP 24.27

रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् पञ्चमे द्वापरे चैव व्यासस्तु सविता यदा

rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham pañcame dvāpare caiva vyāsastu savitā yadā

will go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard to come by. And in the fifth Dvāpara, when Savitṛ is Vyāsa,

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LiP 24.28

तदा चापि भविष्यामि कङ्को नाम महातपाः अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां योगात्मैककलागतिः

tadā cāpi bhaviṣyāmi kaṅko nāma mahātapāḥ anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ yogātmaikakalāgatiḥ

then too I shall come to be, Kaṅka by name, of great austerity, for the sake of favoring the worlds — yoga-souled, whose course is a single portion (of time).

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LiP 24.29

चत्वारस्तु महाभागा विमलाः शुद्धयोनयः शिष्या मम भविष्यन्ति योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः

catvārastu mahābhāgā vimalāḥ śuddhayonayaḥ śiṣyā mama bhaviṣyanti yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ

And four greatly fortunate ones, spotless, of pure birth, will be my disciples, yoga-souled, firm in their vows:

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LiP 24.30

सनकः सनन्दनश् चैव प्रभुर्यश् च सनातनः विभुः सनत्कुमारश् च निर्ममा निरहंकृताः

sanakaḥ sanandanaś caiva prabhuryaś ca sanātanaḥ vibhuḥ sanatkumāraś ca nirmamā nirahaṃkṛtāḥ

Sanaka, and Sanandana, and the lord Sanātana, and the mighty Sanatkumāra, free of 'mine' and free of 'I'.

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LiP 24.31

मत्समीपमुपेष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् परीवर्ते पुनः षष्ठे मृत्युर्व्यासो यदा विभुः

matsamīpamupeṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham parīvarte punaḥ ṣaṣṭhe mṛtyurvyāso yadā vibhuḥ

They will come near to me, (to that state) from which return is hard to come by. Again, in the sixth turning, when the lord Mṛtyu is Vyāsa,

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LiP 24.32

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि लोगाक्षीर् नाम नामतः तत्रापि मम ते शिष्या योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi logākṣīr nāma nāmataḥ tatrāpi mama te śiṣyā yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ

then too I shall come to be, Logākṣi by name; and there too those disciples of mine, yoga-souled, firm in their vows,

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LiP 24.33

भविष्यन्ति महाभागाश् चत्वारो लोकसंमताः सुधामा विरजाश्चैव शङ्खपाद्रज एव च

bhaviṣyanti mahābhāgāś catvāro lokasaṃmatāḥ sudhāmā virajāścaiva śaṅkhapādraja eva ca

will be greatly fortunate, four (of them), honored by the world: Sudhāman, Virajas, Śaṅkhapād, and Rajas.

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LiP 24.34

योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे वै दग्धकिल्बिषाः ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण ध्यानयोगसमन्विताः

yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarve vai dagdhakilbiṣāḥ te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa dhyānayogasamanvitāḥ

Yoga-souled, great-souled, all with their impurity burnt away, they too, by that very path, endowed with the yoga of meditation,

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LiP 24.35

मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् सप्तमे परिवर्ते तु यदा व्यासः शतक्रतुः

matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham saptame parivarte tu yadā vyāsaḥ śatakratuḥ

will go near to me, (to that state) from which return is hard to come by. And in the seventh turning, when Śatakratu is Vyāsa,

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LiP 24.36

विभुनामा महातेजाः प्रथितः पूर्वजन्मनि तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके

vibhunāmā mahātejāḥ prathitaḥ pūrvajanmani tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kalau tasmin yugāntike

famed in a former birth as Vibhu by name, of great splendor — then too I shall come to be, in that Kali, at the end of the age,

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LiP 24.37

जैगीषव्यो विभुः ख्यातः सर्वेषां योगिनां वरः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति युगे तथा

jaigīṣavyo vibhuḥ khyātaḥ sarveṣāṃ yogināṃ varaḥ tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti yuge tathā

known as the mighty Jaigīṣavya, best of all yogins; and there too, in that age, those sons of mine will be:

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LiP 24.38

सारस्वतश् च मेघश् च मेघवाहः सुवाहनः ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण ध्यानयोगपरायणाः

sārasvataś ca meghaś ca meghavāhaḥ suvāhanaḥ te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa dhyānayogaparāyaṇāḥ

Sārasvata, Megha, Meghavāha, and Suvāhana — they too, by that very path, devoted to the yoga of meditation,

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LiP 24.39

गमिष्यन्ति महात्मानो रुद्रलोकं निरामयम् वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे व्यासः परीवर्ते भविष्यति

gamiṣyanti mahātmāno rudralokaṃ nirāmayam vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame vyāsaḥ parīvarte bhaviṣyati

those great souls will go to the world of Rudra, free of affliction. And in the eighth turning Vasiṣṭha will be Vyāsa;

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LiP 24.40

यदा तदा भविष्यामि नाम्नाहं दधिवाहनः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः

yadā tadā bhaviṣyāmi nāmnāhaṃ dadhivāhanaḥ tatrāpi mama te putrā yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ

when that is so, I shall come to be, by name Dadhivāhana; and there too those sons of mine, yoga-souled, firm in their vows,

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LiP 24.41

भविष्यन्ति महायोगा येषां नास्ति समो भुवि कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव तथा पञ्चशिखो मुनिः

bhaviṣyanti mahāyogā yeṣāṃ nāsti samo bhuvi kapilaścāsuriścaiva tathā pañcaśikho muniḥ

will be great yogins, whose equal does not exist on earth: Kapila, and Āsuri, and likewise the sage Pañcaśikha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.42

बाष्कलश् च महायोगी धर्मात्मानो महौजसः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं ज्ञानिनो दग्धकिल्बिषाः

bāṣkalaś ca mahāyogī dharmātmāno mahaujasaḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ jñānino dagdhakilbiṣāḥ

