Linga Purana — Chapter 38
LiP 38.1
गते महेश्वरे देवे तमुद्दिश्य जनार्दनः प्रणम्य भगवान्प्राह पद्मयोनिमजोद्भवः
gate maheśvare deve tamuddiśya janārdanaḥ praṇamya bhagavānprāha padmayonimajodbhavaḥ
When the god Maheśvara had gone, the blessed Janārdana, bowing towards him, spoke to the lotus-born, the unborn-sprung one:
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LiP 38.2
परमेशो जगन्नाथः शङ्करस्त्वेष सर्वगः आवयोरखिलस्येशः शरणं च महेश्वरः
parameśo jagannāthaḥ śaṅkarastveṣa sarvagaḥ āvayorakhilasyeśaḥ śaraṇaṃ ca maheśvaraḥ
"This Śaṅkara is the supreme lord, the master of the world, all-pervading; Maheśvara is the lord of us both and of everything, and (our) refuge.
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LiP 38.3
अहं वामाङ्गजो ब्रह्मन् शङ्करस्य महात्मनः भवान् भवस्य देवस्य दक्षिणाङ्गभवः स्वयम्
ahaṃ vāmāṅgajo brahman śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ bhavān bhavasya devasya dakṣiṇāṅgabhavaḥ svayam
I, O brahman, am born from the left side of the great Śaṅkara; you yourself are born from the right side of the god Bhava.
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LiP 38.4
मामाहुर् ऋषयः प्रेक्ष्य प्रधानं प्रकृतिं तथा अव्यक्तमजमित्येवं भवन्तं पुरुषस्त्विति
māmāhur ṛṣayaḥ prekṣya pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ tathā avyaktamajamityevaṃ bhavantaṃ puruṣastviti
Beholding (this), the seers call me pradhāna and prakṛti, the unmanifest and the unborn, and you they call the puruṣa.
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LiP 38.5
एवमाहुर्महादेवम् आवयोरपि कारणम् ईशं सर्वस्य जगतः प्रभुमव्ययमीश्वरम्
evamāhurmahādevam āvayorapi kāraṇam īśaṃ sarvasya jagataḥ prabhumavyayamīśvaram
Thus they call Mahādeva the cause of us both, the ruler of the whole world, the master, the imperishable Lord."
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LiP 38.6
सो ऽपि तस्यामरेशस्य वचनाद्वारिजोद्भवः वरेण्यं वरदं रुद्रम् अस्तुवत्प्रणनाम च
so 'pi tasyāmareśasya vacanādvārijodbhavaḥ vareṇyaṃ varadaṃ rudram astuvatpraṇanāma ca
And he too, the lotus-born, at the word of that lord of the immortals, praised and bowed to Rudra, the most excellent, the giver of boons.
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LiP 38.7
अथाम्भसा प्लुतां भूमीं समाधाय जनार्दनः पूर्ववत्स्थापयामास वाराहं रूपमास्थितः
athāmbhasā plutāṃ bhūmīṃ samādhāya janārdanaḥ pūrvavatsthāpayāmāsa vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ
Then Janārdana, taking up the earth submerged in the waters, assuming the boar form, set it in place as before.
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LiP 38.8
नदीनदसमुद्रांश् च पूर्ववच्चाकरोत्प्रभुः कृत्वा चोर्वीं प्रयत्नेन निम्नोन्नतविवर्जिताम्
nadīnadasamudrāṃś ca pūrvavaccākarotprabhuḥ kṛtvā corvīṃ prayatnena nimnonnatavivarjitām
And the lord made the rivers, streams and oceans as before; and having with effort made the earth free of hollows and heights,
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LiP 38.9
धरायां सो ऽचिनोत्सर्वान् भूधरान् भूधराकृतिः भूराद्यांश्चतुरो लोकान् कल्पयामास पूर्ववत्
dharāyāṃ so 'cinotsarvān bhūdharān bhūdharākṛtiḥ bhūrādyāṃścaturo lokān kalpayāmāsa pūrvavat
He, whose form is the earth-bearer, heaped up on the earth all the mountains, and he fashioned the four worlds beginning with Bhūr, as before.
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LiP 38.10
स्रष्टुं च भगवांश्चक्रे मतिं मतिमतां वरः मुख्यं च तैर्यग्योन्यं च दैविकं मानुषं तथा
sraṣṭuṃ ca bhagavāṃścakre matiṃ matimatāṃ varaḥ mukhyaṃ ca tairyagyonyaṃ ca daivikaṃ mānuṣaṃ tathā
And the Lord, best of the wise, set his mind on creating: the chief (creation), the animal-born, the divine, and likewise the human.
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LiP 38.11
विभुश्चानुग्रहं तत्र कौमारकम् अदीनधीः पुरस्तादसृजद्देवः सनन्दं सनकं तथा
vibhuścānugrahaṃ tatra kaumārakam adīnadhīḥ purastādasṛjaddevaḥ sanandaṃ sanakaṃ tathā
And there the mighty one, of undejected mind, (created) the grace-bestowing (creation), that of the Kumāras; the god first created Sananda and Sanaka,
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LiP 38.12
सनातनं सतां श्रेष्ठं नैष्कर्म्येण गताः परम् मरीचिभृग्वङ्गिरसं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम्
sanātanaṃ satāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ naiṣkarmyeṇa gatāḥ param marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum
and Sanātana, best of the good — they attained the supreme through actionlessness — (and) Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu,
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LiP 38.13
दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च सो ऽसृजद् योगविद्यया संकल्पं चैव धर्मं च ह्य् अधर्मं भगवान्प्रभुः
dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca so 'sṛjad yogavidyayā saṃkalpaṃ caiva dharmaṃ ca hy adharmaṃ bhagavānprabhuḥ
Dakṣa, Atri and Vasiṣṭha: these the Lord, the mighty one, created by the power of yoga, and also Saṃkalpa and Dharma and Adharma.
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LiP 38.14
द्वादशैव प्रजास्त्वेता ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः ऋभुं सनत्कुमारं च ससर्जादौ सनातनः
dvādaśaiva prajāstvetā brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ ṛbhuṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca sasarjādau sanātanaḥ
These indeed are the twelve offspring of Brahmā, whose birth is from the unmanifest; and at the beginning the eternal one created Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra.
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LiP 38.15
तौ चोर्ध्वरेतसौ दिव्यौ चाग्रजौ ब्रह्मवादिनौ कुमारौ ब्रह्मणस्तुल्यौ सर्वज्ञौ सर्वभाविनौ
tau cordhvaretasau divyau cāgrajau brahmavādinau kumārau brahmaṇastulyau sarvajñau sarvabhāvinau
And those two, with seed drawn upward, divine, first-born, speakers of Brahman, the two Kumāras, equal to Brahmā, all-knowing, present in all beings.
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LiP 38.16
एवं मुख्यादिकान् सृष्ट्वा पद्मयोनिः शिलाशन युगधर्मानशेषांश् च कल्पयामास विश्वसृक्
evaṃ mukhyādikān sṛṣṭvā padmayoniḥ śilāśana yugadharmānaśeṣāṃś ca kalpayāmāsa viśvasṛk
Thus, having created the chief (creation) and the rest, the lotus-born, the world-maker, O Śilāda, fashioned all the duties of the ages without remainder.
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