Linga Purana — Chapter 25

LiP 25.1

कथं पूज्यो महादेवो लिङ्गमूर्तिर्महेश्वरः वक्तुमर्हसि चास्माकं रोमहर्षण सांप्रतम्

kathaṃ pūjyo mahādevo liṅgamūrtirmaheśvaraḥ vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ romaharṣaṇa sāṃpratam

"How is Mahādeva, Maheśvara whose form is the liṅga, to be worshipped? You ought to tell us now, O Romaharṣaṇa."

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LiP 25.2

देव्या पृष्टो महादेवः कैलासे तां नगात्मजाम् अङ्कस्थामाह देवेशो लिङ्गार्चनविधिं क्रमात्

devyā pṛṣṭo mahādevaḥ kailāse tāṃ nagātmajām aṅkasthāmāha deveśo liṅgārcanavidhiṃ kramāt

Mahādeva, questioned by the Goddess on Kailāsa — the lord of gods told her, the mountain's daughter, seated on his lap, the rule of liṅga-worship in order.

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LiP 25.3

तदा पार्श्वे स्थितो नन्दी शालङ्कायनकात्मजः श्रुत्वाखिलं पुरा प्राह ब्रह्मपुत्राय सुव्रताः

tadā pārśve sthito nandī śālaṅkāyanakātmajaḥ śrutvākhilaṃ purā prāha brahmaputrāya suvratāḥ

Then Nandī, son of Śālaṅkāyana, standing at (his) side, having heard the whole of it, formerly told it to Brahmā's son, O you of good vows.

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LiP 25.4

सनत्कुमाराय शुभं लिङ्गार्चनविधिं परम् तस्माद्व्यासो महातेजाः श्रुतवाञ्छ्रुतिसंमितम्

sanatkumārāya śubhaṃ liṅgārcanavidhiṃ param tasmādvyāso mahātejāḥ śrutavāñchrutisaṃmitam

To Sanatkumāra (he told) the auspicious, supreme rule of liṅga-worship; from him the greatly splendid Vyāsa heard it, equal in authority to the Veda.

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LiP 25.5

स्नानयोगोपचारं च यथा शैलादिनो मुखात् श्रुतवान् तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि स्नानाद्यं चार्चनाविधिम्

snānayogopacāraṃ ca yathā śailādino mukhāt śrutavān tatpravakṣyāmi snānādyaṃ cārcanāvidhim

And as I heard the practice of bathing and yoga from the mouth of Śailādi's son, that I shall declare — the bathing and the rest, and the rule of worship.

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LiP 25.6

अथ स्नानविधिं वक्ष्ये ब्राह्मणानां हिताय च सर्वपापहरं साक्षाच् छिवेन कथितं पुरा

atha snānavidhiṃ vakṣye brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya ca sarvapāpaharaṃ sākṣāc chivena kathitaṃ purā

Now I shall declare the rule of bathing, for the welfare of brahmins, remover of all sins, told formerly by Śiva himself.

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LiP 25.7

अनेन विधिना स्नात्वा सकृत्पूज्य च शङ्करम् ब्रह्मकूर्चं च पीत्वा तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

anena vidhinā snātvā sakṛtpūjya ca śaṅkaram brahmakūrcaṃ ca pītvā tu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Having bathed by this rule and worshipped Śaṅkara once, and drunk the brahmakūrca, one is released from all sins.

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LiP 25.8

त्रिविधं स्नानमाख्यातं देवदेवेन शंभुना हिताय ब्राह्मणाद्यानां चतुर्मुखसुतोत्तम

trividhaṃ snānamākhyātaṃ devadevena śaṃbhunā hitāya brāhmaṇādyānāṃ caturmukhasutottama

Bathing has been declared of three kinds by Śambhu, the god of gods, for the welfare of brahmins and the rest, O best of the four-faced one's sons.

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LiP 25.9

वारुणं पुरतः कृत्वा ततश्चाग्नेयमुत्तमम् मन्त्रस्नानं ततः कृत्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्

vāruṇaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā tataścāgneyamuttamam mantrasnānaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pūjayetparameśvaram

Doing first the water-bath (vāruṇa), then the excellent fire-bath (āgneya), then having done the mantra-bath, one should worship the supreme Lord.

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LiP 25.10

भावदुष्टो ऽम्भसि स्नात्वा भस्मना च न शुध्यति भावशुद्धश्चरेच्छौचम् अन्यथा न समाचरेत्

bhāvaduṣṭo 'mbhasi snātvā bhasmanā ca na śudhyati bhāvaśuddhaścarecchaucam anyathā na samācaret

One impure in intention is not purified by bathing in water nor by ashes; one pure in intention should perform the cleansing rite — otherwise let him not perform it.