And Bāṣkala, the great yogin — (these) righteous ones of great vigor, having attained the Māheśvara yoga, knowers, their sins burnt away,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.43

मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् परिवर्ते तु नवमे व्यासः सारस्वतो यदा

matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham parivarte tu navame vyāsaḥ sārasvato yadā

will come into my presence, from which return is hard to come by. And when in the ninth turning (of the age) Sārasvata is Vyāsa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.44

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि ऋषभो नाम नामतः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi ṛṣabho nāma nāmataḥ tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ

then too I shall come to be, Ṛṣabha by name; and there too those sons of mine will be, of great vigor:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.45

पराशरश् च गर्गश् च भार्गवाङ्गिरसौ तदा भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः

parāśaraś ca gargaś ca bhārgavāṅgirasau tadā bhaviṣyanti mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ

Parāśara and Garga and Bhārgava and Āṅgirasa — then they will be great-souled brāhmaṇas who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.46

ध्यानमार्गं समासाद्य गमिष्यन्ति तथैव ते सर्वे तपोबलोत्कृष्टाः शापानुग्रहकोविदाः

dhyānamārgaṃ samāsādya gamiṣyanti tathaiva te sarve tapobalotkṛṣṭāḥ śāpānugrahakovidāḥ

Having reached the path of meditation, they will go in just that same way, all of them eminent through the power of asceticism, skilled in cursing and in granting favor.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.47

ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण योगोक्तेन तपस्विनः रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्

te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa yogoktena tapasvinaḥ rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham

They too, ascetics, by that very path declared in the yoga, will go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard to come by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.48

दशमे द्वापरे व्यासः त्रिपाद्वै नाम नामतः यदा भविष्यते विप्रस् तदाहं भविता मुनिः

daśame dvāpare vyāsaḥ tripādvai nāma nāmataḥ yadā bhaviṣyate vipras tadāhaṃ bhavitā muniḥ

In the tenth Dvāpara, when the Vyāsa will be a brāhmaṇa named Tripādvai, then I shall be a sage,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.49

हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये भृगुतुङ्गे नगोत्तमे नाम्ना भृगोस्तु शिखरं प्रथितं देवपूजितम्

himavacchikhare ramye bhṛgutuṅge nagottame nāmnā bhṛgostu śikharaṃ prathitaṃ devapūjitam

on a lovely peak of the Himavat, on Bhṛgutuṅga, best of mountains — the peak renowned by the name of Bhṛgu, honored by the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.50

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति दृढव्रताः बलबन्धुर्निरामित्रः केतुशृङ्गस्तपोधनः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti dṛḍhavratāḥ balabandhurnirāmitraḥ ketuśṛṅgastapodhanaḥ

There too those sons of mine will be, firm in their vows: Balabandhu, Nirāmitra, Ketuśṛṅga, and Tapodhana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.51

योगात्मानो महात्मानस् तपोयोगसमन्विताः रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषाः

yogātmāno mahātmānas tapoyogasamanvitāḥ rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ

Yoga-souled, great-souled, endowed with asceticism and yoga, their sins burnt away by austerity, they will go to the world of Rudra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.52

एकादशे द्वापरे तु व्यासस्तु त्रिव्रतो यदा तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गङ्गाद्वारे कलौ तथा

ekādaśe dvāpare tu vyāsastu trivrato yadā tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi gaṅgādvāre kalau tathā

But in the eleventh Dvāpara, when Trivrata is the Vyāsa, then too I shall come to be at the gate of the Gaṅgā in the Kali (age),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.53

उग्रो नाम महातेजाः सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः

ugro nāma mahātejāḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ

Ugra by name, of great brilliance, renowned in all the worlds; and there too those sons of mine will be, of great vigor:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.54

लम्बोदरश् च लम्बाक्षो लम्बकेशः प्रलम्बकः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं गता हि ते

lambodaraś ca lambākṣo lambakeśaḥ pralambakaḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ gatā hi te

Lambodara and Lambākṣa, Lambakeśa and Pralambaka — having attained the Māheśvara yoga, they indeed went to the world of Rudra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.55

द्वादशे परिवर्ते तु शततेजा यदा मुनिः भविष्यति महातेजा व्यासस्तु कविसत्तमः

dvādaśe parivarte tu śatatejā yadā muniḥ bhaviṣyati mahātejā vyāsastu kavisattamaḥ

But in the twelfth turning, when the sage Śatatejas of great brilliance will be the Vyāsa, best of poets,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.56

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि कलाविह युगान्तिके हैतुकं वनमासाद्य अत्रिर्नाम्ना परिश्रुतः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kalāviha yugāntike haitukaṃ vanamāsādya atrirnāmnā pariśrutaḥ

then too I shall come to be here in the Kali, at the end of the age, having reached the Haituka forest, renowned by the name of Atri.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.57

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भस्मस्नानानुलेपनाः भविष्यन्ति महायोगा रुद्रलोकपरायणाः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhasmasnānānulepanāḥ bhaviṣyanti mahāyogā rudralokaparāyaṇāḥ

There too those sons of mine, bathed and smeared with ashes, will be great yogins, devoted to the world of Rudra:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.58

सर्वज्ञः समबुद्धिश् च साध्यः सर्वस्तथैव च प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं गता हि ते

sarvajñaḥ samabuddhiś ca sādhyaḥ sarvastathaiva ca prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ gatā hi te

Sarvajña and Samabuddhi, Sādhya and likewise Sarva — having attained the Māheśvara yoga, they indeed went to the world of Rudra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.59

त्रयोदशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमेण तु धर्मो नारायणो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता यदा

trayodaśe punaḥ prāpte parivarte krameṇa tu dharmo nārāyaṇo nāma vyāsastu bhavitā yadā

