Linga Purana — Chapter 45
LiP 45.1
सूत सुव्यक्तमखिलं कथितं शङ्करस्य तु सर्वात्मभावं रुद्रस्य स्वरूपं वक्तुमर्हसि
sūta suvyaktamakhilaṃ kathitaṃ śaṅkarasya tu sarvātmabhāvaṃ rudrasya svarūpaṃ vaktumarhasi
O Sūta, the whole (account) of Śaṅkara has been told very clearly; (now) you ought to tell of Rudra's being the Self of all, (and) his own form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 45.2
भूर्भुवः स्वर्महश्चैव जनः साक्षात्तपस् तथा सत्यलोकश् च पातालं नरकार्णवकोटयः
bhūrbhuvaḥ svarmahaścaiva janaḥ sākṣāttapas tathā satyalokaś ca pātālaṃ narakārṇavakoṭayaḥ
Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, Svar and Mahas, Jana, and likewise Tapas itself, and Satyaloka, and Pātāla, and the crores of hells and oceans —
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LiP 45.3
तारकाग्रहसोमार्का ध्रुवः सप्तर्षयस् तथा वैमानिकास्तथान्ये च तिष्ठन्त्यस्य प्रसादतः
tārakāgrahasomārkā dhruvaḥ saptarṣayas tathā vaimānikāstathānye ca tiṣṭhantyasya prasādataḥ
the stars, the planets, the moon and the sun, Dhruva, and likewise the seven seers, and others too who travel in celestial cars — (all these) subsist by his grace.
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LiP 45.4
अनेन निर्मितास्त्वेवं तदात्मानो द्विजर्षभाः समष्टिरूपः सर्वात्मा संस्थितः सर्वदा शिवः
anena nirmitāstvevaṃ tadātmāno dvijarṣabhāḥ samaṣṭirūpaḥ sarvātmā saṃsthitaḥ sarvadā śivaḥ
By him, thus, (all these) were fashioned, having him as their self, O best of the twice-born; Śiva, the Self of all, whose form is the aggregate (of all), abides always.
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LiP 45.5
सर्वात्मानं महात्मानं महादेवं महेश्वरम् न विजानन्ति संमूढा मायया तस्य मोहिताः
sarvātmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ mahādevaṃ maheśvaram na vijānanti saṃmūḍhā māyayā tasya mohitāḥ
The bewildered, deluded by his māyā, do not know the Self of all, the great Self, Mahādeva, Maheśvara.
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LiP 45.6
तस्य देवस्य रुद्रस्य शरीरं वै जगत्त्रयम् तस्मात्प्रणम्य तं वक्ष्ये जगतां निर्णयं शुभम्
tasya devasya rudrasya śarīraṃ vai jagattrayam tasmātpraṇamya taṃ vakṣye jagatāṃ nirṇayaṃ śubham
The three worlds are indeed the body of that god Rudra; therefore, having bowed to him, I shall declare the auspicious determination (of the nature) of the worlds.
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LiP 45.7
पुरा वः कथितं सर्वं मयाण्डस्य यथा कृतिः भुवनानां स्वरूपं च ब्रह्माण्डे कथयाम्यहम्
purā vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ mayāṇḍasya yathā kṛtiḥ bhuvanānāṃ svarūpaṃ ca brahmāṇḍe kathayāmyaham
Formerly I told you all how the egg was fashioned; and I (now) tell of the proper form of the worlds within the cosmic egg.
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LiP 45.8
पृथिवी चान्तरिक्षं च स्वर्महर्जन एव च तपः सत्यं च सप्तैते लोकास्त्वण्डोद्भवाः शुभाः
pṛthivī cāntarikṣaṃ ca svarmaharjana eva ca tapaḥ satyaṃ ca saptaite lokāstvaṇḍodbhavāḥ śubhāḥ
Earth and the mid-region, and svar, mahar, and jana, and tapas and satya — these seven auspicious worlds arise from the egg.
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LiP 45.9
अधस्तादत्र चैतेषां द्विजाः सप्त तलानि तु महातलादयस्तेषां अधस्तान्नरकाः क्रमात्
adhastādatra caiteṣāṃ dvijāḥ sapta talāni tu mahātalādayasteṣāṃ adhastānnarakāḥ kramāt
And below these here, O twice-born ones, there are the seven nether regions (talas), beginning with Mahātala; below them, in order, are the hells.
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LiP 45.10
महातलं हेमतलं सर्वरत्नोपशोभितम् प्रासादैश् च विचित्रैश् च भवस्यायतनैस् तथा
mahātalaṃ hematalaṃ sarvaratnopaśobhitam prāsādaiś ca vicitraiś ca bhavasyāyatanais tathā
Mahātala is a golden level, adorned with every kind of jewel, with variegated palaces and with shrines of Bhava (Śiva).
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LiP 45.11
अनन्तेन च संयुक्तं मुचुकुन्देन धीमता नृपेण बलिना चैव पातालस्वर्गवासिना
anantena ca saṃyuktaṃ mucukundena dhīmatā nṛpeṇa balinā caiva pātālasvargavāsinā
And it is joined with Ananta, with wise Mucukunda, and with King Bali, who dwells in the heaven that is Pātāla.
