Linga Purana — Chapter 87

LiP 87.1

निशम्य ते महाप्राज्ञाः कुमाराद्याः पिनाकिनम् प्रोचुः प्रणम्य वै भीताः प्रसन्नं परमेश्वरम्

niśamya te mahāprājñāḥ kumārādyāḥ pinākinam procuḥ praṇamya vai bhītāḥ prasannaṃ parameśvaram

Having heard (this), those greatly wise ones, Kumāra and the rest, being afraid, bowed and spoke to Pinākin, the gracious Supreme Lord.

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LiP 87.2

एवं चेदनया देव्या हैमवत्या महेश्वर क्रीडसे विविधैर्भोगैः कथं वक्तुमिहार्हसि

evaṃ cedanayā devyā haimavatyā maheśvara krīḍase vividhairbhogaiḥ kathaṃ vaktumihārhasi

"If it is so, O Maheśvara, (yet) you play with this goddess Haimavatī by means of manifold enjoyments—how then are you fit to speak thus here?"

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LiP 87.3

एवमुक्तः प्रहस्येशः पिनाकी नीललोहितः प्राह ताम् अंबिकां प्रेक्ष्य प्रणिपत्य स्थितान् द्विजान्

evamuktaḥ prahasyeśaḥ pinākī nīlalohitaḥ prāha tām aṃbikāṃ prekṣya praṇipatya sthitān dvijān

Addressed thus, the Lord Pinākin, the dark-red one, laughed, looked at Ambikā, and spoke to the twice-born who stood bowed before him.

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LiP 87.4

बन्धमोक्षौ न चैवेह मम स्वेच्छा शरीरिणः अकर्तज्ञः पशुर्जीवो विभुर्भोक्ता ह्यणुः पुमान्

bandhamokṣau na caiveha mama svecchā śarīriṇaḥ akartajñaḥ paśurjīvo vibhurbhoktā hyaṇuḥ pumān

"Bondage and release here are not by my own will, (I) being embodied. The bound soul, the living being, is one who does not know the agent; the all-pervading one is the experiencer; the person is atomic.

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LiP 87.5

मायी च मायया बद्धः कर्मभिर् युज्यते तु सः ज्ञानं ध्यानं च बन्धश् च मोक्षो नास्त्यात्मनो द्विजाः

māyī ca māyayā baddhaḥ karmabhir yujyate tu saḥ jñānaṃ dhyānaṃ ca bandhaś ca mokṣo nāstyātmano dvijāḥ

And the one possessed of māyā, bound by māyā, is yoked to (his) deeds; but for the Self, O twice-born, there is no knowledge, no meditation, no bondage and no release.

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LiP 87.6

यदैवं मयि विद्वान् यस् तस्यापि न च सर्वतः एषा विद्या ह्यहं वेद्यः प्रज्ञैषा च श्रुतिः स्मृतिः

yadaivaṃ mayi vidvān yas tasyāpi na ca sarvataḥ eṣā vidyā hyahaṃ vedyaḥ prajñaiṣā ca śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ

When one is thus a knower in me, even for him it is not (so) in every respect. This is knowledge, and I am what is to be known; this is wisdom, this is śruti and smṛti,

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LiP 87.7

धृतिरेषा मया निष्ठा ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रिया तथा इच्छाख्या च तथा ह्याज्ञा द्वे विद्ये न च संशयः

dhṛtireṣā mayā niṣṭhā jñānaśaktiḥ kriyā tathā icchākhyā ca tathā hyājñā dve vidye na ca saṃśayaḥ

this is steadfastness, this is fixity in me, the power of knowledge and likewise action, and that called will, and likewise command—(these are) the two knowledges, and there is no doubt.

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LiP 87.8

न ह्येषा प्रकृतिर्जैवी विकृतिश् च विचारतः विकारो नैव मायैषा सदसद्व्यक्तिवर्जिता

na hyeṣā prakṛtirjaivī vikṛtiś ca vicārataḥ vikāro naiva māyaiṣā sadasadvyaktivarjitā

For she is not a prakṛti belonging to the living being, nor, on examination, a derivative; she is no modification—this māyā—being devoid of manifestation as existent or non-existent.