Again, when the thirteenth turning has arrived in due order, when Dharma named Nārāyaṇa will be the Vyāsa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.60

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वालिर्नाम महामुनिः वालखिल्याश्रमे पुण्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi vālirnāma mahāmuniḥ vālakhilyāśrame puṇye parvate gandhamādane

then too I shall come to be a great sage, Vāli by name, in the holy hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, on the mountain Gandhamādana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.61

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वासिष्ठो विरजास्तथा

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ sudhāmā kāśyapaścaiva vāsiṣṭho virajāstathā

There too those sons of mine will be, rich in austerity: Sudhāman and Kāśyapa, Vāsiṣṭha and likewise Virajas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.62

महायोगबलोपेता विमला ऊर्ध्वरेतसः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं गता हि ते

mahāyogabalopetā vimalā ūrdhvaretasaḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ gatā hi te

Endowed with the power of great yoga, stainless, with seed drawn upward, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to Rudra's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.63

यदा व्यासस्तरक्षुस्तु पर्याये तु चतुर्दशे तत्रापि पुनरेवाहं भविष्यामि युगान्तिके

yadā vyāsastarakṣustu paryāye tu caturdaśe tatrāpi punarevāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi yugāntike

When Tarakṣu is Vyāsa, in the fourteenth turn, there too I shall again come into being at the end of the age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.64

वंशे त्वङ्गिरसां श्रेष्ठे गौतमो नाम नामतः भविष्यति महापुण्यं गौतमं नाम तद्वनम्

vaṃśe tvaṅgirasāṃ śreṣṭhe gautamo nāma nāmataḥ bhaviṣyati mahāpuṇyaṃ gautamaṃ nāma tadvanam

In the foremost lineage of the Aṅgirases (one) named Gautama by name shall come to be; and that forest, greatly meritorious, will be called Gautama.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.65

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति कलौ तदा अत्रिर्देवसदश्चैव श्रवणो ऽथ श्रविष्ठकः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti kalau tadā atrirdevasadaścaiva śravaṇo 'tha śraviṣṭhakaḥ

There too these sons of mine will come to be, then in the Kali (age): Atri, Devasad, Śravaṇa, and Śraviṣṭhaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.66

योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे योगसमन्विताः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः

yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarve yogasamanvitāḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya te gatāḥ

Yoga-souled, great-souled, all of them furnished with yoga, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to Rudra's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.67

ततः पञ्चदशे प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमागते त्रैय्यारुणिर्यदा व्यासो द्वापरे समपद्यत

tataḥ pañcadaśe prāpte parivarte kramāgate traiyyāruṇiryadā vyāso dvāpare samapadyata

Then, when the fifteenth turn had arrived in due order, when Traiyyāruṇi became Vyāsa in the Dvāpara (age)—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.68

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि नाम्ना वेदशिरा द्विजः तत्र वेदशिरो नाम अस्त्रं तत्पारमेश्वरम्

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi nāmnā vedaśirā dvijaḥ tatra vedaśiro nāma astraṃ tatpārameśvaram

then too I shall come to be, a brahmin named Vedaśiras by name; there that weapon of the Supreme Lord is named Vedaśiras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.69

भविष्यति महावीर्यं वेदशीर्षश् च पर्वतः हिमवत्पृष्ठमासाद्य सरस्वत्यां नगोत्तमे

bhaviṣyati mahāvīryaṃ vedaśīrṣaś ca parvataḥ himavatpṛṣṭhamāsādya sarasvatyāṃ nagottame

(It) will be of great might, and (there will be) the mountain Vedaśīrṣa, reaching the back of Himavat, on the Sarasvatī, on the best of mountains.

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

LiP 24.70

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः कुणिश् च कुणिबाहुश् च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ kuṇiś ca kuṇibāhuś ca kuśarīraḥ kunetrakaḥ

There too these sons of mine will come to be, rich in austerity: Kuṇi and Kuṇibāhu, Kuśarīra and Kunetraka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.71

योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः

yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya te gatāḥ

Yoga-souled, great-souled, all of them indeed with seed drawn upward, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to Rudra's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.72

व्यासो युगे षोडशे तु यदा देवो भविष्यति तत्र योगप्रदानाय भक्तानां च यतात्मनाम्

vyāso yuge ṣoḍaśe tu yadā devo bhaviṣyati tatra yogapradānāya bhaktānāṃ ca yatātmanām

But in the sixteenth age, when the god will be Vyāsa there, for the bestowing of yoga upon devotees who are self-restrained—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.73

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गोकर्णो नाम नामतः भविष्यति सुपुण्यं च गोकर्णं नाम तद्वनम्

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi gokarṇo nāma nāmataḥ bhaviṣyati supuṇyaṃ ca gokarṇaṃ nāma tadvanam

then too I shall come to be, Gokarṇa by name; and that forest, very meritorious, will be called Gokarṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.74

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति च योगिनः काश्यपो ह्युशनाश्चैव च्यवनो ऽथ बृहस्पतिः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti ca yoginaḥ kāśyapo hyuśanāścaiva cyavano 'tha bṛhaspatiḥ

There too these sons of mine will come to be, yogins: Kāśyapa, Uśanas, Cyavana, and Bṛhaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.75

ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण ध्यानयोगसमन्विताः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गन्तारो रुद्रमेव हि

te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa dhyānayogasamanvitāḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ gantāro rudrameva hi

They too, by that same path, endowed with the yoga of meditation, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, will go to Rudra himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.76

ततः सप्तदशे चैव परिवर्ते क्रमागते यदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना देवकृतञ्जयः

tataḥ saptadaśe caiva parivarte kramāgate yadā bhaviṣyati vyāso nāmnā devakṛtañjayaḥ

Then, in the seventeenth turn as it comes in order, when the Vyāsa will be one named Devakṛtañjaya—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.77

