Linga Purana — Chapter 35
LiP 35.1
कथं जघान राजानं क्षुपं पादेन सुव्रत दधीचः समरे जित्वा देवदेवं जनार्दनम्
kathaṃ jaghāna rājānaṃ kṣupaṃ pādena suvrata dadhīcaḥ samare jitvā devadevaṃ janārdanam
How, O you of good vows, did Dadhīca strike down King Kṣupa with his foot, having conquered in battle Janārdana, the god of gods?
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LiP 35.2
वज्रास्थित्वं कथं लेभे महादेवान्महातपाः वक्तुमर्हसि शैलादे जितो मृत्युस्त्वया यथा
vajrāsthitvaṃ kathaṃ lebhe mahādevānmahātapāḥ vaktumarhasi śailāde jito mṛtyustvayā yathā
How did that great ascetic obtain from Mahādeva the state of having bones (hard) as adamant? You ought to tell, O son of Śilāda, how death was conquered by you.
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LiP 35.3
ब्रह्मपुत्रो महातेजा राजा क्षुप इति स्मृतः अभून्मित्रो दधीचस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य जनेश्वरः
brahmaputro mahātejā rājā kṣupa iti smṛtaḥ abhūnmitro dadhīcasya munīndrasya janeśvaraḥ
Brahmā's son, of great brilliance, the king remembered as Kṣupa — that lord of men was a friend of Dadhīca, the chief of sages.
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LiP 35.4
चिरात्तयोः प्रसंगाद्वै वादः क्षुपदधीचयोः अभवत् क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठो विप्र एवेति विश्रुतः
cirāttayoḥ prasaṃgādvai vādaḥ kṣupadadhīcayoḥ abhavat kṣatriyaśreṣṭho vipra eveti viśrutaḥ
After a long time, out of their intimacy, a dispute arose between Kṣupa and Dadhīca: "The kṣatriya is highest" — "No, the brahmin" — so it is reported.
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LiP 35.5
अष्टानां लोकपालानां वपुर्धारयते नृपः तस्मादिन्द्रो ह्ययं वह्निर् यमश् च निरृतिस् तथा
aṣṭānāṃ lokapālānāṃ vapurdhārayate nṛpaḥ tasmādindro hyayaṃ vahnir yamaś ca nirṛtis tathā
The king bears the body of the eight guardians of the world; therefore he is Indra, and Fire, and Yama, and Nirṛti as well,
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LiP 35.6
वरुणश्चैव वायुश् च सोमो धनद एव च ईश्वरो ऽहं न संदेहो नावमन्तव्य एव च
varuṇaścaiva vāyuś ca somo dhanada eva ca īśvaro 'haṃ na saṃdeho nāvamantavya eva ca
and Varuṇa, and Vāyu, and Soma, and the giver of wealth (Kubera). I am the lord — there is no doubt — and I am not to be slighted.
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LiP 35.7
महती देवता या सा महतश्चापि सुव्रत तस्मात्त्वया महाभाग च्यावनेय सदा ह्यहम्
mahatī devatā yā sā mahataścāpi suvrata tasmāttvayā mahābhāga cyāvaneya sadā hyaham
That deity which is great, and (the deity) of the great, O you of good vows — therefore, O greatly fortunate son of Cyavana, by you I am always
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LiP 35.8
नावमन्तव्य एवेह पूजनीयश् च सर्वथा श्रुत्वा तथा मतं तस्य क्षुपस्य मुनिसत्तमः
nāvamantavya eveha pūjanīyaś ca sarvathā śrutvā tathā mataṃ tasya kṣupasya munisattamaḥ
not to be slighted here at all, and to be honoured in every way. Hearing that opinion of Kṣupa's, the best of sages,
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LiP 35.9
दधीचश् च्यावनिश् चोग्रो गौरवादात्मनो द्विजः अताडयत्क्षुपं मूर्ध्नि दधीचो वाममुष्टिना चिछेद वज्रेण च तं दधीचं बलवान् क्षुपः
dadhīcaś cyāvaniś cogro gauravādātmano dvijaḥ atāḍayatkṣupaṃ mūrdhni dadhīco vāmamuṣṭinā cicheda vajreṇa ca taṃ dadhīcaṃ balavān kṣupaḥ
Dadhīca, son of Cyavana, fierce, that brahmin, out of regard for his own dignity struck Kṣupa on the head with his left fist; and mighty Kṣupa cleft that Dadhīca with the thunderbolt.
