Linga Purana — Chapter 34
LiP 34.1
एतद्वः सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि कथा सर्वस्वमद्य वै अग्निर्ह्यहं सोमकर्ता सोमश्चाग्निमुपाश्रितः
etadvaḥ sampravakṣyāmi kathā sarvasvamadya vai agnirhyahaṃ somakartā somaścāgnimupāśritaḥ
"This I shall fully declare to you today, the whole substance of the account: I am indeed Agni, the maker of Soma, and Soma rests upon Agni.
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LiP 34.2
कृतमेतद्वहत्यग्निर् भूयो लोकसमाश्रयात् असकृत्त्वग्निना दग्धं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्
kṛtametadvahatyagnir bhūyo lokasamāśrayāt asakṛttvagninā dagdhaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam
Agni bears this, once made, again by reason of its dependence on the world; not once only has the world, moving and unmoving, been burnt by Agni.
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LiP 34.3
भस्मसाद्विहितं सर्वं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् भस्मना वीर्यमास्थाय भूतानि परिषिञ्चति
bhasmasādvihitaṃ sarvaṃ pavitramidamuttamam bhasmanā vīryamāsthāya bhūtāni pariṣiñcati
All this, reduced to ash, is this highest purifier; taking on power through the ash, one sprinkles the beings.
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LiP 34.4
अग्निकार्यं च यः कृत्वा करिष्यति त्रियायुषम् भस्मना मम वीर्येण मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
agnikāryaṃ ca yaḥ kṛtvā kariṣyati triyāyuṣam bhasmanā mama vīryeṇa mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
And whoever, having performed the fire-rite, will perform the triple-life (rite) with ash, by my power he is freed from all sins.
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LiP 34.5
भासत इत्येव यद्भस्म शुभं भावयते च यत् भक्षणात् सर्वपापानां भस्मेति परिकीर्तितम्
bhāsata ityeva yadbhasma śubhaṃ bhāvayate ca yat bhakṣaṇāt sarvapāpānāṃ bhasmeti parikīrtitam
Because it shines (bhāsate) and because it produces what is auspicious, and from the devouring of all sins, it is called 'bhasma' (ash).
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LiP 34.6
ऊष्मपाः पितरो ज्ञेया देवा वै सोमसंभवाः अग्नीषोमात्मकं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
ūṣmapāḥ pitaro jñeyā devā vai somasaṃbhavāḥ agnīṣomātmakaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
The fathers are to be known as heat-drinkers, and the gods as arisen from Soma; the whole world, moving and unmoving, has Agni and Soma for its self.
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LiP 34.7
अहमग्निर्महातेजाः सोमश्चैषा महांबिका अहमग्निश् च सोमश् च प्रकृत्या पुरुषः स्वयम्
ahamagnirmahātejāḥ somaścaiṣā mahāṃbikā ahamagniś ca somaś ca prakṛtyā puruṣaḥ svayam
I am Agni of great splendour, and she, the great Mother, is Soma; I am both Agni and Soma, myself the Puruṣa along with Prakṛti.
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LiP 34.8
तस्माद्भस्म महाभागा मद्वीर्यमिति चोच्यते स्ववीर्यं वपुषा चैव धारयामीति वै स्थितिः
tasmādbhasma mahābhāgā madvīryamiti cocyate svavīryaṃ vapuṣā caiva dhārayāmīti vai sthitiḥ
Therefore, greatly fortunate ones, the ash is said to be my power; and the settled rule is: 'I bear my own power upon my body.'
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LiP 34.9
तदाप्रभृति लोकेषु रक्षार्थमशुभेषु च भस्मना क्रियते रक्षा सूतिकानां गृहेषु च
tadāprabhṛti lokeṣu rakṣārthamaśubheṣu ca bhasmanā kriyate rakṣā sūtikānāṃ gṛheṣu ca
From that time on, in the worlds protection is made with ash for the sake of guarding against inauspicious things, and in the houses of women who have given birth.
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LiP 34.10
भस्मस्नानविशुद्धात्मा जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः मत्समीपं समागम्य न भूयो विनिवर्तते
bhasmasnānaviśuddhātmā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ matsamīpaṃ samāgamya na bhūyo vinivartate
He whose self is purified by the ash-bath, who has conquered anger and conquered his senses, having come near to me does not return again.
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LiP 34.11
व्रतं पाशुपतं योगं कापिलं चैव निर्मितम् पूर्वं पाशुपतं ह्येतन् निर्मितं तदनुत्तमम्
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ kāpilaṃ caiva nirmitam pūrvaṃ pāśupataṃ hyetan nirmitaṃ tadanuttamam
The Pāśupata observance and the Kāpila yoga were (both) established; but this Pāśupata (observance) was established first, and it is the most excellent.
