Linga Purana — Chapter 43

LiP 43.1

मया सह पिता हृष्टः प्रणम्य च महेश्वरम् उटजं स्वं जगामाशु निधिं लब्ध्वेव निर्धनः

mayā saha pitā hṛṣṭaḥ praṇamya ca maheśvaram uṭajaṃ svaṃ jagāmāśu nidhiṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ

My father, delighted, together with me, and having bowed to the Great Lord, went swiftly to his own hut, like a poor man who has found a treasure.

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LiP 43.2

यदागतो ऽहमुटजं शिलादस्य महामुने तदा वै दैविकं रूपं त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यम् आस्थितः

yadāgato 'hamuṭajaṃ śilādasya mahāmune tadā vai daivikaṃ rūpaṃ tyaktvā mānuṣyam āsthitaḥ

When I came to Śilāda's leaf-hut, O great sage, then indeed, abandoning my divine form, I took on a human one.

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LiP 43.3

नष्टा चैव स्मृतिर्दिव्या येन केनापि कारणात् मानुष्यमास्थितं दृष्ट्वा पिता मे लोकपूजितः

naṣṭā caiva smṛtirdivyā yena kenāpi kāraṇāt mānuṣyamāsthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitā me lokapūjitaḥ

And my divine memory was lost, by some cause or other; seeing (me) established in human form, my father, honoured by the world,

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LiP 43.4

विललापातिदुःखार्तः स्वजनैश् च समावृतः जातकर्मादिकाश्चैव चकार मम सर्ववित्

vilalāpātiduḥkhārtaḥ svajanaiś ca samāvṛtaḥ jātakarmādikāścaiva cakāra mama sarvavit

lamented, stricken with great grief, surrounded by his kinsmen; and the all-knowing one performed for me the birth-rites and the rest.

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LiP 43.5

शालङ्कायनपुत्रो वै शिलादः पुत्रवत्सलः उपदिष्टा हि तेनैव ऋक्शाखा यजुषस् तथा

śālaṅkāyanaputro vai śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ upadiṣṭā hi tenaiva ṛkśākhā yajuṣas tathā

Śilāda, the son of Śālaṅkāyana, fond of his son — by him indeed were taught (to me) the branches of the Ṛk and likewise of the Yajus,

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LiP 43.6

सामशाखासहस्रं च साङ्गोपाङ्गं महामुने आयुर्वेदं धनुर्वेदं गान्धर्वं चाश्वलक्षणम्

sāmaśākhāsahasraṃ ca sāṅgopāṅgaṃ mahāmune āyurvedaṃ dhanurvedaṃ gāndharvaṃ cāśvalakṣaṇam

and the thousand branches of the Sāman with their limbs and sub-limbs, O great sage, the Āyurveda, the Dhanurveda, the science of music, and the marks of horses,

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LiP 43.7

हस्तिनां चरितं चैव नराणां चैव लक्षणम् सम्पूर्णे सप्तमे वर्षे ततो ऽथ मुनिसत्तमौ

hastināṃ caritaṃ caiva narāṇāṃ caiva lakṣaṇam sampūrṇe saptame varṣe tato 'tha munisattamau

the behaviour of elephants and also the marks of men. Then, when the seventh year was completed, two most excellent sages,

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LiP 43.8

मित्रावरुणनामानौ तपोयोगबलान्वितौ तस्याश्रमं गतौ दिव्यौ द्रष्टुं मां चाज्ञया विभोः

mitrāvaruṇanāmānau tapoyogabalānvitau tasyāśramaṃ gatau divyau draṣṭuṃ māṃ cājñayā vibhoḥ

named Mitra and Varuṇa, endowed with the power of austerity and yoga, divine beings, went to his hermitage to see me, by the command of the Lord.

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LiP 43.9

ऊचतुश् च महात्मानौ मां निरीक्ष्य मुहुर्मुहुः तात नन्द्ययमल्पायुः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः

ūcatuś ca mahātmānau māṃ nirīkṣya muhurmuhuḥ tāta nandyayamalpāyuḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ

And those two great souls, looking at me again and again, said: "Dear friend, this Nandin, who has crossed to the far shore of the meaning of all the scriptures, is short-lived.