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LiP 87.9

पुरा ममाज्ञा मद्वक्त्रात् समुत्पन्ना सनातनी पञ्चवक्त्रा महाभागा जगतामभयप्रदा

purā mamājñā madvaktrāt samutpannā sanātanī pañcavaktrā mahābhāgā jagatāmabhayapradā

Formerly my command arose from my mouth, eternal, five-faced, greatly blessed, granting freedom from fear to the worlds.

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LiP 87.10

तामाज्ञां सम्प्रविश्याहं चिन्तयन् जगतां हितम् सप्तविंशत्प्रकारेण सर्वं व्याप्यानया शिवः

tāmājñāṃ sampraviśyāhaṃ cintayan jagatāṃ hitam saptaviṃśatprakāreṇa sarvaṃ vyāpyānayā śivaḥ

Entering into that command, I, Śiva, thinking of the welfare of the worlds, pervaded everything by her in twenty-seven ways.

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LiP 87.11

तदाप्रभृति वै मोक्षप्रवृत्तिर्द्विजसत्तमाः एवमुक्त्वा तदापश्यद् भवानीं परमेश्वरः

tadāprabhṛti vai mokṣapravṛttirdvijasattamāḥ evamuktvā tadāpaśyad bhavānīṃ parameśvaraḥ

From that time onward, indeed, there is the movement toward release, O best of the twice-born." Having spoken thus, the Supreme Lord then looked at Bhavānī.

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LiP 87.12

भवानी च तमालोक्य मायामहरदव्यया ते मायामलनिर्मुक्ता मुनयः प्रेक्ष्य पार्वतीम्

bhavānī ca tamālokya māyāmaharadavyayā te māyāmalanirmuktā munayaḥ prekṣya pārvatīm

And Bhavānī, the imperishable one, looking at him, took away the māyā; those sages, freed from the taint of māyā, beholding Pārvatī,

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LiP 87.13

प्रीता बभूवुर्मुक्ताश् च तस्मादेषा परा गतिः उमाशङ्करयोर्भेदो नास्त्येव परमार्थतः

prītā babhūvurmuktāś ca tasmādeṣā parā gatiḥ umāśaṅkarayorbhedo nāstyeva paramārthataḥ

became glad and were released; therefore she is the highest goal. Between Umā and Śaṅkara there is, in the highest sense, no difference at all.

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LiP 87.14

द्विधासौ रूपमास्थाय स्थित एव न संशयः यदा विद्वानसंगः स्याद् आज्ञया परमेष्ठिनः

dvidhāsau rūpamāsthāya sthita eva na saṃśayaḥ yadā vidvānasaṃgaḥ syād ājñayā parameṣṭhinaḥ

He assumes a twofold form and (yet) remains just (one)—there is no doubt. When a wise man becomes free of attachment by the command of the Highest One,

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LiP 87.15

तदा मुक्तिः क्षणादेव नान्यथा कर्मकोटिभिः क्रमो ऽविवक्षितो भूतविवृद्धः परमेष्ठिनः

tadā muktiḥ kṣaṇādeva nānyathā karmakoṭibhiḥ kramo 'vivakṣito bhūtavivṛddhaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

Then liberation (comes) in an instant alone, and not otherwise by tens of millions of rites. The gradual course is not intended (here) — (that) of the Supreme One, increased by the elements.

