Linga Purana — Chapter 79
LiP 79.1
कथं पूज्यो महादेवो मर्त्यैर्मन्दैर्महामते कल्पायुषैर् अल्पवीर्यैर् अल्पसत्त्वैः प्रजापतिः
kathaṃ pūjyo mahādevo martyairmandairmahāmate kalpāyuṣair alpavīryair alpasattvaiḥ prajāpatiḥ
How is Mahādeva to be worshipped, O great-minded one, by dull mortals of little strength and little substance — Prajāpati, whose lifespan is a kalpa?
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LiP 79.2
संवत्सरसहस्रैश् च तपसा पूज्य शङ्करम् न पश्यन्ति सुराश्चापि कथं देवं यजन्ति ते
saṃvatsarasahasraiś ca tapasā pūjya śaṅkaram na paśyanti surāścāpi kathaṃ devaṃ yajanti te
Even the gods, having worshipped Śaṅkara with austerity for thousands of years, do not see him; how then can they (mortals) worship the god?
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LiP 79.3
कथितं तथ्यम् एवात्र युष्माभिर् मुनिपुङ्गवाः तथापि श्रद्धया दृश्यः पूज्यः संभाष्य एव च
kathitaṃ tathyam evātra yuṣmābhir munipuṅgavāḥ tathāpi śraddhayā dṛśyaḥ pūjyaḥ saṃbhāṣya eva ca
What has been said here by you, O bulls among sages, is indeed the truth; nevertheless, through faith he can be seen, worshipped, and even spoken with.
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LiP 79.4
प्रसंगाच्चैव सम्पूज्य भक्तिहीनैरपि द्विजाः भावानुरूपफलदो भगवानिति कीर्तितः
prasaṃgāccaiva sampūjya bhaktihīnairapi dvijāḥ bhāvānurūpaphalado bhagavāniti kīrtitaḥ
And even by those lacking devotion, O twice-born, when (he) is worshipped merely incidentally — the Lord is proclaimed as one who bestows fruit in accordance with (the worshipper's) disposition.
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LiP 79.5
उच्छिष्टः पूजयन्याति पैशाचं तु द्विजाधमः संक्रुद्धो राक्षसं स्थानं प्राप्नुयान् मूढधीर् द्विजाः
ucchiṣṭaḥ pūjayanyāti paiśācaṃ tu dvijādhamaḥ saṃkruddho rākṣasaṃ sthānaṃ prāpnuyān mūḍhadhīr dvijāḥ
But the lowest of the twice-born who worships while ritually unclean with leftover food goes to the condition of a piśāca; and one who is enraged, dull-witted, would attain the state of a rākṣasa, O twice-born.
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LiP 79.6
अभक्ष्यभक्षी सम्पूज्य याक्षं प्राप्नोति दुर्जनः गानशीलश् च गान्धर्वं नृत्यशीलस्तथैव च
abhakṣyabhakṣī sampūjya yākṣaṃ prāpnoti durjanaḥ gānaśīlaś ca gāndharvaṃ nṛtyaśīlastathaiva ca
An evil man who eats forbidden food, when he worships, attains the Yakṣa (station); one given to singing, the Gandharva (station), and likewise one given to dancing.
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LiP 79.7
ख्यातिशीलस् तथा चान्द्रं स्त्रीषु सक्तो नराधमः मदार्तः पूजयन् रुद्रं सोमस्थानमवाप्नुयात्
khyātiśīlas tathā cāndraṃ strīṣu sakto narādhamaḥ madārtaḥ pūjayan rudraṃ somasthānamavāpnuyāt
So too one given to (seeking) fame (attains) the lunar (station); the lowest of men, attached to women and afflicted by drink, while worshipping Rudra, would attain the place of Soma.
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LiP 79.8
गायत्र्या देवमभ्यर्च्य प्राजापत्यमवाप्नुयात् ब्राह्मं हि प्रणवेनैव वैष्णवं चाभिनन्द्य च
gāyatryā devamabhyarcya prājāpatyamavāpnuyāt brāhmaṃ hi praṇavenaiva vaiṣṇavaṃ cābhinandya ca
Having worshipped the god with the Gāyatrī, one would attain the world of Prajāpati; with the praṇava (Om) alone, indeed, the world of Brahmā, and by giving praise, the world of Viṣṇu.
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LiP 79.9
श्रद्धया सकृदेवापि समभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम् रुद्रलोकमनुप्राप्य रुद्रैः सार्धं प्रमोदते
śraddhayā sakṛdevāpi samabhyarcya maheśvaram rudralokamanuprāpya rudraiḥ sārdhaṃ pramodate
Having worshipped Maheśvara with faith even but once, one reaches the world of Rudra and rejoices together with the Rudras.