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LiP 25.11

सरित्सरस्तडागेषु सर्वेष्व् आ प्रलयं नरः स्नात्वापि भावदुष्टश्चेन् न शुध्यति न संशयः

saritsarastaḍāgeṣu sarveṣv ā pralayaṃ naraḥ snātvāpi bhāvaduṣṭaścen na śudhyati na saṃśayaḥ

Even if a man bathes in all rivers, lakes and ponds until the dissolution (of the world), if he is impure in intention he is not purified — there is no doubt.

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LiP 25.12

नृणां हि चित्तकमलं प्रबुद्धमभवद्यदा प्रसुप्तं तमसा ज्ञानभानोर्भासा तदा शुचिः

nṛṇāṃ hi cittakamalaṃ prabuddhamabhavadyadā prasuptaṃ tamasā jñānabhānorbhāsā tadā śuciḥ

For when the lotus of men's mind, asleep through darkness, has been awakened by the radiance of the sun of knowledge, then (a man) is pure.

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LiP 25.13

मृच्छकृत्तिलपुष्पं च स्नानार्थं भसितं तथा आदाय तीरे निःक्षिप्य स्नानतीर्थे कुशानि च

mṛcchakṛttilapuṣpaṃ ca snānārthaṃ bhasitaṃ tathā ādāya tīre niḥkṣipya snānatīrthe kuśāni ca

Having taken earth, cow-dung, sesame and flowers, and likewise ash for the bath, and kuśa grass, and having deposited (them) on the bank at the bathing-place,

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LiP 25.14

प्रक्षाल्याचम्य पादौ च मलं देहाद्विशोध्य च द्रव्यैस्तु तीरदेशस्थैस् ततः स्नानं समाचरेत्

prakṣālyācamya pādau ca malaṃ dehādviśodhya ca dravyaistu tīradeśasthais tataḥ snānaṃ samācaret

and having washed and rinsed his feet, and having cleansed the dirt from his body with the substances placed on the bank, he should then perform the bath.

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LiP 25.15

उद्धृतासीतिमन्त्रेण पुनर्देहं विशोधयेत् मृदादाय ततश्चान्यद् वस्त्रं स्नात्वा ह्यनुल्बणम्

uddhṛtāsītimantreṇa punardehaṃ viśodhayet mṛdādāya tataścānyad vastraṃ snātvā hyanulbaṇam

With the mantra "uddhṛtāsi" ("thou art raised up") he should cleanse his body again; then, having taken clay and bathed, (he should put on) another garment, one not coarse.

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LiP 25.16

गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षाम् इति मन्त्रेण मन्त्रवित् कपिलागोमयेनैव खस्थेनैव तु लेपयेत्

gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣām iti mantreṇa mantravit kapilāgomayenaiva khasthenaiva tu lepayet

With the mantra "gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣām", the knower of mantras should smear (himself) with the dung of a tawny cow, (caught) while still in the air (not fallen on the ground).

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LiP 25.17

पुनः स्नात्वा परित्यज्य तद्वस्त्रं मलिनं ततः शुक्लवस्त्रपरीधानो भूत्वा स्नानं समाचरेत्

punaḥ snātvā parityajya tadvastraṃ malinaṃ tataḥ śuklavastraparīdhāno bhūtvā snānaṃ samācaret

Having bathed again and cast off that soiled garment, then, having put on a white garment, he should perform the bath.

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LiP 25.18

सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थम् आवाह्य वरुणं तथा सम्पूज्य मनसा देवं ध्यानयज्ञेन वै भवम्

sarvapāpaviśuddhyartham āvāhya varuṇaṃ tathā sampūjya manasā devaṃ dhyānayajñena vai bhavam

For the purification of all sins, having invoked Varuṇa, and having worshipped in mind the god Bhava with the sacrifice of meditation,

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LiP 25.19

आचम्य त्रिस्तदा तीर्थे ह्य् अवगाह्य भवं स्मरन् पुनराचम्य विधिवद् अभिमन्त्र्य महाजलम्

ācamya tristadā tīrthe hy avagāhya bhavaṃ smaran punarācamya vidhivad abhimantrya mahājalam

then, having sipped water three times at the sacred bathing-place, having immersed himself while remembering Bhava, having sipped again according to rule, and having consecrated the great water with mantras,

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LiP 25.20

अवगाह्य पुनस्तस्मिन् जपेद्वै चाघमर्षणम् तत्तोये भानुसोमाग्निमण्डलं च स्मरेद्वशी

avagāhya punastasmin japedvai cāghamarṣaṇam tattoye bhānusomāgnimaṇḍalaṃ ca smaredvaśī

having immersed himself in it again, he should mutter the Aghamarṣaṇa (hymn); and the self-controlled one should call to mind in that water the orb of the sun, the moon and fire.

