Linga Purana — Chapter 32

LiP 32.1

नमो दिग्वाससे नित्यं कृतान्ताय त्रिशूलिने विकटाय करालाय करालवदनाय च

namo digvāsase nityaṃ kṛtāntāya triśūline vikaṭāya karālāya karālavadanāya ca

Homage always to him whose garment is the (four) quarters, to the maker of the end, to the trident-bearer, to the misshapen one, to the fearsome one, and to him of the fearsome face.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.2

अरूपाय सुरूपाय विश्वरूपाय ते नमः कटङ्कटाय रुद्राय स्वाहाकाराय वै नमः

arūpāya surūpāya viśvarūpāya te namaḥ kaṭaṅkaṭāya rudrāya svāhākārāya vai namaḥ

Homage to you, the formless, the beautiful-formed, the one whose form is the universe; homage indeed to Kaṭaṅkaṭa, to Rudra, to him who is the utterance "svāhā."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.3

सर्वप्रणतदेहाय स्वयं च प्रणतात्मने नित्यं नीलशिखण्डाय श्रीकण्ठाय नमोनमः

sarvapraṇatadehāya svayaṃ ca praṇatātmane nityaṃ nīlaśikhaṇḍāya śrīkaṇṭhāya namonamaḥ

To him whose body all bow to, and who is himself humble in self, to him always with a dark crest of hair, to Śrīkaṇṭha, homage upon homage.

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

LiP 32.4

नीलकण्ठाय देवाय चिताभस्माङ्गधारिणे त्वं ब्रह्मा सर्वदेवानां रुद्राणां नीललोहितः

nīlakaṇṭhāya devāya citābhasmāṅgadhāriṇe tvaṃ brahmā sarvadevānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ nīlalohitaḥ

To the blue-throated god, who wears the ashes of the cremation ground on his limbs: you are Brahmā among all the gods, and the blue-red one (Nīlalohita) among the Rudras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.5

आत्मा च सर्वभूतानां सांख्यैः पुरुष उच्यते पर्वतानां महामेरुर् नक्षत्राणां च चन्द्रमाः

ātmā ca sarvabhūtānāṃ sāṃkhyaiḥ puruṣa ucyate parvatānāṃ mahāmerur nakṣatrāṇāṃ ca candramāḥ

And (you are) the self of all beings, called Puruṣa by the Sāṃkhyas; among mountains the great Meru, and among the stars the moon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.6

ऋषीणां च वसिष्ठस् त्वं देवानां वासवस् तथा ओङ्कारः सर्ववेदानां श्रेष्ठं साम च सामसु

ṛṣīṇāṃ ca vasiṣṭhas tvaṃ devānāṃ vāsavas tathā oṅkāraḥ sarvavedānāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sāma ca sāmasu

And among the sages you are Vasiṣṭha, and among the gods Vāsava; the syllable Oṃ among all the Vedas, and the best Sāman among the Sāmans.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.7

आरण्यानां पशूनां च सिंहस्त्वं परमेश्वरः ग्राम्याणामृषभश्चासि भगवांल्लोकपूजितः

āraṇyānāṃ paśūnāṃ ca siṃhastvaṃ parameśvaraḥ grāmyāṇāmṛṣabhaścāsi bhagavāṃllokapūjitaḥ

Among the beasts of the forest you are the lion, O supreme Lord; and among the domestic ones you are the bull, O Lord honoured by the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.8

सर्वथा वर्तमानो ऽपि यो यो भावो भविष्यति त्वामेव तत्र पश्यामो ब्रह्मणा कथितं तथा

sarvathā vartamāno 'pi yo yo bhāvo bhaviṣyati tvāmeva tatra paśyāmo brahmaṇā kathitaṃ tathā

Whatever state of being exists in any way at present, and whatever will come to be — there too we see you alone, just as it was declared by Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.9

कामः क्रोधश् च लोभश् च विषादो मद एव च एतद् इच्छामहे बोद्धुं प्रसीद परमेश्वर

kāmaḥ krodhaś ca lobhaś ca viṣādo mada eva ca etad icchāmahe boddhuṃ prasīda parameśvara

Desire, and anger, and greed, dejection and intoxication too — this we wish to understand; be gracious, O supreme Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.10

महासंहरणे प्राप्ते त्वया देव कृतात्मना करं ललाटे संविध्य वह्निरुत्पादितस्त्वया

mahāsaṃharaṇe prāpte tvayā deva kṛtātmanā karaṃ lalāṭe saṃvidhya vahnirutpāditastvayā

When the great dissolution had arrived, O god, by you, whose self is accomplished, placing your hand on your forehead, fire was brought forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.11

तेनाग्निना तदा लोका अर्चिर्भिः सर्वतो वृताः तस्मादग्निसमा ह्येते बहवो विकृताग्नयः

tenāgninā tadā lokā arcirbhiḥ sarvato vṛtāḥ tasmādagnisamā hyete bahavo vikṛtāgnayaḥ

By that fire the worlds were then enveloped on every side with flames; therefore these many altered fires are indeed equal to (that) fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.12

कामः क्रोधश् च लोभश् च मोहो दम्भ उपद्रवः यानि चान्यानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च

kāmaḥ krodhaś ca lobhaś ca moho dambha upadravaḥ yāni cānyāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

Desire, anger, greed, delusion, arrogance, calamity, and whatever other beings there are, unmoving and moving —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.13

दह्यन्ते प्राणिनस्ते तु त्वत्समुत्थेन वह्निना अस्माकं दह्यमानानां त्राता भव सुरेश्वर

dahyante prāṇinaste tu tvatsamutthena vahninā asmākaṃ dahyamānānāṃ trātā bhava sureśvara

But those living beings of yours are being burned by the fire that has risen from you; be the rescuer of us who are burning, O lord of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.14

त्वं च लोकहितार्थाय भूतानि परिषिञ्चसि महेश्वर महाभाग प्रभो शुभनिरीक्षक

tvaṃ ca lokahitārthāya bhūtāni pariṣiñcasi maheśvara mahābhāga prabho śubhanirīkṣaka

And you, for the welfare of the world, sprinkle the beings (with water), O Maheśvara, greatly fortunate one, O lord, you whose gaze is auspicious.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

LiP 32.15

आज्ञापय वयं नाथ कर्तारो वचनं तव भूतकोटिसहस्रेषु रूपकोटिशतेषु च

ājñāpaya vayaṃ nātha kartāro vacanaṃ tava bhūtakoṭisahasreṣu rūpakoṭiśateṣu ca

— tr. refused: cyber

LiP 32.16

अन्तं गन्तुं न शक्ताः स्म देवदेव नमो ऽस्तु ते

antaṃ gantuṃ na śaktāḥ sma devadeva namo 'stu te

— tr. refused: cyber