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LiP 87.16

प्रसादेन क्षणान्मुक्तिः प्रतिज्ञैषा न संशयः गर्भस्थो जायमानो वा बालो वा तरुणो ऽपि वा

prasādena kṣaṇānmuktiḥ pratijñaiṣā na saṃśayaḥ garbhastho jāyamāno vā bālo vā taruṇo 'pi vā

By (his) grace liberation (comes) in an instant — this is (my) assertion, there is no doubt: whether (one is) in the womb, or being born, or a child, or even a youth,

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LiP 87.17

वृद्धो वा मुच्यते जन्तुः प्रसादात्परमेष्ठिनः अण्डजश् चोद्भिज्जो वापि स्वेदजो वापि मुच्यते

vṛddho vā mucyate jantuḥ prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ aṇḍajaś codbhijjo vāpi svedajo vāpi mucyate

or old, the creature is released by the grace of the Supreme One; whether born from an egg, or sprung from a sprout, or born of sweat, (each) is released,

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LiP 87.18

प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा एष एव जगन्नाथो बन्धमोक्षकरः शिवः

prasādāddevadevasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā eṣa eva jagannātho bandhamokṣakaraḥ śivaḥ

by the grace of the God of gods — no deliberation is to be made about this. This very one is the Lord of the world, Śiva, the maker of bondage and release.

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LiP 87.19

भूर्भूवःस्वर्महश् चैव जनः साक्षात्तपः स्वयम् सत्यलोकस् तथाण्डानां कोटिकोटिशतानि च

bhūrbhūvaḥsvarmahaś caiva janaḥ sākṣāttapaḥ svayam satyalokas tathāṇḍānāṃ koṭikoṭiśatāni ca

Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, Svar and Mahas, and Jana directly, Tapas itself, and the Satya-world, and hundreds of crores upon crores of (cosmic) eggs —

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LiP 87.20

विग्रहं देवदेवस्य तथाण्डावरणाष्टकम् सप्तद्वीपेषु सर्वेषु पर्वतेषु वनेषु च

vigrahaṃ devadevasya tathāṇḍāvaraṇāṣṭakam saptadvīpeṣu sarveṣu parvateṣu vaneṣu ca

(all this is) the body of the God of gods, and likewise the eightfold covering of the egg; and in all the seven continents, on the mountains and in the forests,

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LiP 87.21

समुद्रेषु च सर्वेषु वायुस्कन्धेषु सर्वतः तथान्येषु च लोकेषु वसन्ति च चराचराः

samudreṣu ca sarveṣu vāyuskandheṣu sarvataḥ tathānyeṣu ca lokeṣu vasanti ca carācarāḥ

and in all the oceans, everywhere in the layers of wind, and likewise in the other worlds, the moving and unmoving (beings) dwell.

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LiP 87.22

सर्वे भवांशजा नूनं गतिस्त्वेषां स एव वै सर्वो रुद्रो नमस्तस्मै पुरुषाय महात्मने

sarve bhavāṃśajā nūnaṃ gatistveṣāṃ sa eva vai sarvo rudro namastasmai puruṣāya mahātmane

All are surely born of a portion of Bhava, and he alone is indeed their goal; all is Rudra — homage to him, the Person, the great Self.

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LiP 87.23

विश्वं भूतं तथा जातं बहुधा रुद्र एव सः रुद्राज्ञैषा स्थिता देवी ह्य् अनया मुक्तिरंबिका

viśvaṃ bhūtaṃ tathā jātaṃ bahudhā rudra eva saḥ rudrājñaiṣā sthitā devī hy anayā muktiraṃbikā

The universe that has come to be and thus been born in many ways — that is Rudra himself. This goddess abides as Rudra's command, and through her (comes) liberation, (she is) Ambikā.

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LiP 87.24

इत्येवं खेचराः सिद्धा जजल्पुः प्रीतमानसाः यदावलोक्य तान् सर्वान् प्रसादादनयांबिका

ityevaṃ khecarāḥ siddhā jajalpuḥ prītamānasāḥ yadāvalokya tān sarvān prasādādanayāṃbikā

Thus did the sky-going Siddhas speak, their minds delighted; and when Ambikā, out of grace, looks upon all of them,

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LiP 87.25

तदा तिष्ठन्ति सायुज्यं प्राप्तास्ते खेचराः प्रभोः

tadā tiṣṭhanti sāyujyaṃ prāptāste khecarāḥ prabhoḥ

then those sky-goers abide, having attained union with the Lord.

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