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LiP 43.10

न दृष्टमेवमाश्चर्यम् आयुर्वर्षादतः परम् इत्युक्तवति विप्रेन्द्रः शिलादः पुत्रवत्सलः

na dṛṣṭamevamāścaryam āyurvarṣādataḥ param ityuktavati viprendraḥ śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ

Such a marvel has never been seen; but his life is no more than a year from now." When they had spoken thus, the best of brahmins, Śilāda, fond of his son,

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LiP 43.11

समालिङ्ग्य च दुःखार्तो रुरोदातीव विस्वरम् हा पुत्र पुत्र पुत्रेति पपात च समन्ततः

samāliṅgya ca duḥkhārto rurodātīva visvaram hā putra putra putreti papāta ca samantataḥ

embraced (me) and, stricken with grief, wept aloud with a broken voice, and fell down all about, (crying) "Alas, son, son, son!"

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LiP 43.12

अहो बलं दैवविधेर् विधातुश्चेति दुःखितः तस्य चार्तस्वरं श्रुत्वा तदाश्रमनिवासिनः

aho balaṃ daivavidher vidhātuśceti duḥkhitaḥ tasya cārtasvaraṃ śrutvā tadāśramanivāsinaḥ

"Oh, the power of fate's ordinance and of the Ordainer!" — so (he cried), grieving; and hearing his cry of distress, the dwellers of that hermitage

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LiP 43.13

निपेतुर्विह्वलात्यर्थं रक्षाश्चक्रुश् च मङ्गलम् तुष्टुवुश् च महादेवं त्रियंबकमुमापतिम्

nipeturvihvalātyarthaṃ rakṣāścakruś ca maṅgalam tuṣṭuvuś ca mahādevaṃ triyaṃbakamumāpatim

fell down utterly overcome, and performed protective and auspicious rites, and praised Mahādeva, the three-eyed husband of Umā,

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LiP 43.14

हुत्वा त्रियंबकेनैव मधुनैव च संप्लुताम् दूर्वामयुतसंख्यातां सर्वद्रव्यसमन्विताम्

hutvā triyaṃbakenaiva madhunaiva ca saṃplutām dūrvāmayutasaṃkhyātāṃ sarvadravyasamanvitām

having offered as oblation, with the Tryambaka (mantra), dūrva grass to the number of ten thousand (blades), drenched with honey and provided with all the (requisite) substances.

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LiP 43.15

पिता विगतसंज्ञश् च तथा चैव पितामहः विचेष्टश् च ललापासौ मृतवन्निपपात च

pitā vigatasaṃjñaś ca tathā caiva pitāmahaḥ viceṣṭaś ca lalāpāsau mṛtavannipapāta ca

My father lost consciousness, and so too my grandfather; motionless, he lamented and fell down as if dead.

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LiP 43.16

मृत्योर् भीतो ऽहम् अचिराच् छिरसा चाभिवन्द्य तम् मृतवत्पतितं साक्षात् पितरं च पितामहम्

mṛtyor bhīto 'ham acirāc chirasā cābhivandya tam mṛtavatpatitaṃ sākṣāt pitaraṃ ca pitāmaham

Being afraid of death (which was) near at hand, I bowed with my head to him, and to my father who lay there as if dead before my eyes, and to my grandfather;

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LiP 43.17

प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य च तं रुद्रजाप्यरतो ऽभवम् हृत्पुण्डरीके सुषिरे ध्यात्वा देवं त्रियंबकम्

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca taṃ rudrajāpyarato 'bhavam hṛtpuṇḍarīke suṣire dhyātvā devaṃ triyaṃbakam

and having circumambulated him, I devoted myself to the muttering of the Rudra (mantra), having meditated on the god Tryambaka in the hollow of the lotus of my heart —