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LiP 79.10
संशोध्य च शुभं लिङ्गम् अमरासुरपूजितम् जलैः पूतैस्तथा पीठे देवमावाह्य भक्तितः
saṃśodhya ca śubhaṃ liṅgam amarāsurapūjitam jalaiḥ pūtaistathā pīṭhe devamāvāhya bhaktitaḥ
And having cleansed with pure waters the auspicious liṅga, worshipped by gods and asuras, and having invoked the god upon the pedestal with devotion —
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LiP 79.11
दृष्ट्वा देवं यथान्यायं प्रणिपत्य च शङ्करम् कल्पिते चासने स्थाप्य धर्मज्ञानमये शुभे
dṛṣṭvā devaṃ yathānyāyaṃ praṇipatya ca śaṅkaram kalpite cāsane sthāpya dharmajñānamaye śubhe
Having beheld the god as is proper and having bowed down to Śaṅkara, and having set (him) on the seat prepared (for him), auspicious and made of dharma and knowledge,
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LiP 79.12
वैराग्यैश्वर्यसम्पन्ने सर्वलोकनमस्कृते ओङ्कारपद्ममध्ये तु सोमसूर्याग्निसंभवे
vairāgyaiśvaryasampanne sarvalokanamaskṛte oṅkārapadmamadhye tu somasūryāgnisaṃbhave
(a seat) endowed with dispassion and lordship, saluted by all the worlds, in the middle of the lotus of the syllable Om, arisen from moon, sun, and fire —
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LiP 79.13
पाद्यमाचमनं चार्घ्यं दत्त्वा रुद्राय शंभवे स्नापयेद्दिव्यतोयैश् च घृतेन पयसा तथा
pādyamācamanaṃ cārghyaṃ dattvā rudrāya śaṃbhave snāpayeddivyatoyaiś ca ghṛtena payasā tathā
having offered water for the feet, water for rinsing the mouth, and the guest-offering to Rudra, to Śambhu, one should bathe (him) with divine waters, and with clarified butter and with milk,
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LiP 79.14
दध्ना च स्नापयेद्रुद्रं शोधयेच्च यथाविधि ततः शुद्धांबुना स्नाप्य चन्दनाद्यैश् च पूजयेत्
dadhnā ca snāpayedrudraṃ śodhayecca yathāvidhi tataḥ śuddhāṃbunā snāpya candanādyaiś ca pūjayet
And (he) should bathe Rudra with curds and cleanse (him) according to the rule; then, having bathed (him) with pure water, he should worship (him) with sandal paste and the rest.
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LiP 79.15
रोचनाद्यैश् च सम्पूज्य दिव्यपुष्पैश् च पूजयेत् बिल्वपत्रैरखण्डैश् च पद्मैर्नानाविधैस् तथा
rocanādyaiś ca sampūjya divyapuṣpaiś ca pūjayet bilvapatrairakhaṇḍaiś ca padmairnānāvidhais tathā
And having worshipped (him) with yellow pigment and the rest, he should worship (him) with divine flowers, and with unbroken bilva leaves, and with lotuses of various kinds,
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LiP 79.16
नीलोत्पलैश् च राजीवैर् नद्यावर्तैश् च मल्लिकैः चम्पकैर् जातिपुष्पैश्च बकुलैः करवीरकैः
nīlotpalaiś ca rājīvair nadyāvartaiś ca mallikaiḥ campakair jātipuṣpaiśca bakulaiḥ karavīrakaiḥ
(One should worship him) with blue water-lilies and red lotuses, with nandyāvarta blossoms and jasmine, with campaka and jātī flowers, with bakula and karavīra flowers.
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LiP 79.17
शमीपुष्पैर् बृहत्पुष्पैर् उन्मत्तागस्त्यजैरपि अपामार्गकदम्बैश् च भूषणैरपि शोभनैः
śamīpuṣpair bṛhatpuṣpair unmattāgastyajairapi apāmārgakadambaiś ca bhūṣaṇairapi śobhanaiḥ
With śamī blossoms, with bṛhatī blossoms, and with those born of the unmatta (datura) and the agastya tree, and with apāmārga and kadamba (flowers), and also with beautiful ornaments—
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LiP 79.18
दत्त्वा पञ्चविधं धूपं पायसं च निवेदयेत् दधिभक्तं च मध्वाज्यपरिप्लुतमतः परम्
dattvā pañcavidhaṃ dhūpaṃ pāyasaṃ ca nivedayet dadhibhaktaṃ ca madhvājyapariplutamataḥ param
Having given incense of five kinds, (he) should offer milk-rice, and after that curd-rice steeped in honey and ghee.