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गुहावासीति नामतः हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये महोत्तुङ्गे महालये

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi guhāvāsīti nāmataḥ himavacchikhare ramye mahottuṅge mahālaye

then too I shall come to be, named Guhāvāsin, on a lovely peak of Himavat, very lofty, at Mahālaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.78

सिद्धक्षेत्रं महापुण्यं भविष्यति महालयम् तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा योगज्ञा ब्रह्मवादिनः

siddhakṣetraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati mahālayam tatrāpi mama te putrā yogajñā brahmavādinaḥ

Mahālaya will be a field of the perfected, greatly meritorious; there too (will be) these sons of mine, knowers of yoga, expounders of brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.79

भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो निर्ममा निरहंकृताः उतथ्यो वामदेवश् च महायोगो महाबलः

bhaviṣyanti mahātmāno nirmamā nirahaṃkṛtāḥ utathyo vāmadevaś ca mahāyogo mahābalaḥ

There will be great-souled ones, free of possessiveness and of egoism: Utathya and Vāmadeva, of great yoga and great strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.80

तेषां शतसहस्रं तु शिष्याणां ध्यानयोगिनाम् भविष्यन्ति तदा काले सर्वे ते ध्यानयुञ्जकाः

teṣāṃ śatasahasraṃ tu śiṣyāṇāṃ dhyānayoginām bhaviṣyanti tadā kāle sarve te dhyānayuñjakāḥ

And of them there will be a hundred thousand disciples, yogins of meditation, at that time; all of them practisers of meditation,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.81

योगाभ्यासरताश्चैव हृदि कृत्वा महेश्वरम् महालये पदं न्यस्तं दृष्ट्वा यान्ति शिवं पदम्

yogābhyāsaratāścaiva hṛdi kṛtvā maheśvaram mahālaye padaṃ nyastaṃ dṛṣṭvā yānti śivaṃ padam

devoted to the practice of yoga, and having placed Maheśvara in the heart, seeing the footprint set down at Mahālaya, they go to Śiva's state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.82

ये चान्ये ऽपि महात्मानः कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके ध्याने मनः समाधाय विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः

ye cānye 'pi mahātmānaḥ kalau tasmin yugāntike dhyāne manaḥ samādhāya vimalāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ

And whatever other great-souled ones there are in that Kali age, at the end of the yuga, who, being stainless and of purified understanding, fix the mind in meditation —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.83

मम प्रसादाद्यास्यन्ति रुद्रलोकं गतज्वराः गत्वा महालयं पुण्यं दृष्ट्वा माहेश्वरं पदम्

mama prasādādyāsyanti rudralokaṃ gatajvarāḥ gatvā mahālayaṃ puṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā māheśvaraṃ padam

— by my grace they will go to the world of Rudra, their fever (of suffering) gone, having gone to the holy Mahālaya and beheld the station of Maheśvara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.84

तीर्णस्तारयते जन्तुर् दश पूर्वान्दशोत्तरान् आत्मानमेकविंशं तु तारयित्वा महालये

tīrṇastārayate jantur daśa pūrvāndaśottarān ātmānamekaviṃśaṃ tu tārayitvā mahālaye

A creature who has crossed over carries across ten ancestors before him and ten after, and himself as the twenty-first, having thus carried them over at Mahālaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.85

मम प्रसादाद्यास्यन्ति रुद्रलोकं गतज्वराः ततो ऽष्टादशमे चैव परिवर्ते यदा विभो

mama prasādādyāsyanti rudralokaṃ gatajvarāḥ tato 'ṣṭādaśame caiva parivarte yadā vibho

By my grace they will go to the world of Rudra, their fever gone. Then, O mighty one, when the eighteenth turning (of the age) comes —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.86

तदा ऋतञ्जयो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता मुनिः तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि शिखण्डी नाम नामतः

tadā ṛtañjayo nāma vyāsastu bhavitā muniḥ tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi śikhaṇḍī nāma nāmataḥ

— then the sage Ṛtañjaya by name will be the Vyāsa; and then too I shall come to be, Śikhaṇḍī by name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.87

सिद्धक्षेत्रे महापुण्ये देवदानवपूजिते हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये शिखण्डी नाम पर्वतः

siddhakṣetre mahāpuṇye devadānavapūjite himavacchikhare ramye śikhaṇḍī nāma parvataḥ

In the greatly holy field of the Siddhas, honoured by gods and demons, on the lovely peak of Himavat, there is a mountain named Śikhaṇḍī,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.88

शिखण्डिनो वनं चापि यत्र सिद्धनिषेवितम् तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः

śikhaṇḍino vanaṃ cāpi yatra siddhaniṣevitam tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ

and also the forest of Śikhaṇḍin, where it is frequented by Siddhas; there too those sons of mine will come to be, rich in ascetic power:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.89

वाचश्रवा ऋचीकश् च श्यावाश्वश् च यतीश्वरः योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे ते वेदपारगाः

vācaśravā ṛcīkaś ca śyāvāśvaś ca yatīśvaraḥ yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarve te vedapāragāḥ

Vācaśravas, Ṛcīka, and Śyāvāśva, and Yatīśvara — yogic in nature, great-souled, all of them gone to the far shore of the Vedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.90

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संवृताः अथ एकोनविंशे तु परिवर्ते क्रमागते

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya saṃvṛtāḥ atha ekonaviṃśe tu parivarte kramāgate

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they are destined for the world of Rudra. Then, when the nineteenth turning arrives in due order,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.91

व्यासस्तु भविता नाम्ना भरद्वाजो महामुनिः तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि जटामाली च नामतः

vyāsastu bhavitā nāmnā bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi jaṭāmālī ca nāmataḥ

the Vyāsa will be the great sage named Bharadvāja; and then too I shall come to be, Jaṭāmālī by name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.92

हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये जटायुर्यत्र पर्वतः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः

himavacchikhare ramye jaṭāyuryatra parvataḥ tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ

On the lovely peak of Himavat, where the mountain Jaṭāyus is, there too those sons of mine will come to be, of great vigour:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.93

हिरण्यनाभः कौशल्यो लोकाक्षी कुथुमिस् तथा ईश्वरा योगधर्माणः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः

hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyo lokākṣī kuthumis tathā īśvarā yogadharmāṇaḥ sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ

Hiraṇyanābha, Kauśalya, Lokākṣī, and likewise Kuthumi — lords, whose dharma is yoga, all of them indeed with seed drawn upward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.94

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः ततो विंशतिमश्चैव परिवर्तो यदा तदा

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ tato viṃśatimaścaiva parivarto yadā tadā

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they are established for the world of Rudra. Then, when the twentieth turning comes, at that time

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.95

गौतमस्तु तदा व्यासो भविष्यति महामुनिः तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि अट्टहासस्तु नामतः

gautamastu tadā vyāso bhaviṣyati mahāmuniḥ tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi aṭṭahāsastu nāmataḥ

Gautama, the great sage, will then be the Vyāsa; and then too I shall come to be, Aṭṭahāsa by name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.96

अट्टहासप्रियाश्चैव भविष्यन्ति तदा नराः तत्रैव हिमवत्पृष्ठे अट्टहासो महागिरिः

aṭṭahāsapriyāścaiva bhaviṣyanti tadā narāḥ tatraiva himavatpṛṣṭhe aṭṭahāso mahāgiriḥ

And then men will be devoted to Aṭṭahāsa; there on that same ridge of Himavat is the great mountain Aṭṭahāsa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.97

देवदानवयक्षेन्द्रसिद्धचारणसेवितः तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः

devadānavayakṣendrasiddhacāraṇasevitaḥ tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ

frequented by gods, demons, chiefs of yakṣas, Siddhas and Cāraṇas; there too those sons of mine will come to be, of great vigour,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.98

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यायिनो नियतव्रताः सुमन्तुर्बर्बरी विद्वान् कबन्धः कुशिकंधरः

yogātmāno mahātmāno dhyāyino niyatavratāḥ sumanturbarbarī vidvān kabandhaḥ kuśikaṃdharaḥ

yogic in nature, great-souled, given to meditation, of firm vows: Sumantu, Barbarī, the learned Kabandha, Kuśikaṃdhara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.99

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः एकविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमागते

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya te gatāḥ ekaviṃśe punaḥ prāpte parivarte kramāgate

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to the world of Rudra. When again the twenty-first turning arrives in due order,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.100

वाचश्रवाः स्मृतो व्यासो यदा स ऋषिसत्तमः तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि दारुको नाम नामतः

vācaśravāḥ smṛto vyāso yadā sa ṛṣisattamaḥ tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi dāruko nāma nāmataḥ

when that best of seers, Vācaśravas, is reckoned the Vyāsa — then too I shall come to be, Dāruka by name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.101

तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं देवदारुवनं शुभम् तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः

tasmādbhaviṣyate puṇyaṃ devadāruvanaṃ śubham tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ

From that will come to be the holy, auspicious Devadāru forest; there too those sons of mine will come to be, of great vigour:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.102

प्लक्षो दार्भायणिश्चैव केतुमान् गौतमस् तथा योगात्मानो महात्मानो नियता ऊर्ध्वरेतसः

plakṣo dārbhāyaṇiścaiva ketumān gautamas tathā yogātmāno mahātmāno niyatā ūrdhvaretasaḥ

Plakṣa, Dārbhāyaṇi, Ketumān, and Gautama — men of yogic soul, great souls, self-restrained, with their seed drawn upward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.103

नैष्ठिकं व्रतमास्थाय रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः द्वाविंशे परिवर्ते तु व्यासः शुष्मायणो यदा

naiṣṭhikaṃ vratamāsthāya rudralokāya te gatāḥ dvāviṃśe parivarte tu vyāsaḥ śuṣmāyaṇo yadā

Having taken up the vow of lifelong celibacy, they went to the world of Rudra. And in the twenty-second turning, when Śuṣmāyaṇa is Vyāsa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.104

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वाराणस्यां महामुनिः नाम्ना वै लाङ्गली भीमो यत्र देवाः सवासवाः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi vārāṇasyāṃ mahāmuniḥ nāmnā vai lāṅgalī bhīmo yatra devāḥ savāsavāḥ

then too I shall come to be in Vārāṇasī as a great sage, Lāṅgalī by name, the terrible one — where the gods together with Indra

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.105

द्रक्ष्यन्ति मां कलौ तस्मिन् भवं चैव हलायुधम् तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति सुधार्मिकाः

drakṣyanti māṃ kalau tasmin bhavaṃ caiva halāyudham tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti sudhārmikāḥ

will behold me in that Kali age, and Bhava as well, the plough-armed one. There too these sons of mine will be, well-devoted to dharma:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.106

भल्लवी मधुपिङ्गश् च श्वेतकेतुः कुशस् तथा प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं ते ऽपि ध्यानपरायणाः

bhallavī madhupiṅgaś ca śvetaketuḥ kuśas tathā prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ te 'pi dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ

Bhallavī, Madhupiṅga, Śvetaketu, and Kuśa — they too, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, intent upon meditation,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.107

विमला ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः परिवर्ते त्रयोविंशे तृणबिन्दुर्यदा मुनिः

vimalā brahmabhūyiṣṭhā rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ parivarte trayoviṃśe tṛṇabinduryadā muniḥ

stainless, most abundant in brahman, remained fixed on the world of Rudra. In the twenty-third turning, when the sage Tṛṇabindu