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LiP 43.18

त्र्यक्षं दशभुजं शान्तं पञ्चवक्त्रं सदाशिवम् सरितश्चान्तरे पुण्ये स्थितं मां परमेश्वरः

tryakṣaṃ daśabhujaṃ śāntaṃ pañcavaktraṃ sadāśivam saritaścāntare puṇye sthitaṃ māṃ parameśvaraḥ

three-eyed, ten-armed, tranquil, five-faced, ever-benign. As I stood in a holy spot between rivers, the Supreme Lord,

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LiP 43.19

तुष्टो ऽब्रवीन्महादेवः सोमः सोमार्धभूषणः वत्स नन्दिन्महाबाहो मृत्योर्भीतिः कुतस्तव

tuṣṭo 'bravīnmahādevaḥ somaḥ somārdhabhūṣaṇaḥ vatsa nandinmahābāho mṛtyorbhītiḥ kutastava

Mahādeva, pleased, said — he who is with Umā, adorned with the half-moon: "Child Nandin, mighty-armed one, whence this fear of death for you?

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LiP 43.20

मयैव प्रेषितौ विप्रौ मत्समस्त्वं न संशयः वत्सैनत्तव देहं च लौकिकं परमार्थतः

mayaiva preṣitau viprau matsamastvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ vatsainattava dehaṃ ca laukikaṃ paramārthataḥ

It was I myself who sent those two brahmins; you are equal to me, there is no doubt. Child, this body of yours is worldly (only); in the highest truth

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LiP 43.21

नास्त्येव दैविकं दृष्टं शिलादेन पुरा तव देवैश् च मुनिभिः सिद्धैर् गन्धर्वैर्दानवोत्तमैः

nāstyeva daivikaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śilādena purā tava devaiś ca munibhiḥ siddhair gandharvairdānavottamaiḥ

it does not exist at all — the divine (body) of yours that was seen formerly by Śilāda, and by the gods, the sages, the Siddhas, the Gandharvas and the foremost of the Dānavas,

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LiP 43.22

पूजितं यत्पुरा वत्स दैविकं नन्दिकेश्वर संसारस्य स्वभावो ऽयं सुखं दुःखं पुनः पुनः

pūjitaṃ yatpurā vatsa daivikaṃ nandikeśvara saṃsārasya svabhāvo 'yaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

"That which you formerly worshipped, my child, Nandikeśvara, was divine. This is the nature of transmigration: pleasure and pain, again and again.

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LiP 43.23

नृणां योनिपरित्यागः सर्वथैव विवेकिनः एवमुक्त्वा तु मां साक्षात् सर्वदेवमहेश्वरः

nṛṇāṃ yoniparityāgaḥ sarvathaiva vivekinaḥ evamuktvā tu māṃ sākṣāt sarvadevamaheśvaraḥ

For men who discriminate there is, in every way, the abandonment of (rebirth from) the womb." Having spoken thus to me in person, the Great Lord of all the gods

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LiP 43.24

कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च उभाभ्यां परमेश्वरः पस्पर्श भगवान् रुद्रः परमार्तिहरो हरः

karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca ubhābhyāṃ parameśvaraḥ pasparśa bhagavān rudraḥ paramārtiharo haraḥ

— with both his very lovely hands the supreme lord, the blessed Rudra, Hara, remover of the greatest affliction, touched (me).

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LiP 43.25

उवाच च महादेवस् तुष्टात्मा वृषभध्वजः निरीक्ष्य गणपांश्चैव देवीं हिमवतः सुताम्

uvāca ca mahādevas tuṣṭātmā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ nirīkṣya gaṇapāṃścaiva devīṃ himavataḥ sutām

And the Great God whose banner is the bull, his mind well pleased, spoke, having looked at the troop-leaders and at the Goddess, the daughter of Himavat:

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LiP 43.26

समालोक्य च तुष्टात्मा महादेवः सुरेश्वरः अजरो जरया त्यक्तो नित्यं दुःखविवर्जितः

samālokya ca tuṣṭātmā mahādevaḥ sureśvaraḥ ajaro jarayā tyakto nityaṃ duḥkhavivarjitaḥ

And the Great God, lord of the gods, his mind pleased, having gazed (upon him, said): "He is unaging, free of old age, forever rid of sorrow,

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LiP 43.27

अक्षयश्चाव्ययश्चैव सपिता ससुहृज्जनः ममेष्टो गणपश्चैव मद्वीर्यो मत्पराक्रमः

akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva sapitā sasuhṛjjanaḥ mameṣṭo gaṇapaścaiva madvīryo matparākramaḥ

undecaying and unchanging, together with his father and with his friends; he is dear to me, and a lord of the troops, of my own valour, of my own prowess.