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LiP 34.12
शेषाश्चाश्रमिणः सर्वे पश्चात्सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा सृष्टिरेषा मया सृष्टा लज्जामोहभयात्मिका
śeṣāścāśramiṇaḥ sarve paścātsṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā sṛṣṭireṣā mayā sṛṣṭā lajjāmohabhayātmikā
All the rest, the followers of the (other) āśramas, were created afterwards by the Self-existent one. This creation, made up of shame, delusion and fear, was created by me.
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LiP 34.13
नग्ना एव हि जायन्ते देवता मुनयस् तथा ये चान्ये मानवा लोके सर्वे जायन्त्यवाससः
nagnā eva hi jāyante devatā munayas tathā ye cānye mānavā loke sarve jāyantyavāsasaḥ
For the gods are born naked, and likewise the sages; and whatever other human beings there are in the world, all are born without clothing.
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LiP 34.14
इन्द्रियैरजितैर्नग्नो दुकूलेनापि संवृतः तैरेव संवृतैर्गुप्तो न वस्त्रं कारणं स्मृतम्
indriyairajitairnagno dukūlenāpi saṃvṛtaḥ taireva saṃvṛtairgupto na vastraṃ kāraṇaṃ smṛtam
One whose senses are unsubdued is naked even when wrapped in fine cloth; but he who is covered by those very (senses), when they are restrained, is protected. Cloth is not held to be the cause.
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LiP 34.15
क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च वैराग्यं चैव सर्वशः तुल्यौ मानावमानौ च तदावरणमुत्तमम्
kṣamā dhṛtirahiṃsā ca vairāgyaṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ tulyau mānāvamānau ca tadāvaraṇamuttamam
Patience, firmness, non-injury, and complete dispassion, and (holding) honour and dishonour to be equal — that is the highest covering.
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LiP 34.16
भस्मस्नानेन दिग्धाङ्गो ध्यायते मनसा भवम् यद्यकार्यसहस्राणि कृत्वा यः स्नाति भस्मना
bhasmasnānena digdhāṅgo dhyāyate manasā bhavam yadyakāryasahasrāṇi kṛtvā yaḥ snāti bhasmanā
With his limbs smeared by the ash-bath, he meditates on Bhava with his mind. Even if one has committed thousands of forbidden deeds, if he bathes in ash,
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LiP 34.17
तत्सर्वं दहते भस्म यथाग्निस्तेजसा वनम् तस्माद् यत्नपरो भूत्वा त्रिकालमपि यः सदा
tatsarvaṃ dahate bhasma yathāgnistejasā vanam tasmād yatnaparo bhūtvā trikālamapi yaḥ sadā
the ash burns all that up, as fire (burns) a forest with its blaze. Therefore, becoming intent on the effort, whoever always, even at the three times (of day),
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LiP 34.18
भस्मना कुरुते स्नानं गाणपत्यं स गच्छति समाहृत्य क्रतून् सर्वान् गृहीत्वा व्रतमुत्तमम्
bhasmanā kurute snānaṃ gāṇapatyaṃ sa gacchati samāhṛtya kratūn sarvān gṛhītvā vratamuttamam
performs the bath with ash, he attains the state of Gaṇapati. Having gathered up all the sacrifices (into it), having taken up this highest observance,
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LiP 34.19
ध्यायन्ति ये महादेवं लीलासद्भावभाविताः उत्तरेणार्यपन्थानं ते ऽमृतत्वमवाप्नुयुः
dhyāyanti ye mahādevaṃ līlāsadbhāvabhāvitāḥ uttareṇāryapanthānaṃ te 'mṛtatvamavāpnuyuḥ
those who meditate on Mahādeva, matured in the true feeling of (his) play, would attain immortality by the northern path of the noble ones.
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LiP 34.20
दक्षिणेन च पन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे अणिमा गरिमा चैव लघिमा प्राप्तिरेव च
dakṣiṇena ca panthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire aṇimā garimā caiva laghimā prāptireva ca
And those who resorted to the cremation grounds by the southern path — (theirs are) minuteness, heaviness, lightness, and attainment (of what is wished),
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LiP 34.21
इच्छा कामावसायित्वं तथा प्राकाम्यमेव च ईक्षणेन च पन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे अणिमा गरिमा चैव लघिमा प्राप्तिरेव च
icchā kāmāvasāyitvaṃ tathā prākāmyameva ca īkṣaṇena ca panthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire aṇimā garimā caiva laghimā prāptireva ca
will, the power of realizing one's desires, and likewise irresistible wish; and those who resorted to the cremation grounds by (mere) looking — (theirs are) minuteness, heaviness, lightness, and attainment.
