Linga Purana — Chapter 50

LiP 50.1

शितान्तशिखरे शक्रः पारिजातवने शुभे तस्य प्राच्यां कुमुदाद्रिकूटो ऽसौ बहुविस्तरः

śitāntaśikhare śakraḥ pārijātavane śubhe tasya prācyāṃ kumudādrikūṭo 'sau bahuvistaraḥ

On the peak of Śitānta, in the fair Pārijāta wood, (dwells) Śakra; to the east of it is that summit of Mount Kumuda, of great extent.

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LiP 50.2

अष्टौ पुराण्युदीर्णानि दानवानां द्विजोत्तमाः सुवर्णकोटरे पुण्ये राक्षसानां महात्मनाम्

aṣṭau purāṇyudīrṇāni dānavānāṃ dvijottamāḥ suvarṇakoṭare puṇye rākṣasānāṃ mahātmanām

Eight lofty cities of the Dānavas (are there), O best of the twice-born; in the holy Suvarṇakoṭara (are the cities) of the great-souled Rākṣasas.

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LiP 50.3

नीलकानां पुराण्याहुर् अष्टषष्टिर्द्विजोत्तमाः महानीले ऽपि शैलेन्द्रे पुराणि दश पञ्च च

nīlakānāṃ purāṇyāhur aṣṭaṣaṣṭirdvijottamāḥ mahānīle 'pi śailendre purāṇi daśa pañca ca

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LiP 50.4

हयाननानां मुख्यानां किन्नराणां च सुव्रताः वेणुसौधे महाशैले विद्याधरपुरत्रयम्

hayānanānāṃ mukhyānāṃ kinnarāṇāṃ ca suvratāḥ veṇusaudhe mahāśaile vidyādharapuratrayam

(There are cities), O you of good vows, of the horse-faced ones, the foremost Kinnaras; and on the great mountain Veṇusaudha there are three cities of the Vidyādharas.

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LiP 50.5

वैकुण्ठे गरुडः श्रीमान् करञ्जे नीललोहितः वसुधारे वसूनां तु निवासः परिकीर्तितः

vaikuṇṭhe garuḍaḥ śrīmān karañje nīlalohitaḥ vasudhāre vasūnāṃ tu nivāsaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

On Vaikuṇṭha (dwells) glorious Garuḍa; on Karañja, Nīlalohita; and on Vasudhāra the dwelling of the Vasus is declared (to be).

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LiP 50.6

रत्नधारे गिरिवरे सप्तर्षीणां महात्मनाम् सप्तस्थानानि पुण्यानि सिद्धावासयुतानि च

ratnadhāre girivare saptarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām saptasthānāni puṇyāni siddhāvāsayutāni ca

On Ratnadhāra, best of mountains, (are the abodes) of the seven great-souled sages — seven holy places, furnished also with dwellings of the Siddhas.

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LiP 50.7

महत्प्रजापतेः स्थानम् एकशृङ्गे नगोत्तमे गजशैले तु दुर्गाद्याः सुमेधे वसवस् तथा

mahatprajāpateḥ sthānam ekaśṛṅge nagottame gajaśaile tu durgādyāḥ sumedhe vasavas tathā

On Ekaśṛṅga, best of mountains, is the abode of the great Prajāpati; on Gajaśaila, Durgā and the others, and on Sumedha, likewise, the Vasus.

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LiP 50.8

आदित्याश् च तथा रुद्राः कृतावासास्तथाश्विनौ अशीतिर्देवपुर्यस्तु हेमकक्षे नगोत्तमे

ādityāś ca tathā rudrāḥ kṛtāvāsāstathāśvinau aśītirdevapuryastu hemakakṣe nagottame

And the Ādityas, and likewise the Rudras, have made their dwellings there, and the two Aśvins as well; and there are eighty cities of the gods on Hemakakṣa, best of mountains.

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LiP 50.9

सुनीले रक्षसां वासाः पञ्चकोटिशतानि च पञ्चकूटे पुराण्यासन् पञ्चकोटिप्रमाणतः

sunīle rakṣasāṃ vāsāḥ pañcakoṭiśatāni ca pañcakūṭe purāṇyāsan pañcakoṭipramāṇataḥ

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LiP 50.10

शतशृङ्गे पुरशतं यक्षाणाममितौजसाम् ताम्राभे काद्रवेयाणां विशाखे तु गुहस्य वै

śataśṛṅge puraśataṃ yakṣāṇāmamitaujasām tāmrābhe kādraveyāṇāṃ viśākhe tu guhasya vai

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LiP 50.11

श्वेतोदरे मुनिश्रेष्ठाः सुपर्णस्य महात्मनः पिशाचके कुबेरस्य हरिकूटे हरेर्गृहम्

śvetodare muniśreṣṭhāḥ suparṇasya mahātmanaḥ piśācake kuberasya harikūṭe harergṛham

On Śvetodara, O best of sages, (is the abode) of the great-souled Suparṇa; on Piśācaka, Kubera's; on Harikūṭa, Hari's house.

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LiP 50.12

कुमुदे किंनरावासस् त्व् अञ्जने चारणालयः कृष्णे गन्धर्वनिलयः पाण्डुरे पुरसप्तकम्

kumude kiṃnarāvāsas tv añjane cāraṇālayaḥ kṛṣṇe gandharvanilayaḥ pāṇḍure purasaptakam

On Kumuda is the dwelling of the Kiṃnaras, on Añjana the abode of the Cāraṇas, on Kṛṣṇa the residence of the Gandharvas, on Pāṇḍura a group of seven cities

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LiP 50.13

विद्याधराणां विप्रेन्द्रा विश्वभोगसमन्वितम् सहस्रशिखरे शैले दैत्यानामुग्रकर्मणाम्

vidyādharāṇāṃ viprendrā viśvabhogasamanvitam sahasraśikhare śaile daityānāmugrakarmaṇām

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LiP 50.14

पुराणां तु सहस्राणि सप्त शक्रारिणां द्विजाः मुकुटे पन्नगावासः पुष्पकेतौ मुनीश्वराः

purāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi sapta śakrāriṇāṃ dvijāḥ mukuṭe pannagāvāsaḥ puṣpaketau munīśvarāḥ

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LiP 50.15

वैवस्वतस्य सोमस्य वायोर्नागाधिपस्य च तक्षके चैव शैलेन्द्रे चत्वार्यायतनानि च

vaivasvatasya somasya vāyornāgādhipasya ca takṣake caiva śailendre catvāryāyatanāni ca

And there are four sanctuaries — of Vaivasvata (Yama), of Soma, of Vāyu, and of the lord of the serpents — on Takṣaka, the chief of mountains.

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LiP 50.16

ब्रह्मेन्द्रविष्णुरुद्राणां गुहस्य च महात्मनः कुबेरस्य च सोमस्य तथान्येषां महात्मनाम्

brahmendraviṣṇurudrāṇāṃ guhasya ca mahātmanaḥ kuberasya ca somasya tathānyeṣāṃ mahātmanām

Of Brahmā, Indra, Viṣṇu and Rudra, and of the great-souled Guha, and of Kubera and Soma, and likewise of other great-souled ones —

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LiP 50.17

सन्त्यायतनमुख्यानि मर्यादापर्वतेष्वपि श्रीकण्ठाद्रिगुहावासी सर्वावासः सहोमया

santyāyatanamukhyāni maryādāparvateṣvapi śrīkaṇṭhādriguhāvāsī sarvāvāsaḥ sahomayā

There are principal sanctuaries on the boundary mountains too; (there dwells) the dweller in the cave of Mount Śrīkaṇṭha, the abode of all, together with Umā.

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LiP 50.18

श्रीकण्ठस्याधिपत्यं वै सर्वदेवेश्वरस्य च अण्डस्यास्य प्रवृत्तिस्तु श्रीकण्ठेन न संशयः

śrīkaṇṭhasyādhipatyaṃ vai sarvadeveśvarasya ca aṇḍasyāsya pravṛttistu śrīkaṇṭhena na saṃśayaḥ

The overlordship indeed belongs to Śrīkaṇṭha, the lord of all gods; and the coming-forth of this egg (the cosmos) is through Śrīkaṇṭha—there is no doubt.

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LiP 50.19

अनन्तेशादयस्त्वेवं प्रत्येकं चाण्डपालकाः चक्रवर्तिन इत्युक्तास् ततो विद्येश्वरास्त्विह

ananteśādayastvevaṃ pratyekaṃ cāṇḍapālakāḥ cakravartina ityuktās tato vidyeśvarāstviha

Anantesa and the others likewise are each guardians of a (cosmic) egg; they are therefore called universal sovereigns, the Lords of Knowledge (vidyeśvaras) here.

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LiP 50.20

श्रीकण्ठाधिष्ठितान्यत्र स्थानानि च समासतः मर्यादापर्वतेष्वद्य शृण्वन्तु प्रवदाम्य् अहम्

śrīkaṇṭhādhiṣṭhitānyatra sthānāni ca samāsataḥ maryādāparvateṣvadya śṛṇvantu pravadāmy aham

And now the places presided over by Śrīkaṇṭha there, on the boundary mountains, (told) in brief — let (them) listen, I shall declare (them).

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LiP 50.21

श्रीकण्ठाधिष्ठितं विश्वं चराचरमिदं जगत् कालाग्निशिवपर्यन्तं कथं वक्ष्ये सविस्तरम्

śrīkaṇṭhādhiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ carācaramidaṃ jagat kālāgniśivaparyantaṃ kathaṃ vakṣye savistaram

This whole world, moving and unmoving, is presided over by Śrīkaṇṭha, up to Kālāgniśiva — how shall I tell it in full detail?

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