Linga Purana — Chapter 78

LiP 78.1

वस्त्रपूतेन तोयेन कार्यं चैवोपलेपनम् शिवक्षेत्रे मुनिश्रेष्ठा नान्यथा सिद्धिरिष्यते

vastrapūtena toyena kāryaṃ caivopalepanam śivakṣetre muniśreṣṭhā nānyathā siddhiriṣyate

The smearing (of the ground) is to be done with water strained through a cloth, O best of sages, in Śiva's sanctuary; otherwise success is not held to (come).

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LiP 78.2

आपः पूता भवन्त्येता वस्त्रपूताः समुद्धृताः अफेना मुनिशार्दूला नादेयाश् च विशेषतः

āpaḥ pūtā bhavantyetā vastrapūtāḥ samuddhṛtāḥ aphenā muniśārdūlā nādeyāś ca viśeṣataḥ

These waters become pure when drawn up and strained through a cloth, free of froth, O tigers among sages, and especially (waters) from a river.

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LiP 78.3

तस्माद्वै सर्वकार्याणि दैविकानि द्विजोत्तमाः अद्भिः कार्याणि पूताभिः सर्वकार्यप्रसिद्धये

tasmādvai sarvakāryāṇi daivikāni dvijottamāḥ adbhiḥ kāryāṇi pūtābhiḥ sarvakāryaprasiddhaye

Therefore indeed, O best of the twice-born, all rites relating to the gods must be done with purified waters, for the accomplishment of all rites.

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LiP 78.4

जन्तुभिर् मिश्रिता ह्यापः सूक्ष्माभिस्तान्निहत्य तु यत्पापं सकलं चाद्भिर् अपूताभिश्चिरं लभेत्

jantubhir miśritā hyāpaḥ sūkṣmābhistānnihatya tu yatpāpaṃ sakalaṃ cādbhir apūtābhiściraṃ labhet

For waters are mingled with tiny creatures; by killing them (a man) would long incur whatever sin there is, entire, through unstrained water.

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LiP 78.5

संमार्जने तथा नॄणां मार्जने च विशेषतः अग्नौ कण्डनके चैव पेषणे तोयसंग्रहे

saṃmārjane tathā nṝṇāṃ mārjane ca viśeṣataḥ agnau kaṇḍanake caiva peṣaṇe toyasaṃgrahe

In sweeping, and likewise especially in the cleansing of men, in fire, in pounding, in grinding, in the gathering of water,

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LiP 78.6

हिंसा सदा गृहस्थानां तस्माद्धिंसां विवर्जयेत् अहिंसेयं परो धर्मः सर्वेषां प्राणिनां द्विजाः

hiṃsā sadā gṛhasthānāṃ tasmāddhiṃsāṃ vivarjayet ahiṃseyaṃ paro dharmaḥ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ dvijāḥ

there is always injury for householders; therefore one should avoid injury. This non-injury is the highest duty toward all living beings, O twice-born.

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LiP 78.7

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन वस्त्रपूतं समाचरेत् तद्दानमभयं पुण्यं सर्वदानोत्तमोत्तमम्

tasmātsarvaprayatnena vastrapūtaṃ samācaret taddānamabhayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadānottamottamam

Therefore with every effort one should practise (the use of water) strained through cloth; that gift of safety is meritorious, the very best of all gifts.

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LiP 78.8

तस्मात्तु परिहर्तव्या हिंसा सर्वत्र सर्वदा मनसा कर्मणा वाचा सर्वदाहिंसकं नरम्

tasmāttu parihartavyā hiṃsā sarvatra sarvadā manasā karmaṇā vācā sarvadāhiṃsakaṃ naram

Therefore injury is to be shunned everywhere and always. All creatures protect the man who never injures, in thought, act, and speech,

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LiP 78.9

रक्षन्ति जन्तवः सर्वे हिंसकं बाधयन्ति च त्रैलोक्यमखिलं दत्त्वा यत्फलं वेदपारगे

rakṣanti jantavaḥ sarve hiṃsakaṃ bādhayanti ca trailokyamakhilaṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ vedapārage

and they harass one who injures. Whatever fruit (accrues) from giving the whole triple world to one who has mastered the Vedas —

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LiP 78.10

तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं लभते ऽहिंसको नरः मनसा कर्मणा वाचा सर्वभूतहिते रताः

tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ labhate 'hiṃsako naraḥ manasā karmaṇā vācā sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ

That fruit, multiplied ten million times, the man who does no harm obtains; (such men) are devoted in mind, in deed, and in speech to the welfare of all beings.