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LiP 34.22
इन्द्रादयस् तथा देवाः कामिकव्रतमास्थिताः ऐश्वर्यं परमं प्राप्य सर्वे प्रथिततेजसः
indrādayas tathā devāḥ kāmikavratamāsthitāḥ aiśvaryaṃ paramaṃ prāpya sarve prathitatejasaḥ
And the gods, Indra and the rest, who undertook the observance of desires, all attained supreme lordship and became of far-famed splendour.
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LiP 34.23
व्यपगतमदमोहमुक्तरागस् तमोरजोदोषविवर्जितस्वभावः परिभवमिदमुत्तमं विदित्वा पशुपतियोगपरो भवेत्सदैव
vyapagatamadamohamuktarāgas tamorajodoṣavivarjitasvabhāvaḥ paribhavamidamuttamaṃ viditvā paśupatiyogaparo bhavetsadaiva
With intoxication and delusion gone, released from passion, his nature freed from the faults of darkness and activity, knowing this highest disdain (for the world), let one be ever devoted to the yoga of Paśupati.
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LiP 34.24
इमं पाशुपतं ध्यायन् सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् यः पठेच्च शुचिर्भूत्वा श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः
imaṃ pāśupataṃ dhyāyan sarvapāpapraṇāśanam yaḥ paṭhecca śucirbhūtvā śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ
Whoever, having become pure, believing, with senses subdued, meditates on and recites this Pāśupata (text), the destroyer of all sins,
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LiP 34.25
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति ते सर्वे मुनयः श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठाद्या द्विजोत्तमाः
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati te sarve munayaḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭhādyā dvijottamāḥ
his self cleansed of all sin, he goes to the world of Rudra. All those sages, Vasiṣṭha and the others, best of the twice-born, having heard (this),
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LiP 34.26
भस्मपाण्डुरदिग्धाङ्गा बभूवुर्विगतस्पृहाः रुद्रलोकाय कल्पान्ते संस्थिताः शिवतेजसा
bhasmapāṇḍuradigdhāṅgā babhūvurvigataspṛhāḥ rudralokāya kalpānte saṃsthitāḥ śivatejasā
became free of longing, their limbs smeared pale with ash, and by the power of Śiva they abided, (destined) for the world of Rudra at the end of the aeon.
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LiP 34.27
तस्मान्न निन्द्याः पूज्याश्च विकृता मलिना अपि रूपान्विताश् च विप्रेन्द्राः सदा योगीन्द्रशङ्कया
tasmānna nindyāḥ pūjyāśca vikṛtā malinā api rūpānvitāś ca viprendrāḥ sadā yogīndraśaṅkayā
Therefore the best of brahmins are not to be censured but to be honoured — even the deformed and the dirty, and (also) those endowed with beauty — always, from the suspicion that they may be great yogins.
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LiP 34.28
बहुना किं प्रलापेन भवभक्ता द्विजोत्तमाः संपूज्याः सर्वयत्नेन शिववन्नात्र संशयः
bahunā kiṃ pralāpena bhavabhaktā dvijottamāḥ saṃpūjyāḥ sarvayatnena śivavannātra saṃśayaḥ
What use is much talk? The best of the twice-born who are devoted to Bhava are to be worshipped with every effort as if they were Śiva; there is no doubt of this.
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LiP 34.29
मलिनाश्चैव विप्रेन्द्रा भवभक्ता दृढव्रताः दधीचस्तु यथा देवदेवं जित्वा व्यवस्थितः
malināścaiva viprendrā bhavabhaktā dṛḍhavratāḥ dadhīcastu yathā devadevaṃ jitvā vyavasthitaḥ
And the best of brahmins who are dirty, devoted to Bhava, firm in their vows — just as Dadhīca, having conquered the god of gods, stood firm,
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LiP 34.30
नारायणं तथा लोके रुद्रभक्त्या न संशयः तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन भस्मदिग्धतनूरुहाः
nārāyaṇaṃ tathā loke rudrabhaktyā na saṃśayaḥ tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhasmadigdhatanūruhāḥ
and likewise Nārāyaṇa in the world (conquered) by devotion to Rudra — there is no doubt. Therefore, with every effort, with the hair of their bodies smeared with ash,
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LiP 34.31
जटिनो मुण्डिनश्चैव नग्ना नानाप्रकारिणः संपूज्याः शिववन्नित्यं मनसा कर्मणा गिरा
jaṭino muṇḍinaścaiva nagnā nānāprakāriṇaḥ saṃpūjyāḥ śivavannityaṃ manasā karmaṇā girā
Those with matted locks, those with shaven heads, the naked, and (ascetics) of many kinds are always to be worshipped like Śiva, with mind, deed, and speech.
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