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LiP 45.12
शैलं रसातलं विप्राः शार्करं हि तलातलम् पीतं सुतलमित्युक्तं वितलं विद्रुमप्रभम्
śailaṃ rasātalaṃ viprāḥ śārkaraṃ hi talātalam pītaṃ sutalamityuktaṃ vitalaṃ vidrumaprabham
Rasātala is of stone, O brahmins, and Talātala is of gravel; Sutala is said to be yellow, and Vitala has the sheen of coral.
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LiP 45.13
सितं हि अतलं तच्च तलं यच्च सितेतरम् क्ष्मायास्तु यावद्विस्तारो ह्य् अधस्तेषां च सुव्रताः
sitaṃ hi atalaṃ tacca talaṃ yacca sitetaram kṣmāyāstu yāvadvistāro hy adhasteṣāṃ ca suvratāḥ
Atala is white, and that (other) tala is what is other than white; and as great as is the extent of the earth, so too below them, O you of good vows,
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LiP 45.14
तलानां चैव सर्वेषां तावत्संख्या समाहिता सहस्रयोजनं व्योम दशसाहस्रमेव च
talānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ tāvatsaṃkhyā samāhitā sahasrayojanaṃ vyoma daśasāhasrameva ca
And for all the talas the number is reckoned to be just that much; the intervening space (is) a thousand yojanas, and ten thousand (as well).
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LiP 45.15
लक्षं सप्तसहस्रं हि तलानां सघनस्य तु व्योम्नः प्रमाणं मूलं तु त्रिंशत्साहस्रकेण तु
lakṣaṃ saptasahasraṃ hi talānāṃ saghanasya tu vyomnaḥ pramāṇaṃ mūlaṃ tu triṃśatsāhasrakeṇa tu
A hundred thousand and seven thousand (yojanas) — (that is) the measure of the talas together with the solid (mass) and of the empty space; but the base (is measured) by thirty thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 45.16
सुवर्णेन मुनिश्रेष्ठास् तथा वासुकिना शुभम् रसातलमिति ख्यातं तथान्यैश् च निषेवितम्
suvarṇena muniśreṣṭhās tathā vāsukinā śubham rasātalamiti khyātaṃ tathānyaiś ca niṣevitam
By Suvarṇa, O best of sages, and by Vāsuki, that auspicious (region) known as Rasātala (is inhabited), and it is frequented by others too.
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LiP 45.17
विरोचनहिरण्याक्षनरकाद्यैश् च सेवितम् तलातलमिति ख्यातं सर्वशोभासमन्वितम्
virocanahiraṇyākṣanarakādyaiś ca sevitam talātalamiti khyātaṃ sarvaśobhāsamanvitam
Frequented by Virocana, Hiraṇyākṣa, Naraka and the rest, (the region) known as Talātala is endowed with every beauty.
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LiP 45.18
वैनायकादिभिश्चैव कालनेमिपुरोगमैः पूर्वदेवैः समाकीर्णं सुतलं च तथापरैः
vaināyakādibhiścaiva kālanemipurogamaiḥ pūrvadevaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ sutalaṃ ca tathāparaiḥ
And Sutala is crowded with the Vaināyakas and others, led by Kālanemi, the elder gods (former gods), and likewise with still others.
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LiP 45.19
वितलं दानवाद्यैश् च तारकाग्निमुखैस् तथा महान्तकाद्यैर् नागैश् च प्रह्लादेनासुरेण च
vitalaṃ dānavādyaiś ca tārakāgnimukhais tathā mahāntakādyair nāgaiś ca prahlādenāsureṇa ca
Vitala (is crowded) with the Dānavas and others, and with those headed by Tāraka and Agnimukha, and with the serpents led by Mahāntaka, and with the Asura Prahlāda.
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LiP 45.20
वितलं चात्र विख्यातं कम्बलाश्वनिषेवितम् महाकुम्भेन वीरेण हयग्रीवेण धीमता
vitalaṃ cātra vikhyātaṃ kambalāśvaniṣevitam mahākumbhena vīreṇa hayagrīveṇa dhīmatā
And here (is) the well-known Vitala, frequented by Kambala and Aśvatara, by the hero Mahākumbha, and by the wise Hayagrīva,
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LiP 45.21
शङ्कुकर्णेन संभिन्नं तथा नमुचिपूर्वकैः तथान्यैर् विविधैर् वीरैस् तलं चैव सुशोभितम्
śaṅkukarṇena saṃbhinnaṃ tathā namucipūrvakaiḥ tathānyair vividhair vīrais talaṃ caiva suśobhitam
crowded also by Śaṅkukarṇa and by Namuci and the rest; and by yet other heroes of various kinds Tala too is made resplendent.
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LiP 45.22
तलेषु तेषु सर्वेषु चाम्बया परमेश्वरः स्कन्देन नन्दिना सार्धं गणपैः सर्वतो वृतः
taleṣu teṣu sarveṣu cāmbayā parameśvaraḥ skandena nandinā sārdhaṃ gaṇapaiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
LiP 45.23
तलानां चैव सर्वेषाम् ऊर्ध्वतः सप्तसप्तमाः क्ष्मातलानि धरा चापि सप्तधा कथयामि वः
talānāṃ caiva sarveṣām ūrdhvataḥ saptasaptamāḥ kṣmātalāni dharā cāpi saptadhā kathayāmi vaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber