Linga Purana — Chapter 90

LiP 90.1

अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि यतीनामिह निश्चितम् प्रायश्चित्तं शिवप्रोक्तं यतीनां पापशोधनम्

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yatīnāmiha niścitam prāyaścittaṃ śivaproktaṃ yatīnāṃ pāpaśodhanam

Hereafter I shall declare what is settled here for ascetics: the expiation spoken by Śiva, the cleansing of the sins of ascetics.

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LiP 90.2

पापं हि त्रिविधं ज्ञेयं वाङ्मनःकायसंभवम् सततं हि दिवा रात्रौ येनेदं वेष्ट्यते जगत्

pāpaṃ hi trividhaṃ jñeyaṃ vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃbhavam satataṃ hi divā rātrau yenedaṃ veṣṭyate jagat

For sin is to be known as threefold, arising from speech, mind and body — (sin) by which this world is constantly enveloped, day and night.

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LiP 90.3

तत्कर्मणा विनाप्येष तिष्ठतीति परा श्रुतिः क्षणमेवं प्रयोज्यं तु आयुष्यं तु विधारणम्

tatkarmaṇā vināpyeṣa tiṣṭhatīti parā śrutiḥ kṣaṇamevaṃ prayojyaṃ tu āyuṣyaṃ tu vidhāraṇam

"Even without that act he (still) abides" — such is the higher scriptural word. Thus a moment (only) is to be employed, but the maintaining (of the body) is for the sake of long life.

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LiP 90.4

भवेद्योगो ऽप्रमत्तस्य योगो हि परमं बलम् न हि योगात्परं किंचिन् नराणां दृश्यते शुभम्

bhavedyogo 'pramattasya yogo hi paramaṃ balam na hi yogātparaṃ kiṃcin narāṇāṃ dṛśyate śubham

Yoga comes to be for one who is not heedless, for yoga is the highest strength; nothing auspicious higher than yoga is seen for men.

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LiP 90.5

तस्माद् योगं प्रशंसन्ति धर्मयुक्ता मनीषिणः अविद्यां विद्यया जित्वा प्राप्यैश्वर्यमनुत्तमम्

tasmād yogaṃ praśaṃsanti dharmayuktā manīṣiṇaḥ avidyāṃ vidyayā jitvā prāpyaiśvaryamanuttamam

Therefore the wise, joined to dharma, praise yoga: having conquered ignorance by knowledge and attained unsurpassed lordship,

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LiP 90.6

दृष्ट्वा परावरं धीराः परं गच्छन्ति तत्पदम् व्रतानि यानि भिक्षूणां तथैवोपव्रतानि च

dṛṣṭvā parāvaraṃ dhīrāḥ paraṃ gacchanti tatpadam vratāni yāni bhikṣūṇāṃ tathaivopavratāni ca

having seen the higher and the lower, the steadfast go to that supreme state. Those vows which belong to mendicants, and likewise the minor vows —

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LiP 90.7

एकैकातिक्रमे तेषां प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते उपेत्य तु स्त्रियं कामात् प्रायश्चित्तं विनिर्दिशेत्

ekaikātikrame teṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate upetya tu striyaṃ kāmāt prāyaścittaṃ vinirdiśet

for the transgression of each one of them an expiation is laid down. But if (a mendicant) approaches a woman out of desire, one should prescribe the expiation:

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LiP 90.8

प्राणायामसमायुक्तं चरेत्सांतपनं व्रतम् ततश्चरति निर्देशात् कृच्छ्रं चान्ते समाहितः

prāṇāyāmasamāyuktaṃ caretsāṃtapanaṃ vratam tataścarati nirdeśāt kṛcchraṃ cānte samāhitaḥ

he should perform the sāṃtapana vow joined with breath-control; then, as directed, he performs the kṛcchra (penance) too, and at the end (remains) collected.

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LiP 90.9

पुनर् आश्रमम् आगत्य चरेद्भिक्षुरतन्द्रितः न धर्मयुक्तमनृतं हिनस्तीति मनीषिणः

punar āśramam āgatya caredbhikṣuratandritaḥ na dharmayuktamanṛtaṃ hinastīti manīṣiṇaḥ

Coming again to his stage of life, the mendicant should conduct himself unwearied. "An untruth joined with dharma does not destroy (one)" — so say the wise.

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LiP 90.10

तथापि न च कर्तव्यं प्रसंगो ह्येष दारुणः अहोरात्रोपवासश् च प्राणायामशतं तथा

tathāpi na ca kartavyaṃ prasaṃgo hyeṣa dāruṇaḥ ahorātropavāsaś ca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā

Even so it should not be done, for this indulgence is dreadful: (the penance is) fasting for a day and a night, and likewise a hundred breath-controls.