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.108

व्यासो हि भविता ब्रह्मंस् तदाहं भविता पुनः श्वेतो नाम महाकायो मुनिपुत्रस्तु धार्मिकः

vyāso hi bhavitā brahmaṃs tadāhaṃ bhavitā punaḥ śveto nāma mahākāyo muniputrastu dhārmikaḥ

will be Vyāsa, O brahmin, then I shall come to be again, Śveta by name, huge of body, a sage's son and devoted to dharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.109

तत्र कालं जरिष्यामि तदा गिरिवरोत्तमे तेन कालञ्जरो नाम भविष्यति स पर्वतः

tatra kālaṃ jariṣyāmi tadā girivarottame tena kālañjaro nāma bhaviṣyati sa parvataḥ

There I shall wear away time, then, on the best of excellent mountains; by that (name) that mountain will come to be called Kālañjara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.110

तत्रापि मम ते शिष्या भविष्यन्ति तपस्विनः उशिको बृहदश्वश् च देवलः कविरेव च

tatrāpi mama te śiṣyā bhaviṣyanti tapasvinaḥ uśiko bṛhadaśvaś ca devalaḥ kavireva ca

There too these disciples of mine will be, ascetics: Uśika, Bṛhadaśva, Devala, and Kavi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.111

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गतः परिवर्ते चतुर्विंशे व्यास ऋक्षो यदा विभो

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya te gataḥ parivarte caturviṃśe vyāsa ṛkṣo yadā vibho

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to the world of Rudra. In the twenty-fourth turning, when Ṛkṣa is Vyāsa, O mighty one,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.112

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके शूली नाम महायोगी नैमिषे देववन्दिते

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kalau tasmin yugāntike śūlī nāma mahāyogī naimiṣe devavandite

then too I shall come to be, in that Kali age at the era's end, a great yogin named Śūlī, at Naimiṣa which the gods revere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.113

तत्रापि मम ते शिष्या भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः शालिहोत्रो ऽग्निवेशश् च युवनाश्वः शरद्वसुः

tatrāpi mama te śiṣyā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ śālihotro 'gniveśaś ca yuvanāśvaḥ śaradvasuḥ

There too these disciples of mine will be, rich in ascetic power: Śālihotra, Agniveśa, Yuvanāśva, and Śaradvasu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.114

ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः पञ्चविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमागते

te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ pañcaviṃśe punaḥ prāpte parivarte kramāgate

They too, by that very path, remained fixed on the world of Rudra. When the twenty-fifth turning is reached again, coming in due order,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.115

वासिष्ठस्तु यदा व्यासः शक्तिर्नाम्ना भविष्यति तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि दण्डी मुण्डीश्वरः प्रभुः

vāsiṣṭhastu yadā vyāsaḥ śaktirnāmnā bhaviṣyati tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi daṇḍī muṇḍīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ

when Vāsiṣṭha will be Vyāsa, Śakti by name, then too I shall come to be Daṇḍī, the shaven-headed lord, the master.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.116

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः छगलः कुण्डकर्णश् च कुभाण्डश् च प्रवाहकः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ chagalaḥ kuṇḍakarṇaś ca kubhāṇḍaś ca pravāhakaḥ

There too these sons of mine will be, rich in ascetic power: Chagala, Kuṇḍakarṇa, Kubhāṇḍa, and Pravāhaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.117

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगम् अमृतत्वाय ते गताः षड्विंशे परिवर्ते तु यदा व्यासः पराशरः

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogam amṛtatvāya te gatāḥ ṣaḍviṃśe parivarte tu yadā vyāsaḥ parāśaraḥ

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to immortality. And in the twenty-sixth turning, when Parāśara is Vyāsa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.118

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि सहिष्णुर्नाम नामतः पुरं भद्रवटं प्राप्य कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi sahiṣṇurnāma nāmataḥ puraṃ bhadravaṭaṃ prāpya kalau tasmin yugāntike

then too I shall come to be, Sahiṣṇu by name, reaching the city Bhadravaṭa in that Kali age at the era's end.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.119

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति सुधार्मिकाः उलूको विद्युतश्चैव शंबूको ह्याश्वलायनः

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti sudhārmikāḥ ulūko vidyutaścaiva śaṃbūko hyāśvalāyanaḥ

There too these sons of mine will be, well-devoted to dharma: Ulūka, Vidyut, Śambūka, and Āśvalāyana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.120

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः सप्तविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमागते

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya te gatāḥ saptaviṃśe punaḥ prāpte parivarte kramāgate

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went to the world of Rudra. When the twenty-seventh turning is reached again, coming in due order,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.121

जातूकर्ण्यो यदा व्यासो भविष्यति तपोधनः तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि सोमशर्मा द्विजोत्तमः

jātūkarṇyo yadā vyāso bhaviṣyati tapodhanaḥ tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi somaśarmā dvijottamaḥ

when Jātūkarṇya, rich in ascetic power, will be Vyāsa, then too I shall come to be Somaśarman, best of twice-born,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.122

प्रभासतीर्थमासाद्य योगात्मा योगविश्रुतः तत्रापि मम ते शिष्या भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः

prabhāsatīrthamāsādya yogātmā yogaviśrutaḥ tatrāpi mama te śiṣyā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ

Having reached the holy ford of Prabhāsa, of yogic nature and renowned for yoga, there too these disciples of mine, rich in austerity, shall come to be:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.123

अक्षपादः कुमारश् च उलूको वत्स एव च योगात्मानो महात्मानो विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः

akṣapādaḥ kumāraś ca ulūko vatsa eva ca yogātmāno mahātmāno vimalāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ

Akṣapāda, Kumāra, Ulūka, and Vatsa — men of yogic nature, great souls, stainless, of purified understanding.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.124

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं ततो गताः अष्टाविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमागते

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ tato gatāḥ aṣṭāviṃśe punaḥ prāpte parivarte kramāgate

Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they went thence to the world of Rudra. When the twenty-eighth cycle comes again in due order,

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LiP 24.125

पराशरसुतः श्रीमान् विष्णुर्लोकपितामहः यदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना द्वैपायनः प्रभुः

parāśarasutaḥ śrīmān viṣṇurlokapitāmahaḥ yadā bhaviṣyati vyāso nāmnā dvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ

when the illustrious son of Parāśara, Viṣṇu, the grandfather of the worlds, shall become Vyāsa, the lord named Dvaipāyana,

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LiP 24.126

तदा षष्ठेन चांशेन कृष्णः पुरुषसत्तमः वसुदेवाद्यदुश्रेष्ठो वासुदेवो भविष्यति

tadā ṣaṣṭhena cāṃśena kṛṣṇaḥ puruṣasattamaḥ vasudevādyaduśreṣṭho vāsudevo bhaviṣyati

then, by a sixth portion, Kṛṣṇa, best of men, greatest of the Yadus beginning with Vasudeva, shall become Vāsudeva.

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LiP 24.127

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि योगात्मा योगमायया लोकविस्मयनार्थाय ब्रह्मचारिशरीरकः

tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi yogātmā yogamāyayā lokavismayanārthāya brahmacāriśarīrakaḥ

Then too I shall come to be, of yogic nature, by yoga-māyā, for the sake of astonishing the world, with the body of a celibate student.

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LiP 24.128

श्मशाने मृतम् उत्सृष्टं दृष्ट्वा कायम् अनाथकम् ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय प्रविष्टो योगमायया

śmaśāne mṛtam utsṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāyam anāthakam brāhmaṇānāṃ hitārthāya praviṣṭo yogamāyayā

Seeing in a cremation ground a dead body cast away, without an owner, for the benefit of the brahmins I entered it by yoga-māyā.

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LiP 24.129

दिव्यां मेरुगुहां पुण्यां त्वया सार्धं च विष्णुना भविष्यामि तदा ब्रह्मंल् लकुली नाम नामतः

divyāṃ meruguhāṃ puṇyāṃ tvayā sārdhaṃ ca viṣṇunā bhaviṣyāmi tadā brahmaṃl lakulī nāma nāmataḥ

Then, O Brahmā, together with you and with Viṣṇu, (I shall reach) the divine, holy cave of Meru, and I shall be Lakulī by name.

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

LiP 24.130

कायावतार इत्येवं सिद्धक्षेत्रं च वै तदा भविष्यति सुविख्यातं यावद् भूमिर् धरिष्यति

kāyāvatāra ityevaṃ siddhakṣetraṃ ca vai tadā bhaviṣyati suvikhyātaṃ yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati

And then that field of the perfected ones shall come to be, well known as 'Kāyāvatāra', for as long as the earth shall endure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.131

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपस्विनः कुशिकश् चैव गर्गश् च मित्रः कौरुष्य एव च

tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapasvinaḥ kuśikaś caiva gargaś ca mitraḥ kauruṣya eva ca

There too these ascetic sons of mine shall come to be: Kuśika, Garga, Mitra, and Kauruṣya,

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LiP 24.132

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं विमला ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः

yogātmāno mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ vimalā hyūrdhvaretasaḥ

men of yogic nature, great souls, brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas, stainless and continent, having attained the yoga of Maheśvara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.133

रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् एते पाशुपताः सिद्धा भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहाः

rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham ete pāśupatāḥ siddhā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ

They shall go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard to come by — these Pāśupata adepts, their bodies dusted with ash,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.134

लिङ्गार्चनरता नित्यं बाह्याभ्यन्तरतः स्थिताः भक्त्या मयि च योगेन ध्याननिष्ठा जितेन्द्रियाः

liṅgārcanaratā nityaṃ bāhyābhyantarataḥ sthitāḥ bhaktyā mayi ca yogena dhyānaniṣṭhā jitendriyāḥ

ever devoted to the worship of the liṅga, standing outside and within, intent on meditation through devotion to me and through yoga, their senses subdued.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.135

संसारबन्धच्छेदार्थं ज्ञानमार्गप्रकाशकम् स्वरूपज्ञानसिद्ध्यर्थं योगं पाशुपतं महत्

saṃsārabandhacchedārthaṃ jñānamārgaprakāśakam svarūpajñānasiddhyarthaṃ yogaṃ pāśupataṃ mahat

(I taught) the great Pāśupata yoga, which illuminates the path of knowledge, for the sake of cutting the bond of saṃsāra and for the attainment of knowledge of one's own true nature.

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LiP 24.136

योगमार्गा अनेकाश् च ज्ञानमार्गास् त्व् अनेकशः न निवृत्तिमुपायान्ति विना पञ्चाक्षरीं क्वचित्

yogamārgā anekāś ca jñānamārgās tv anekaśaḥ na nivṛttimupāyānti vinā pañcākṣarīṃ kvacit

The paths of yoga are many, and the paths of knowledge manifold; but they never lead to cessation without the five-syllable (mantra).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.137

यदाचरेत्तपश्चायं सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितम् तदा स मुक्तो मन्तव्यः पक्वं फलमिव स्थितः

yadācarettapaścāyaṃ sarvadvandvavivarjitam tadā sa mukto mantavyaḥ pakvaṃ phalamiva sthitaḥ

When a man practises this austerity, free of all pairs of opposites, then he is to be regarded as liberated, standing like a ripened fruit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.138

एकाहं यः पुमान्सम्यक् चरेत्पाशुपतव्रतम् न सांख्ये पञ्चरात्रे वा न प्राप्नोति गतिं कदा

ekāhaṃ yaḥ pumānsamyak caretpāśupatavratam na sāṃkhye pañcarātre vā na prāpnoti gatiṃ kadā

What man who rightly practises the Pāśupata vow even for a single day does not at some time attain the goal that is not (found) in Sāṃkhya or in the Pañcarātra?