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LiP 43.28

इष्टो मम सदा चैव मम पार्श्वगतः सदा मद्बलश्चैव भविता महायोगबलान्वितः

iṣṭo mama sadā caiva mama pārśvagataḥ sadā madbalaścaiva bhavitā mahāyogabalānvitaḥ

He shall be dear to me always, always at my side, and of my own strength, endowed with the power of great yoga."

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LiP 43.29

एवमुक्त्वा च मां देवो भगवान् सगणस्तदा कुशेशयमयीं मालां समुन्मुच्यात्मनस्तदा

evamuktvā ca māṃ devo bhagavān sagaṇastadā kuśeśayamayīṃ mālāṃ samunmucyātmanastadā

And having spoken thus to me, the god, the blessed one, together with his troops, then took off from himself a garland made of lotuses,

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LiP 43.30

आबबन्ध महातेजा मम देवो वृषध्वजः तयाहं मालया जातः शुभया कण्ठसक्तया

ābabandha mahātejā mama devo vṛṣadhvajaḥ tayāhaṃ mālayā jātaḥ śubhayā kaṇṭhasaktayā

and the god of great splendour, my (lord) whose banner is the bull, bound it on (me). By that auspicious garland fastened at my throat I became

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LiP 43.31

त्र्यक्षो दशभुजश्चैव द्वितीय इव शङ्करः तत एव समादाय हस्तेन परमेश्वरः

tryakṣo daśabhujaścaiva dvitīya iva śaṅkaraḥ tata eva samādāya hastena parameśvaraḥ

three-eyed and ten-armed, like a second Śaṅkara. Then the supreme lord, taking (water) with his hand from that very place,

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LiP 43.32

उवाच ब्रूहि किं ते ऽद्य ददामि वरमुत्तमम् ततो जटाश्रितं वारि गृहीत्वा चातिनिर्मलम्

uvāca brūhi kiṃ te 'dya dadāmi varamuttamam tato jaṭāśritaṃ vāri gṛhītvā cātinirmalam

said: "Say, what excellent boon shall I give you today?" Then, taking the exceedingly pure water lodged in his matted hair,

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LiP 43.33

उक्ता नदी भवस्वेति उत्ससर्ज वृषध्वजः ततः सा दिव्यतोया च पूर्णासितजला शुभा

uktā nadī bhavasveti utsasarja vṛṣadhvajaḥ tataḥ sā divyatoyā ca pūrṇāsitajalā śubhā

and having said "Become a river!", the bull-bannered one released it; then she, auspicious, with divine water, brimming with dark water,

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LiP 43.34

पद्मोत्पलवनोपेता प्रावर्तत महानदी तामाह च महादेवो नदीं परमशोभनाम्

padmotpalavanopetā prāvartata mahānadī tāmāha ca mahādevo nadīṃ paramaśobhanām

furnished with thickets of lotuses and water-lilies, flowed forth as a great river. And the Great God said to her, that most beautiful river:

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LiP 43.35

यस्माज्जटोदकादेव प्रवृत्ता त्वं महानदी तस्माज्जटोदका पुण्या भविष्यसि सरिद्वरा

yasmājjaṭodakādeva pravṛttā tvaṃ mahānadī tasmājjaṭodakā puṇyā bhaviṣyasi saridvarā

"Since you, great river, have issued from the water of (my) matted hair, therefore you shall be Jaṭodakā, holy, the best of streams.