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LiP 35.10
ब्रह्मलोके पुरासौ हि ब्रह्मणः क्षुतसंभवः लब्धं वज्रं च कार्यार्थं वज्रिणा चोदितः प्रभुः
brahmaloke purāsau hi brahmaṇaḥ kṣutasaṃbhavaḥ labdhaṃ vajraṃ ca kāryārthaṃ vajriṇā coditaḥ prabhuḥ
For formerly, in Brahmā's world, he had come into being from Brahmā's sneeze, and the thunderbolt was obtained (by him) for the sake of a task; that lord was urged on by the wielder of the thunderbolt.
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LiP 35.11
स्वेच्छयैव नरो भूत्वा नरपालो बभूव सः तस्माद्राजा स विप्रेन्द्रम् अजयद्वै महाबलः
svecchayaiva naro bhūtvā narapālo babhūva saḥ tasmādrājā sa viprendram ajayadvai mahābalaḥ
Of his own will, having become a man, he became a protector of men; therefore that king, of great strength, conquered the chief of brahmins.
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LiP 35.12
यथा वज्रधरः श्रीमान् बलवांस्तमसान्वितः पपात भूमौ निहतो वज्रेण द्विजपुङ्गवः
yathā vajradharaḥ śrīmān balavāṃstamasānvitaḥ papāta bhūmau nihato vajreṇa dvijapuṅgavaḥ
Just as (Indra) the glorious, mighty bearer of the thunderbolt (does), (so did he strike); that bull among the twice-born, slain by the thunderbolt, fell to the ground, overcome by darkness.
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LiP 35.13
सस्मार च तदा तत्र दुःखाद्वै भार्गवं मुनिम् शुक्रो ऽपि संधयामास ताडितं कुलिशेन तम्
sasmāra ca tadā tatra duḥkhādvai bhārgavaṃ munim śukro 'pi saṃdhayāmāsa tāḍitaṃ kuliśena tam
And then, out of pain, he remembered there the sage Bhārgava; and Śukra indeed knit together him who had been struck by the thunderbolt.
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LiP 35.14
योगादेत्य दधीचस्य देहं देहभृतांवरः संधाय पूर्ववद्देहं दधीचस्याह भार्गवः
yogādetya dadhīcasya dehaṃ dehabhṛtāṃvaraḥ saṃdhāya pūrvavaddehaṃ dadhīcasyāha bhārgavaḥ
Coming by yoga to Dadhīca's body, that best of the embodied, having joined the body together as before, Bhārgava said to Dadhīca:
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LiP 35.15
भो दधीच महाभाग देवदेवमुमापतिम् सम्पूज्य पूज्यं ब्रह्माद्यैर् देवदेवं निरञ्जनम्
bho dadhīca mahābhāga devadevamumāpatim sampūjya pūjyaṃ brahmādyair devadevaṃ nirañjanam
"Ho, Dadhīca, greatly fortunate one! Having worshipped the god of gods, Umā's husband, the god of gods who is to be worshipped by Brahmā and the rest, the stainless one,
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LiP 35.16
अवध्यो भव विप्रर्षे प्रसादात्त्र्यम्बकस्य तु मृतसंजीवनं तस्माल् लब्धमेतन्मया द्विज
avadhyo bhava viprarṣe prasādāttryambakasya tu mṛtasaṃjīvanaṃ tasmāl labdhametanmayā dvija
be unslayable, O brahmin seer, by the grace of Tryambaka; from him this (charm) that revives the dead was obtained by me, O twice-born one.