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LiP 79.19
शुद्धान्नं चैव मुद्गान्नं षड्विधं च निवेदयेत् अथ पञ्चविधं वापि सघृतं विनिवेदयेत्
śuddhānnaṃ caiva mudgānnaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ ca nivedayet atha pañcavidhaṃ vāpi saghṛtaṃ vinivedayet
And (he) should offer plain rice and rice cooked with mung beans, and the sixfold (offering); or else (he) should offer the fivefold (offering) together with ghee.
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LiP 79.20
केवलं चापि शुद्धान्नम् आढकं तण्डुलं पचेत् कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं चान्ते नमस्कृत्य मुहुर्मुहुः
kevalaṃ cāpi śuddhānnam āḍhakaṃ taṇḍulaṃ pacet kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ cānte namaskṛtya muhurmuhuḥ
Or (he may offer) merely pure boiled rice: he should cook an āḍhaka measure of rice-grains; and having made the circumambulation, at the end bowing again and again,
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LiP 79.21
स्तुत्वा च देवमीशानं पुनः सम्पूज्य शङ्करम् ईशानं पुरुषं चैव अघोरं वाममेव च
stutvā ca devamīśānaṃ punaḥ sampūjya śaṅkaram īśānaṃ puruṣaṃ caiva aghoraṃ vāmameva ca
And having praised the god Īśāna, and having again worshipped Śaṅkara — (reciting) Īśāna, Puruṣa, and Aghora, and Vāma too,
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LiP 79.22
सद्योजातं जपंश्चापि पञ्चभिः पूजयेच्छिवम् अनेन विधिना देवः प्रसीदति महेश्वरः
sadyojātaṃ japaṃścāpi pañcabhiḥ pūjayecchivam anena vidhinā devaḥ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ
And reciting also Sadyojāta, one should worship Śiva with the five (mantras); by this rite the god Maheśvara is pleased.
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LiP 79.23
वृक्षाः पुष्पादिपत्राद्यैर् उपयुक्ताः शिवार्चने गावश्चैव द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रयान्ति परमां गतिम्
vṛkṣāḥ puṣpādipatrādyair upayuktāḥ śivārcane gāvaścaiva dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prayānti paramāṃ gatim
Trees, being used in Śiva's worship by way of their flowers, leaves and the rest, and cows as well, O best of brahmins, attain the highest goal.
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LiP 79.24
पूजयेद्यः शिवं रुद्रं शर्वं भवमजं सकृत् स याति शिवसायुज्यं पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितम्
pūjayedyaḥ śivaṃ rudraṃ śarvaṃ bhavamajaṃ sakṛt sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam
Whoever worships Śiva, Rudra, Śarva, Bhava, the Unborn, even once, he attains union with Śiva, free of any return (to birth).
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LiP 79.25
अर्चितं परमेशानं भवं शर्वमुमापतिम् सकृत्प्रसंगाद्वा दृष्ट्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
arcitaṃ parameśānaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim sakṛtprasaṃgādvā dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Having once seen the Supreme Lord, Bhava, Śarva, Umā's husband, when he is being worshipped—even by mere chance—one is released from all sins.
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LiP 79.26
पूजितं वा महादेवं पूज्यमानमथापि वा दृष्ट्वा प्रयाति वै मर्त्यो ब्रह्मलोकं न संशयः
pūjitaṃ vā mahādevaṃ pūjyamānamathāpi vā dṛṣṭvā prayāti vai martyo brahmalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Having seen the Great God worshipped, or else being worshipped, a mortal goes to the world of Brahmā—there is no doubt.