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LiP 25.21

आचम्य च पुनस्तस्माज् जलादुत्तीर्य मन्त्रवित् प्रविश्य तीर्थमध्ये तु पुनः पुण्यविवृद्धये

ācamya ca punastasmāj jalāduttīrya mantravit praviśya tīrthamadhye tu punaḥ puṇyavivṛddhaye

And having sipped water and come up out of that water again, the knower of mantras, entering into the middle of the sacred water once more for the increase of merit,

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LiP 25.22

शृङ्गेण पर्णपुटकैः पालाशैः क्षालितैस् तथा सकुशेन सपुष्पेण जलेनैवाभिषेचयेत्

śṛṅgeṇa parṇapuṭakaiḥ pālāśaiḥ kṣālitais tathā sakuśena sapuṣpeṇa jalenaivābhiṣecayet

should sprinkle himself with water with a horn, or with washed leaf-cups of palāśa leaves, together with kuśa grass and flowers,

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LiP 25.23

रुद्रेण पवमानेन त्वरिताख्येन मन्त्रवित् तरत्समन्दीवर्गाद्यैस् तथा शान्तिद्वयेन च

rudreṇa pavamānena tvaritākhyena mantravit taratsamandīvargādyais tathā śāntidvayena ca

the knower of mantras (doing so) with the Rudra (hymn), with the Pavamāna, with the one called Tvaritā, with the Taratsamandī group and the rest, and with the two Śānti (hymns),

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LiP 25.24

शान्तिधर्मेण चैकेन पञ्चब्रह्मपवित्रकैः तत्तन्मन्त्राधिदेवानां स्वरूपं च ऋषीन् स्मरन्

śāntidharmeṇa caikena pañcabrahmapavitrakaiḥ tattanmantrādhidevānāṃ svarūpaṃ ca ṛṣīn smaran

and with the single Śāntidharma, and with the purifying Five Brahma (mantras), while calling to mind the proper forms of the presiding deities of each of those mantras, and the seers.

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LiP 25.25

एवं हि चाभिषिच्याथ स्वमूर्ध्नि पयसा द्विजाः ध्यायेच्च त्र्यम्बकं देवं हृदि पञ्चास्यम् ईश्वरम्

evaṃ hi cābhiṣicyātha svamūrdhni payasā dvijāḥ dhyāyecca tryambakaṃ devaṃ hṛdi pañcāsyam īśvaram

Thus, having sprinkled water on his own head, O twice-born ones, he should meditate in his heart on the god Tryambaka, the five-faced Lord.

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LiP 25.26

आचम्याचमनं कुर्यात् स्वसूत्रोक्तं समीक्ष्य च पवित्रहस्तः स्वासीनः शुचौ देशे यथाविधि

ācamyācamanaṃ kuryāt svasūtroktaṃ samīkṣya ca pavitrahastaḥ svāsīnaḥ śucau deśe yathāvidhi

Having sipped water, he should perform the rinsing of the mouth as stated in his own (ritual) sūtra, having considered it; with a purifying (kuśa) blade in his hand, seated well in a clean place, according to rule,

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LiP 25.27

अभ्युक्ष्य सकुशं चापि दक्षिणेन करेण तु पिबेत्प्रक्षिप्य त्रिस्तोयं चक्री भूत्वा ह्यतन्द्रितः

abhyukṣya sakuśaṃ cāpi dakṣiṇena kareṇa tu pibetprakṣipya tristoyaṃ cakrī bhūtvā hyatandritaḥ

and having sprinkled (himself) also with the kuśa grass, with his right hand he should drink, casting in water three times, becoming "one who has the circle" (holding the hand curved), and unwearied.

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LiP 25.28

प्रदक्षिणं ततः कुर्याद् धिंसापापप्रशान्तये एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं स्नानाचमनमुत्तमम्

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kuryād dhiṃsāpāpapraśāntaye evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ snānācamanamuttamam

Then he should make a circumambulation to the right for the appeasing of the sin of injury. Thus in brief has the excellent (rite of) bathing and rinsing been declared,

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LiP 25.29

सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणानां तु हितार्थे द्विजसत्तमाः

sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu hitārthe dvijasattamāḥ

for the benefit of all brahmins, O best of the twice-born.

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