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LiP 43.36

त्वयि स्नात्वा नरः कश्चित् सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ततो देव्या महादेवः शिलादतनयं प्रभुः

tvayi snātvā naraḥ kaścit sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate tato devyā mahādevaḥ śilādatanayaṃ prabhuḥ

Any man who bathes in you is released from all sins." Then the Great God, the mighty lord, (presented) the son of Śilāda to the Goddess,

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LiP 43.37

पुत्रस्ते ऽयमिति प्रोच्य पादयोः संन्यपातयत् सा मामाघ्राय शिरसि पाणिभ्यां परिमार्जती

putraste 'yamiti procya pādayoḥ saṃnyapātayat sā māmāghrāya śirasi pāṇibhyāṃ parimārjatī

saying "This is your son," and made (him) fall at her feet. She, kissing me on the head and stroking (me) with her hands,

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LiP 43.38

पुत्रप्रेम्णाभ्यषिञ्चच्च स्रोतोभिस्तनयैस्त्रिभिः पयसा शङ्खगौरेण देवदेवं निरीक्ष्य सा

putrapremṇābhyaṣiñcacca srotobhistanayaistribhiḥ payasā śaṅkhagaureṇa devadevaṃ nirīkṣya sā

out of a mother's love bathed (me) with three streams from her breasts, with milk white as a conch, gazing at the God of gods.

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LiP 43.39

तानि स्रोतांसि त्रीण्यस्याः स्रोतस्विन्यो ऽभवंस्तदा नदीं त्रिस्रोतसं देवो भगवानवदद्भवः

tāni srotāṃsi trīṇyasyāḥ srotasvinyo 'bhavaṃstadā nadīṃ trisrotasaṃ devo bhagavānavadadbhavaḥ

Those three streams of hers then became rivers, and the blessed god Bhava called the river Trisrotas ("Three-streamed").

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LiP 43.40

त्रिस्रोतसं नदीं दृष्ट्वा वृषः परमहर्षितः ननाद नादात्तस्माच्च सरिदन्या ततो ऽभवत्

trisrotasaṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ nanāda nādāttasmācca saridanyā tato 'bhavat

Seeing the three-streamed river, the bull was exceedingly delighted and bellowed; and from that bellow another river came into being.

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LiP 43.41

वृषध्वनिरिति ख्याता देवदेवेन सा नदी जांबूनदमयं चित्रं सर्वरत्नमयं शुभम्

vṛṣadhvaniriti khyātā devadevena sā nadī jāṃbūnadamayaṃ citraṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ śubham

That river was named Vṛṣadhvani ("Bull's Bellow") by the God of gods. (Then) a wonderful crown made of gold, auspicious, made of all jewels,

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LiP 43.42

स्वं देवश्चाद्भुतं दिव्यं निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा मुकुटं चाबबन्धेशो मम मूर्ध्नि वृषध्वजः

svaṃ devaścādbhutaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā mukuṭaṃ cābabandheśo mama mūrdhni vṛṣadhvajaḥ

And the god, the bull-bannered Lord, bound upon my head his own crown, wondrous and divine, fashioned by Viśvakarman.

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LiP 43.43

कुण्डले च शुभे दिव्ये वज्रवैडूर्यभूषिते आबबन्ध महादेवः स्वयमेव महेश्वरः

kuṇḍale ca śubhe divye vajravaiḍūryabhūṣite ābabandha mahādevaḥ svayameva maheśvaraḥ

And Mahādeva, Maheśvara himself, fastened on (me) two auspicious, divine earrings adorned with diamond and beryl.

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LiP 43.44

मां तथाभ्यर्चितं व्योम्नि दृष्ट्वा मेघैः प्रभाकरः मेघांभसा चाभ्यषिञ्चच् छिलादनम् अथो मुने

māṃ tathābhyarcitaṃ vyomni dṛṣṭvā meghaiḥ prabhākaraḥ meghāṃbhasā cābhyaṣiñcac chilādanam atho mune

Then, O sage, seeing me thus worshipped, the sun (Prabhākara) in the sky, by means of the clouds, sprinkled Śilāda's son with cloud-water.