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LiP 35.17
नास्ति मृत्युभयं शंभोर् भक्तानामिह सर्वतः मृतसंजीवनं चापि शैवमद्य वदामि ते
nāsti mṛtyubhayaṃ śaṃbhor bhaktānāmiha sarvataḥ mṛtasaṃjīvanaṃ cāpi śaivamadya vadāmi te
For Śaṃbhu's devotees there is no fear of death here, from any quarter; and today I shall tell you the Śaiva (formula) that revives the dead:
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LiP 35.18
त्रियंबकं यजामहे त्रैलोक्यपितरं प्रभुम् त्रिमण्डलस्य पितरं त्रिगुणस्य महेश्वरम्
triyaṃbakaṃ yajāmahe trailokyapitaraṃ prabhum trimaṇḍalasya pitaraṃ triguṇasya maheśvaram
We worship Tryambaka, the lord, father of the three worlds, father of the three spheres, the great lord of the three guṇas,
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LiP 35.19
त्रितत्त्वस्य त्रिवह्नेश् च त्रिधाभूतस्य सर्वतः त्रिवेदस्य महादेवं सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्
tritattvasya trivahneś ca tridhābhūtasya sarvataḥ trivedasya mahādevaṃ sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam
(lord) of the three principles and of the threefold fire and of what is threefold in every way, (lord) of the three Vedas — Mahādeva, the fragrant one, the increaser of well-being.
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LiP 35.20
सर्वभूतेषु सर्वत्र त्रिगुणे प्रकृतौ तथा इन्द्रियेषु तथान्येषु देवेषु च गणेषु च
sarvabhūteṣu sarvatra triguṇe prakṛtau tathā indriyeṣu tathānyeṣu deveṣu ca gaṇeṣu ca
(He is) in all beings, everywhere, in the three-stranded primal nature, in the sense-organs and likewise in other (things), among the gods and among the hosts (of spirits).
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LiP 35.21
पुष्पेषु गन्धवत्सूक्ष्मः सुगन्धिः परमेश्वरः पुष्टिश् च प्रकृतिर्यस्मात् पुरुषस्य द्विजोत्तम
puṣpeṣu gandhavatsūkṣmaḥ sugandhiḥ parameśvaraḥ puṣṭiś ca prakṛtiryasmāt puruṣasya dvijottama
Subtle (as fragrance) in fragrant flowers (is) the Supreme Lord, sweet of scent; and since primal nature is the nourishment of the Puruṣa, O best of the twice-born (he is called the increaser of nourishment).
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LiP 35.22
महदादिविशेषान्तविकल्पस्यापि सुव्रत विष्णोः पितामहस्यापि मुनीनां च महामुने
mahadādiviśeṣāntavikalpasyāpi suvrata viṣṇoḥ pitāmahasyāpi munīnāṃ ca mahāmune
Of the (whole) unfolding that begins with the great one (mahat) and ends with the particulars, O you of good vows, and of Viṣṇu, and of the Grandfather (Brahmā), and of the sages too, O great sage—
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LiP 35.23
इन्द्रस्यापि च देवानां तस्माद्वै पुष्टिवर्धनः तं देवममृतं रुद्रं कर्मणा तपसा तथा
indrasyāpi ca devānāṃ tasmādvai puṣṭivardhanaḥ taṃ devamamṛtaṃ rudraṃ karmaṇā tapasā tathā
—and of Indra too, and of the gods: therefore indeed (he is) the increaser of nourishment. That god, the immortal Rudra, by ritual action and by ascetic heat,
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LiP 35.24
स्वाध्यायेन च योगेन ध्यानेन च यजामहे सत्येनानेन मुक्षीयान् मृत्युपाशाद् भवः स्वयम्
svādhyāyena ca yogena dhyānena ca yajāmahe satyenānena mukṣīyān mṛtyupāśād bhavaḥ svayam
and by recitation of one's own text, and by yoga, and by meditation we worship. By this truth may Bhava himself release (me) from the noose of death.
