Linga Purana — Chapter 47
LiP 47.1
आग्नीध्रं ज्येष्ठदायादं काम्यपुत्रं महाबलम् प्रियव्रतो ऽभ्यषिञ्चद्वै जंबूद्वीपेश्वरं नृपः
āgnīdhraṃ jyeṣṭhadāyādaṃ kāmyaputraṃ mahābalam priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcadvai jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ nṛpaḥ
Priyavrata the king consecrated Āgnīdhra, his eldest heir, the mighty son of Kāmyā, as lord of Jambūdvīpa.
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LiP 47.2
सो ऽतीव भवभक्तश् च तपस्वी तरुणः सदा भवार्चनरतः श्रीमान् गोमान्धीमान्द्विजर्षभाः
so 'tīva bhavabhaktaś ca tapasvī taruṇaḥ sadā bhavārcanarataḥ śrīmān gomāndhīmāndvijarṣabhāḥ
He was exceedingly devoted to Bhava, an ascetic, ever youthful, delighting in the worship of Bhava, prosperous, rich in cattle, and wise, O best of the twice-born.
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LiP 47.3
तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुस्ते प्रजापतिसमा नव सर्वे माहेश्वराश्चैव महादेवपरायणाः
tasya putrā babhūvuste prajāpatisamā nava sarve māheśvarāścaiva mahādevaparāyaṇāḥ
He had nine sons, equal to Prajāpati, all of them worshippers of Maheśvara and intent on Mahādeva.
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LiP 47.4
ज्येष्ठो नाभिर् इति ख्यातस् तस्य किंपुरुषो ऽनुजः हरिवर्षस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो वै त्विलावृतः
jyeṣṭho nābhir iti khyātas tasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ harivarṣastṛtīyastu caturtho vai tvilāvṛtaḥ
The eldest was known as Nābhi; his younger brother was Kiṃpuruṣa; the third was Harivarṣa, and the fourth Ilāvṛta;
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LiP 47.5
रम्यस्तु पञ्चमस् तत्र हिरण्मान् षष्ठ उच्यते कुरुस्तु सप्तमस्तेषां भद्राश्वस्त्वष्टमः स्मृतः
ramyastu pañcamas tatra hiraṇmān ṣaṣṭha ucyate kurustu saptamasteṣāṃ bhadrāśvastvaṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ
the fifth there was Ramya, the sixth is called Hiraṇmān, the seventh of them was Kuru, and the eighth is held to be Bhadrāśva;
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LiP 47.6
नवमः केतुमालस्तु तेषां देशान्निबोधत नाभेस्तु दक्षिणं वर्षं हेमाख्यं तु पिता ददौ
navamaḥ ketumālastu teṣāṃ deśānnibodhata nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ hemākhyaṃ tu pitā dadau
the ninth was Ketumāla. Learn now of their regions. To Nābhi the father gave the southern varṣa named Hema.
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LiP 47.7
हेमकूटं तु यद्वर्षं ददौ किंपुरुषाय सः नैषधं यत्स्मृतं वर्षं हरये तत्पिता ददौ
hemakūṭaṃ tu yadvarṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya saḥ naiṣadhaṃ yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ haraye tatpitā dadau
The varṣa that is Hemakūṭa he gave to Kiṃpuruṣa; the varṣa known as Naiṣadha the father gave to Hari.
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LiP 47.8
इलावृताय प्रददौ मेरुर्यत्र तु मध्यमः नीलाचलाश्रितं वर्षं रम्याय प्रददौ पिता
ilāvṛtāya pradadau meruryatra tu madhyamaḥ nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā
To Ilāvṛta he gave (the region) in whose middle Meru stands; and the father gave to Ramya the region lying along the Nīla mountain.
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LiP 47.9
श्वेतं यदुत्तरं तस्मात् पित्रा दत्तं हिरण्मते यदुत्तरं शृङ्गवर्षं पिता तत्कुरवे ददौ
śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ tasmāt pitrā dattaṃ hiraṇmate yaduttaraṃ śṛṅgavarṣaṃ pitā tatkurave dadau
The (region) Śveta, which is north of that, was given by the father to Hiraṇmat; and the Śṛṅga region, which is north (of that), the father gave to Kuru.
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LiP 47.10
वर्षं माल्यवतं चापि भद्राश्वस्य न्यवेदयत् गन्धमादनवर्षं तु केतुमालाय दत्तवान्
varṣaṃ mālyavataṃ cāpi bhadrāśvasya nyavedayat gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān
And the Mālyavat region he made over to Bhadrāśva, and he gave the Gandhamādana region to Ketumāla.
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LiP 47.11
इत्येतानि महान्तीह नव वर्षाणि भागशः आग्नीध्रस्तेषु वर्षेषु पुत्रांस्तानभिषिच्य वै
ityetāni mahāntīha nava varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ āgnīdhrasteṣu varṣeṣu putrāṃstānabhiṣicya vai
Thus these nine great regions here (were distributed) portion by portion; Āgnīdhra, having consecrated those sons in those regions,
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LiP 47.12
यथाक्रमं स धर्मात्मा ततस्तु तपसि स्थितः तपसा भावितश्चैव स्वाध्यायनिरतस्त्वभूत्
yathākramaṃ sa dharmātmā tatastu tapasi sthitaḥ tapasā bhāvitaścaiva svādhyāyaniratastvabhūt
—that righteous one, (having done so) in due order—thereafter remained in ascetic practice; purified by austerity, he became devoted to the recitation of scripture.