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

LiP 24.139

इत्येतद्वै मया प्रोक्तम् अवतारेषु लक्षणम् मन्वादिकृष्णपर्यन्तम् अष्टाविंशद् युगक्रमात्

ityetadvai mayā proktam avatāreṣu lakṣaṇam manvādikṛṣṇaparyantam aṣṭāviṃśad yugakramāt

Thus has this mark of the incarnations been declared by me, from Manu onward down to Kṛṣṇa, in the sequence of the twenty-eight ages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.140

तत्र श्रुतिसमूहानां विभागो धर्मलक्षणः भविष्यति तदा कल्पे कृष्णद्वैपायनो यदा

tatra śrutisamūhānāṃ vibhāgo dharmalakṣaṇaḥ bhaviṣyati tadā kalpe kṛṣṇadvaipāyano yadā

Therein the division of the collections of scripture, marked by dharma, shall take place in that kalpa, when Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (appears).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.141

निशम्यैवं महातेजा महादेवेन कीर्तितम् रुद्रावतारं भगवान् प्रणिपत्य महेश्वरम्

niśamyaivaṃ mahātejā mahādevena kīrtitam rudrāvatāraṃ bhagavān praṇipatya maheśvaram

Having thus heard the descent of Rudra proclaimed by Mahādeva, the Lord of great splendour bowed down to Maheśvara

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LiP 24.142

तुष्टाव वाग्भिर् इष्टाभिः पुनः प्राह च शङ्करम् सर्वे विष्णुमया देवाः सर्वे विष्णुमया गणाः

tuṣṭāva vāgbhir iṣṭābhiḥ punaḥ prāha ca śaṅkaram sarve viṣṇumayā devāḥ sarve viṣṇumayā gaṇāḥ

He praised (Śiva) with pleasing words and spoke again to Śaṅkara: "All the gods are made of Viṣṇu, all the hosts are made of Viṣṇu."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.143

न हि विष्णुसमा काचिद् गतिरन्या विधीयते इत्येवं सततं वेदा गायन्ति नात्र संशयः

na hi viṣṇusamā kācid gatiranyā vidhīyate ityevaṃ satataṃ vedā gāyanti nātra saṃśayaḥ

"For no other goal is ordained equal to Viṣṇu" — thus the Vedas constantly sing; there is no doubt in this.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 24.144

स देवदेवो भगवांस् तव लिङ्गार्चने रतः तव प्रणामपरमः कथं देवो ह्यभूत्प्रभुः

sa devadevo bhagavāṃs tava liṅgārcane rataḥ tava praṇāmaparamaḥ kathaṃ devo hyabhūtprabhuḥ

(Yet) that god of gods, the Lord, is devoted to the worship of your liṅga, and holds bowing to you as highest — how did that god become the Lord?

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LiP 24.145

निशम्य वचनं तस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः प्रपिबन्निव चक्षुर्भ्यां प्रीतस्तत्प्रश्नगौरवात्

niśamya vacanaṃ tasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ prapibanniva cakṣurbhyāṃ prītastatpraśnagauravāt

Hearing that speech of Brahmā, the highest-placed one, (Śiva was) as if drinking (him) in with his two eyes, pleased by the weightiness of that question.

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LiP 24.146

पूजाप्रकरणं तस्मै तमालोक्याह शङ्करः भवान्नारायणश्चैव शक्रः साक्षात्सुरोत्तमः

pūjāprakaraṇaṃ tasmai tamālokyāha śaṅkaraḥ bhavānnārāyaṇaścaiva śakraḥ sākṣātsurottamaḥ

Looking at him, Śaṅkara declared to him the procedure of worship: "You, and Nārāyaṇa, and Śakra, are manifestly the best of the gods."

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LiP 24.147

मुनयश् च सदा लिङ्गं सम्पूज्य विधिपूर्वकम् स्वंस्वं पदं विभो प्राप्तास् तस्मात् सम्पूजयन्ति ते

munayaś ca sadā liṅgaṃ sampūjya vidhipūrvakam svaṃsvaṃ padaṃ vibho prāptās tasmāt sampūjayanti te

"And the sages, O mighty one, having always worshipped the liṅga according to rule, have attained each his own station; therefore they worship (it)."

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LiP 24.148

लिङ्गार्चनं विना निष्ठा नास्ति तस्माज्जनार्दनः आत्मनो यजते नित्यं श्रद्धया भगवान्प्रभुः

liṅgārcanaṃ vinā niṣṭhā nāsti tasmājjanārdanaḥ ātmano yajate nityaṃ śraddhayā bhagavānprabhuḥ

"Without worship of the liṅga there is no final establishment; therefore Janārdana, the Lord, the Blessed One, sacrifices to himself constantly with faith."

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LiP 24.149

इत्येवमुक्त्वा ब्रह्माणम् अनुगृह्य महेश्वरः पुनः सम्प्रेक्ष्य देवेशं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

ityevamuktvā brahmāṇam anugṛhya maheśvaraḥ punaḥ samprekṣya deveśaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

Having spoken thus and shown favour to Brahmā, Maheśvara, looking once more at the lord of gods, vanished right there.

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LiP 24.150

तमुद्दिश्य तदा ब्रह्मा नमस्कृत्य कृताञ्जलिः स्रष्टुं त्वशेषं भगवांल् लब्धसंज्ञस्तु शङ्करात्

tamuddiśya tadā brahmā namaskṛtya kṛtāñjaliḥ sraṣṭuṃ tvaśeṣaṃ bhagavāṃl labdhasaṃjñastu śaṅkarāt

Then Brahmā, indicating him, having made obeisance with joined palms, (set out) to create the whole (world), the blessed one having obtained the instruction from Śaṅkara.

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