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LiP 78.11

दयादर्शितपन्थानो रुद्रलोकं व्रजन्ति च स्वामिवत्परिरक्षन्ति बहूनि विविधानि च

dayādarśitapanthāno rudralokaṃ vrajanti ca svāmivatparirakṣanti bahūni vividhāni ca

Those whose path is shown by compassion go to the world of Rudra, and they protect many (creatures) of various kinds as a master (protects his own).

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LiP 78.12

ये पुत्रपौत्रवत्स्नेहाद् रुद्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन वस्त्रपूतेन वारिणा

ye putrapautravatsnehād rudralokaṃ vrajanti te tasmātsarvaprayatnena vastrapūtena vāriṇā

Those who (show affection to all creatures) as with affection for sons and grandsons go to the world of Rudra; therefore, with every effort, with water strained through cloth,

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LiP 78.13

कार्यमभ्युक्षणं नित्यं स्नपनं च विशेषतः त्रैलोक्यमखिलं हत्वा यत्फलं परिकीर्त्यते

kāryamabhyukṣaṇaṃ nityaṃ snapanaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ trailokyamakhilaṃ hatvā yatphalaṃ parikīrtyate

sprinkling is to be done constantly, and bathing especially. The fruit that is declared (to accrue) from slaying the entire triple world —

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LiP 78.14

शिवालये निहत्यैकम् अपि तत्सकलं लभेत् शिवार्थं सर्वदा कार्या पुष्पहिंसा द्विजोत्तमाः

śivālaye nihatyaikam api tatsakalaṃ labhet śivārthaṃ sarvadā kāryā puṣpahiṃsā dvijottamāḥ

one would incur all of that by killing even a single (creature) in Śiva's temple. For Śiva's sake, injury to flowers may always be done, O best of the twice-born.

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LiP 78.15

यज्ञार्थं पशुहिंसा च क्षत्रियैर्दुष्टशासनम् विहिताविहितं नास्ति योगिनां ब्रह्मवादिनाम्

yajñārthaṃ paśuhiṃsā ca kṣatriyairduṣṭaśāsanam vihitāvihitaṃ nāsti yogināṃ brahmavādinām

And injury to animals for the sake of sacrifice, and the punishing of the wicked by kṣatriyas — for yogins who declare brahman there is neither enjoined nor forbidden.

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LiP 78.16

यतस्तस्मान्न हन्तव्या निषिद्धानां निषेवणात् सर्वकर्माणि विन्यस्य संन्यस्ता ब्रह्मवादिनः

yatastasmānna hantavyā niṣiddhānāṃ niṣevaṇāt sarvakarmāṇi vinyasya saṃnyastā brahmavādinaḥ

For that reason they are not to be slain (merely) because of their resorting to forbidden things; having laid aside all rites, those who declare brahman are renouncers.

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LiP 78.17

न हन्तव्याः सदा पूज्याः पापकर्मरता अपि पवित्रास्तु स्त्रियः सर्वा अत्रेश् च कुलसंभवाः

na hantavyāḥ sadā pūjyāḥ pāpakarmaratā api pavitrāstu striyaḥ sarvā atreś ca kulasaṃbhavāḥ

They are not to be slain, (but) always to be honoured, even though given to sinful acts. And all women are pure, as are those born in Atri's line.

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LiP 78.18

ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापम् आत्रेयीं विनिहत्य च स्त्रियः सर्वा न हन्तव्याः पापकर्मरता अपि

brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpam ātreyīṃ vinihatya ca striyaḥ sarvā na hantavyāḥ pāpakarmaratā api

By killing an Ātreyī (a woman of Atri's line) the sin is equal to brahmin-murder; no women at all are to be slain, even those given to sinful acts.