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LiP 79.27
श्रुत्वानुमोदयेच्चापि स याति परमां गतिम् यो दद्याद् घृतदीपं च सकृल्लिङ्गस्य चाग्रतः
śrutvānumodayeccāpi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim yo dadyād ghṛtadīpaṃ ca sakṛlliṅgasya cāgrataḥ
And if, having heard (of it), he should approve, he goes to the highest state. Whoever offers a ghee lamp even once before the liṅga—
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LiP 79.28
स तां गतिम् अवाप्नोति स्वाश्रमैर् दुर्लभां स्थिराम् दीपवृक्षं पार्थिवं वा दारवं वा शिवालये
sa tāṃ gatim avāpnoti svāśramair durlabhāṃ sthirām dīpavṛkṣaṃ pārthivaṃ vā dāravaṃ vā śivālaye
—he attains that state, hard to reach by (the practices of) one's own stages of life, and lasting. (Setting up) a lamp-tree, of earth or of wood, in Śiva's temple,
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LiP 79.29
दत्त्वा कुलशतं साग्रं शिवलोके महीयते आयसं ताम्रजं वापि रौप्यं सौवर्णिकं तथा
dattvā kulaśataṃ sāgraṃ śivaloke mahīyate āyasaṃ tāmrajaṃ vāpi raupyaṃ sauvarṇikaṃ tathā
having given (it), he is honoured in Śiva's world together with a hundred generations of his family and more; and (one made) of iron, or of copper, of silver, or likewise of gold—
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LiP 79.30
शिवाय दीपं यो दद्याद् विधिना वापि भक्तितः सूर्यायुतसमैः श्लक्ष्णैर् यानैः शिवपुरं व्रजेत्
śivāya dīpaṃ yo dadyād vidhinā vāpi bhaktitaḥ sūryāyutasamaiḥ ślakṣṇair yānaiḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet
whoever should give a lamp to Śiva, according to rule or else out of devotion, would go to Śiva's city in smooth-moving vehicles equal to ten thousand suns.
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LiP 79.31
कार्तिके मासि यो दद्याद् घृतदीपं शिवाग्रतः सम्पूज्यमानं वा पश्येद् विधिना परमेश्वरम्
kārtike māsi yo dadyād ghṛtadīpaṃ śivāgrataḥ sampūjyamānaṃ vā paśyed vidhinā parameśvaram
Whoever in the month of Kārttika offers a ghee lamp before Śiva, or beholds the Supreme Lord being duly worshipped,
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LiP 79.32
स याति ब्रह्मणो लोकं श्रद्धया मुनिसत्तमाः आवाहनं सुसान्निध्यं स्थापनं पूजनं तथा
sa yāti brahmaṇo lokaṃ śraddhayā munisattamāḥ āvāhanaṃ susānnidhyaṃ sthāpanaṃ pūjanaṃ tathā
he goes, by his faith, to the world of Brahmā, O best of sages. The invocation, the (making of) close presence, the installation, and likewise the worship—
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LiP 79.33
सम्प्रोक्तं रुद्रगायत्र्या आसनं प्रणवेन वै पञ्चभिः स्नपनं प्रोक्तं रुद्राद्यैश् च विशेषतः
samproktaṃ rudragāyatryā āsanaṃ praṇavena vai pañcabhiḥ snapanaṃ proktaṃ rudrādyaiś ca viśeṣataḥ
(all this) is prescribed with the Rudra-gāyatrī; the seat, indeed, with the praṇava (Om); the bathing is prescribed with the five (mantras) and especially with the Rudra (mantras) and the rest.
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LiP 79.34
एवं सम्पूजयेन्नित्यं देवदेवमुमापतिम् ब्रह्माणं दक्षिणे तस्य प्रणवेन समर्चयेत्
evaṃ sampūjayennityaṃ devadevamumāpatim brahmāṇaṃ dakṣiṇe tasya praṇavena samarcayet
Thus one should constantly worship the God of gods, Umā's husband; on his right one should worship Brahmā with the praṇava,
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LiP 79.35
उत्तरे देवदेवेशं विष्णुं गायत्रिया यजेत् वह्नौ हुत्वा यथान्यायं पञ्चभिः प्रणवेन च
uttare devadeveśaṃ viṣṇuṃ gāyatriyā yajet vahnau hutvā yathānyāyaṃ pañcabhiḥ praṇavena ca
and on the north one should worship Viṣṇu, lord of the gods of gods, with the gāyatrī; and having offered oblations in the fire as prescribed, with the five (mantras) and with the praṇava,
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LiP 79.36
स याति शिवसायुज्यम् एवं सम्पूज्य शङ्करम् इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तो लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः
sa yāti śivasāyujyam evaṃ sampūjya śaṅkaram iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto liṅgārcanavidhikramaḥ
he attains union with Śiva, having thus worshipped Śaṅkara. Thus in brief has been declared the order of the rule for worshipping the liṅga,
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LiP 79.37
व्यासेन कथितः पूर्वं श्रुत्वा रुद्रमुखात्स्वयम्
vyāsena kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ śrutvā rudramukhātsvayam
which was told formerly by Vyāsa, having himself heard it from Rudra's mouth.
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