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LiP 47.13
स्वाध्यायनिरतः पश्चाच् छिवध्यानरतस् त्वभूत् यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्षाण्यष्टौ शुभानि च
svādhyāyanirataḥ paścāc chivadhyānaratas tvabhūt yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṣāṇyaṣṭau śubhāni ca
Devoted to scriptural recitation, afterwards he became intent on the meditation on Śiva. As for those eight auspicious regions beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa:
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LiP 47.14
तेषां स्वभावतः सिद्धिः सुखप्राया ह्ययत्नतः विपर्ययो न तेष्वस्ति जरामृत्युभयं न च
teṣāṃ svabhāvataḥ siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hyayatnataḥ viparyayo na teṣvasti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca
In them success comes by nature, effortlessly, and is largely happiness; there is no reversal in them, and no fear of old age and death.
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LiP 47.15
धर्माधर्मौ न तेष्वास्तां नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः न तेष्वस्ति युगावस्था क्षेत्रेष्वष्टसु सर्वतः
dharmādharmau na teṣvāstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣvaṣṭasu sarvataḥ
Neither merit nor demerit existed in them, nor highest, lowest and middling (people); in those eight territories there is nowhere any condition of the (four) ages.
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LiP 47.16
रुद्रक्षेत्रे मृताश्चैव जङ्गमाः स्थावरास् तथा भक्ताः प्रासंगिकाश्चापि तेषु क्षेत्रेषु यान्ति ते
rudrakṣetre mṛtāścaiva jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarās tathā bhaktāḥ prāsaṃgikāścāpi teṣu kṣetreṣu yānti te
Those who have died in a field of Rudra—moving and unmoving beings alike, devotees and even those (connected) incidentally—go to those territories.
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LiP 47.17
तेषां हिताय रुद्रेण चाष्टक्षेत्रं विनिर्मितम् तत्र तेषां महादेवः सान्निध्यं कुरुते सदा
teṣāṃ hitāya rudreṇa cāṣṭakṣetraṃ vinirmitam tatra teṣāṃ mahādevaḥ sānnidhyaṃ kurute sadā
For their welfare the eightfold territory was fashioned by Rudra; there Mahādeva always makes his presence for them.
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LiP 47.18
दृष्ट्वा हृदि महादेवम् अष्टक्षेत्रनिवासिनः सुखिनः सर्वदा तेषां स एवेह परा गतिः
dṛṣṭvā hṛdi mahādevam aṣṭakṣetranivāsinaḥ sukhinaḥ sarvadā teṣāṃ sa eveha parā gatiḥ
Having seen Mahādeva in the heart, those dwelling in the eight territories are always happy; he alone is their supreme goal here.
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LiP 47.19
नाभेर्निसर्गं वक्ष्यामि हिमाङ्के ऽस्मिन्निबोधत नाभिस्त्वजनयत्पुत्रं मेरुदेव्यां महामतिः
nābhernisargaṃ vakṣyāmi himāṅke 'sminnibodhata nābhistvajanayatputraṃ merudevyāṃ mahāmatiḥ
I shall tell of the offspring of Nābhi; learn of it in this snow-marked (region). Nābhi, the greatly wise, begot a son on Merudevī,
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LiP 47.20
ऋषभं पार्थिवश्रेष्ठं सर्वक्षत्रस्य पूजितम् ऋषभाद्भरतो जज्ञे वीरः पुत्रशताग्रजः
ṛṣabhaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvakṣatrasya pūjitam ṛṣabhādbharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ
Ṛṣabha, the best of kings, honoured by all the kṣatriyas. From Ṛṣabha was born the hero Bharata, eldest of a hundred sons.
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LiP 47.21
सो ऽभिषिच्याथ ऋषभो भरतं पुत्रवत्सलः ज्ञानवैराग्यमाश्रित्य जित्वेन्द्रियमहोरगान्
so 'bhiṣicyātha ṛṣabho bharataṃ putravatsalaḥ jñānavairāgyamāśritya jitvendriyamahoragān
Then that Ṛṣabha, fond of his son, having consecrated Bharata, resorting to knowledge and dispassion, having conquered the great serpents that are the senses,
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LiP 47.22
सर्वात्मनात्मनि स्थाप्य परमात्मानमीश्वरम् नग्नो जटी निराहारश् चीरी ध्वान्तगतो हि सः
sarvātmanātmani sthāpya paramātmānamīśvaram nagno jaṭī nirāhāraś cīrī dhvāntagato hi saḥ
and having with his whole self established in himself the supreme Self, the Lord, he was naked, matted-haired, without food, clad in bark, and gone into darkness.
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LiP 47.23
निराशस्त्यक्तसंदेहः शैवमाप परं पदम् हिमाद्रेर्दक्षिणं वर्षं भरताय न्यवेदयत्
nirāśastyaktasaṃdehaḥ śaivamāpa paraṃ padam himādrerdakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya nyavedayat
Free of desire, his doubts abandoned, he attained the supreme station of Śiva. He made over to Bharata the region south of the snowy mountain.
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LiP 47.24
तस्मात्तु भारतं वर्षं तस्य नाम्ना विदुर्बुधाः भरतस्यात्मजो विद्वान् सुमतिर्नाम धार्मिकः
tasmāttu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā vidurbudhāḥ bharatasyātmajo vidvān sumatirnāma dhārmikaḥ
Therefore the wise know that region as Bhārata, by his name. Bharata's son was the learned and righteous one named Sumati;
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LiP 47.25
बभूव तस्मिंस्तद्राज्यं भरतः संन्यवेशयत् पुत्रसंक्रामितश्रीको वनं राजा विवेश सः
babhūva tasmiṃstadrājyaṃ bharataḥ saṃnyaveśayat putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīko vanaṃ rājā viveśa saḥ
in him Bharata established that kingdom; his royal fortune transferred to his son, that king entered the forest.
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