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LiP 78.19

न यज्ञार्थं स्त्रियो ग्राह्याः सर्वैः सर्वत्र सर्वदा सर्ववर्णेषु विप्रेन्द्राः पापकर्मरता अपि

na yajñārthaṃ striyo grāhyāḥ sarvaiḥ sarvatra sarvadā sarvavarṇeṣu viprendrāḥ pāpakarmaratā api

Women are not to be taken for sacrifice by anyone, anywhere, at any time, in any of the classes, O chief of brahmins — even those given to sinful acts.

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LiP 78.20

मलिना रूपवत्यश् च विरूपा मलिनांबराः न हन्तव्याः सदा मर्त्यैः शिववच्छङ्कया तथा

malinā rūpavatyaś ca virūpā malināṃbarāḥ na hantavyāḥ sadā martyaiḥ śivavacchaṅkayā tathā

Dirty or beautiful, ugly or in soiled garments — (women) are never to be slain by mortals, out of the apprehension that they may be Śiva.

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LiP 78.21

वेदबाह्यव्रताचाराः श्रौतस्मार्तबहिष्कृताः पाषण्डिन इति ख्याता न संभाष्या द्विजातिभिः

vedabāhyavratācārāḥ śrautasmārtabahiṣkṛtāḥ pāṣaṇḍina iti khyātā na saṃbhāṣyā dvijātibhiḥ

Those whose observances and conduct lie outside the Veda, who are excluded from śrauta and smārta (rites), are known as heretics (pāṣaṇḍins); they are not to be spoken with by the twice-born.

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LiP 78.22

न स्पृष्टव्या न द्रष्टव्या दृष्ट्वा भानुं समीक्षते तथापि तेन वध्याश् च नृपैरन्यैश् च जन्तुभिः

na spṛṣṭavyā na draṣṭavyā dṛṣṭvā bhānuṃ samīkṣate tathāpi tena vadhyāś ca nṛpairanyaiś ca jantubhiḥ

They are not to be touched, not to be looked at; having seen (one), let (a man) gaze at the sun. Even so, they are to be put to death by kings and by other creatures.

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LiP 78.23

प्रसंगाद्वापि यो मर्त्यः सतां सकृदहो द्विजाः रुद्रलोकमवाप्नोति समभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम्

prasaṃgādvāpi yo martyaḥ satāṃ sakṛdaho dvijāḥ rudralokamavāpnoti samabhyarcya maheśvaram

Even the mortal who, by mere contact with the good, once (worships) — ah, O twice-born! — attains the world of Rudra, having duly worshipped Maheśvara.

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LiP 78.24

भवन्ति दुःखिताः सर्वे निर्दया मुनिसत्तमाः भक्तिहीना नराः सर्वे भवे परमकारणे

bhavanti duḥkhitāḥ sarve nirdayā munisattamāḥ bhaktihīnā narāḥ sarve bhave paramakāraṇe

All the pitiless become sorrowful, O best of sages — all men who lack devotion to Bhava, the supreme cause.

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LiP 78.25

ये भक्ता देवदेवस्य शिवस्य परमेष्ठिनः भाग्यवन्तो विमुच्यन्ते भुक्त्वा भोगानिहैव ते

ye bhaktā devadevasya śivasya parameṣṭhinaḥ bhāgyavanto vimucyante bhuktvā bhogānihaiva te

Those fortunate ones who are devotees of Śiva, the god of gods, the highest lord, are released, having enjoyed enjoyments here itself.

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LiP 78.26

पुत्रेषु दारेषु गृहेषु नॄणां भक्तं यथा चित्तमथादिदेवे सकृत्प्रसंगाद्यतितापसानां तेषां न दूरः परमेशलोकः

putreṣu dāreṣu gṛheṣu nṝṇāṃ bhaktaṃ yathā cittamathādideve sakṛtprasaṃgādyatitāpasānāṃ teṣāṃ na dūraḥ parameśalokaḥ

As men's mind is attached to sons, to wives, to houses, so (when it is fixed) upon the primal god, for those ascetics and penitents, through a single contact, the world of the supreme lord is not far off.

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