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LiP 35.25
बन्धमोक्षकरो यस्माद् उर्वारुकमिव प्रभुः मृतसंजीवनो मन्त्रो मया लब्धस्तु शङ्करात्
bandhamokṣakaro yasmād urvārukamiva prabhuḥ mṛtasaṃjīvano mantro mayā labdhastu śaṅkarāt
Since the Lord is the maker of bondage and of release, like a cucumber (severed from its stalk)—this mantra that revives the dead was obtained by me from Śaṅkara.
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LiP 35.26
जप्त्वा हुत्वाभिमन्त्र्यैवं जलं पीत्वा दिवानिशम् लिङ्गस्य संनिधौ ध्यात्वा नास्ति मृत्युभयं द्विज
japtvā hutvābhimantryaivaṃ jalaṃ pītvā divāniśam liṅgasya saṃnidhau dhyātvā nāsti mṛtyubhayaṃ dvija
Having muttered (it), having made the offering, having thus consecrated the water with the mantra and drunk (it) day and night, and having meditated in the presence of the liṅga, there is no fear of death, O twice-born one.
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LiP 35.27
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तपसाराध्य शङ्करम् वज्रास्थित्वम् अवध्यत्वम् अदीनत्वं च लब्धवान्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tapasārādhya śaṅkaram vajrāsthitvam avadhyatvam adīnatvaṃ ca labdhavān
Having heard that speech of his, and having propitiated Śaṅkara by asceticism, he obtained the adamantine hardness of his bones, invulnerability, and freedom from weakness.
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LiP 35.28
एवमाराध्य देवेशं दधीचो मुनिसत्तमः प्राप्यावध्यत्वमन्यैश् च वज्रास्थित्वं प्रयत्नतः
evamārādhya deveśaṃ dadhīco munisattamaḥ prāpyāvadhyatvamanyaiś ca vajrāsthitvaṃ prayatnataḥ
Having thus propitiated the lord of gods, Dadhīca, best of sages, having gained invulnerability against others and, by effort, the adamantine hardness of his bones,
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LiP 35.29
अताडयच्च राजेन्द्रं पादमूलेन मूर्धनि क्षुपो दधीचं वज्रेण जघानोरसि च प्रभुः
atāḍayacca rājendraṃ pādamūlena mūrdhani kṣupo dadhīcaṃ vajreṇa jaghānorasi ca prabhuḥ
struck the great king on the head with the sole of his foot; and the lord Kṣupa struck Dadhīca on the chest with his thunderbolt.
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LiP 35.30
नाभून्नाशाय तद्वज्रं दधीचस्य महात्मनः प्रभावात्परमेशस्य वज्रबद्धशरीरिणः
nābhūnnāśāya tadvajraṃ dadhīcasya mahātmanaḥ prabhāvātparameśasya vajrabaddhaśarīriṇaḥ
That thunderbolt did not bring about the destruction of the great-souled Dadhīca, whose body was bound with adamant by the power of the Supreme Lord.
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LiP 35.31
दृष्ट्वाप्यवध्यत्वमदीनतां च क्षुपो दधीचस्य तदा प्रभावम् आराधयामास हरिं मुकुन्दम् इन्द्रानुजं प्रेक्ष्य तदांबुजाक्षम्
dṛṣṭvāpyavadhyatvamadīnatāṃ ca kṣupo dadhīcasya tadā prabhāvam ārādhayāmāsa hariṃ mukundam indrānujaṃ prekṣya tadāṃbujākṣam
Then, seeing Dadhīca's invulnerability and freedom from weakness, and his power, Kṣupa propitiated Hari, Mukunda, the lotus-eyed one, looking to him as the younger brother of Indra.
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