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LiP 43.45

तस्याभिषिक्तस्य तदा प्रवृत्ता स्रोतसा भृशम् यस्मात् सुवर्णान्निःसृत्य नद्येषा सम्प्रवर्तते

tasyābhiṣiktasya tadā pravṛttā srotasā bhṛśam yasmāt suvarṇānniḥsṛtya nadyeṣā sampravartate

When he had been thus sprinkled, (water) then flowed abundantly in a stream; and because it issued forth from the gold, this river continues to flow.

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LiP 43.46

स्वर्णोदकेति तामाह देवदेवस्त्रियंबकः जाम्बूनदमयाद्यस्माद् द्वितीया मुकुटाच्छुभा

svarṇodaketi tāmāha devadevastriyaṃbakaḥ jāmbūnadamayādyasmād dvitīyā mukuṭācchubhā

Tryambaka, the god of gods, called her Svarṇodā; and because from the crown made of jāmbūnada gold a second auspicious (river)

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LiP 43.47

प्रावर्तत नदी पुण्या ऊचुर् जम्बूनदीति ताम् एतत्पञ्चनदं नाम जप्येश्वरसमीपगम्

prāvartata nadī puṇyā ūcur jambūnadīti tām etatpañcanadaṃ nāma japyeśvarasamīpagam

— a holy river — flowed forth, they called her Jāmbūnadī; this, situated near Japyeśvara, is named Pañcanada (the Five Rivers).

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LiP 43.48

यः पञ्चनदमासाद्य स्नात्वा जप्येश्वरेश्वरम् पूजयेच्छिवसायुज्यं प्रयात्येव न संशयः

yaḥ pañcanadamāsādya snātvā japyeśvareśvaram pūjayecchivasāyujyaṃ prayātyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Whoever, having reached Pañcanada and bathed, worships Japyeśvara, the lord — he attains union with Śiva, there is no doubt.

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LiP 43.49

अथ देवो महादेवः सर्वभूतपतिर्भवः देवीमुवाच शर्वाणीम् उमां गिरिसुतामजाम्

atha devo mahādevaḥ sarvabhūtapatirbhavaḥ devīmuvāca śarvāṇīm umāṃ girisutāmajām

Then the god Mahādeva, Bhava, lord of all beings, spoke to the goddess Śarvāṇī, Umā, the mountain's daughter, the unborn one:

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LiP 43.50

देवी नन्दीश्वरं देवम् अभिषिञ्चामि भूतपम् गणेन्द्रं व्याहरिष्यामि किं वा त्वं मन्यसे ऽव्यये

devī nandīśvaraṃ devam abhiṣiñcāmi bhūtapam gaṇendraṃ vyāhariṣyāmi kiṃ vā tvaṃ manyase 'vyaye

"O Goddess, I shall consecrate the god Nandīśvara, protector of beings; I shall declare (him) chief of the hosts — or what do you think, O imperishable one?"

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LiP 43.51

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भवानी हर्षितानना स्मयन्ती वरदं प्राह भवं भूतपतिं पतिम्

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhavānī harṣitānanā smayantī varadaṃ prāha bhavaṃ bhūtapatiṃ patim

Hearing that speech of his, Bhavānī, her face delighted, smiling, said to the boon-giver Bhava, lord of beings, her husband:

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LiP 43.52

सर्वलोकाधिपत्यं च गणेशत्वं तथैव च दातुमर्हसि देवेश शैलादिस्तनयो मम

sarvalokādhipatyaṃ ca gaṇeśatvaṃ tathaiva ca dātumarhasi deveśa śailādistanayo mama

"Overlordship of all the worlds, and likewise the state of being lord of the hosts, you ought to grant, O lord of gods: Śilāda's son is (as) my own son."

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LiP 43.53

ततः स भगवाञ्शर्वः सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरः सस्मार गणपान् दिव्यान् देवदेवो वृषध्वजः

tataḥ sa bhagavāñśarvaḥ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ sasmāra gaṇapān divyān devadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ

Then that blessed Śarva, lord of the lords of all worlds, the god of gods, the bull-bannered one, called to mind the divine lords of the hosts.

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