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LiP 90.11

असद्वादो न कर्तव्यो यतिना धर्मलिप्सुना परमापद्गतेनापि न कार्यं स्तेयमप्युत

asadvādo na kartavyo yatinā dharmalipsunā paramāpadgatenāpi na kāryaṃ steyamapyuta

False speech is not to be uttered by an ascetic who desires dharma; even by one fallen into the utmost distress, theft too is not to be committed.

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LiP 90.12

स्तेयादभ्यधिकः कश्चिन् नास्त्यधर्म इति श्रुतिः हिंसा ह्येषा परा सृष्टा स्तैन्यं वै कथितं तथा

steyādabhyadhikaḥ kaścin nāstyadharma iti śrutiḥ hiṃsā hyeṣā parā sṛṣṭā stainyaṃ vai kathitaṃ tathā

"There is no unrighteousness whatever greater than theft" — so says the scripture; for this has been declared the supreme violence, and thievery has been spoken of likewise.

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LiP 90.13

यदेतद्द्रविणं नाम प्राणा ह्येते बहिश्चराः स तस्य हरते प्राणान् यो यस्य हरते धनम्

yadetaddraviṇaṃ nāma prāṇā hyete bahiścarāḥ sa tasya harate prāṇān yo yasya harate dhanam

For this thing called property — these are the breaths (of a man) moving outside him; he takes away that man's breaths, whoever takes away his wealth.

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LiP 90.14

एवं कृत्वा सुदुष्टात्मा भिन्नवृत्तो व्रताच्च्युतः भूयो निर्वेदमापन्नश् चरेच्चान्द्रायणं व्रतम्

evaṃ kṛtvā suduṣṭātmā bhinnavṛtto vratāccyutaḥ bhūyo nirvedamāpannaś careccāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam

Having acted thus, the very evil-souled one, broken in conduct and fallen from his vow, coming again to disgust (with the world), should perform the cāndrāyaṇa vow

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LiP 90.15

विधिना शास्त्रदृष्टेन संवत्सरमिति श्रुतिः ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते भूयः प्रक्षीणकल्मषः पुनर्निर्वेदमापन्नश् चरेद्भिक्षुरतन्द्रितः

vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena saṃvatsaramiti śrutiḥ tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte bhūyaḥ prakṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ punarnirvedamāpannaś caredbhikṣuratandritaḥ

by the rule seen in the scriptures, for a year — so says the scripture. Then, at the end of the year, his taint being further worn away, again come to disgust (with the world), the mendicant should conduct himself unwearied.

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LiP 90.16

अहिंसा सर्वभूतानां कर्मणा मनसा गिरा अकामादपि हिंसेत यदि भिक्षुः पशून् कृमीन्

ahiṃsā sarvabhūtānāṃ karmaṇā manasā girā akāmādapi hiṃseta yadi bhikṣuḥ paśūn kṛmīn

(There should be) non-injury to all beings by act, mind and speech. If a mendicant should injure animals or worms even unintentionally,

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LiP 90.17

कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं कुर्वीत चान्द्रायणमथापि वा स्कन्देदिन्द्रियदौर्बल्यात् स्त्रियं दृष्ट्वा यतिर्यदि

kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ kurvīta cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā skandedindriyadaurbalyāt striyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatiryadi

he should perform the kṛcchra or the atikṛcchra, or else the cāndrāyaṇa. If an ascetic, from weakness of the senses, emits (semen) on seeing a woman,

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LiP 90.18

तेन धारयितव्या वै प्राणायामास्तु षोडश दिवा स्कन्नस्य विप्रस्य प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते

tena dhārayitavyā vai prāṇāyāmāstu ṣoḍaśa divā skannasya viprasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate

By him sixteen breath-controls (prāṇāyāmas) are to be held: this is laid down as the expiation for a brahmin who has emitted (semen) by day.

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LiP 90.19

त्रिरात्रमुपवासाश् च प्राणायामशतं तथा रात्रौ स्कन्नः शुचिः स्नात्वा द्वादशैव तु धारणा

trirātramupavāsāś ca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā rātrau skannaḥ śuciḥ snātvā dvādaśaiva tu dhāraṇā

And fasting for three nights, and likewise a hundred breath-controls; but one who has emitted at night becomes pure by bathing, with only twelve retentions (of breath).

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LiP 90.20

प्राणायामेन शुद्धात्मा विरजा जायते द्विजाः एकान्नं मधुमांसं वा अशृतान्नं तथैव च

prāṇāyāmena śuddhātmā virajā jāyate dvijāḥ ekānnaṃ madhumāṃsaṃ vā aśṛtānnaṃ tathaiva ca

By breath-control, O twice-born, one becomes purified in self and free of taint. Food from a single (household), honey or meat, and likewise uncooked food—

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LiP 90.21

अभोज्यानि यतीनां तु प्रत्यक्षलवणानि च एकैकातिक्रमात्तेषां प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते

abhojyāni yatīnāṃ tu pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca ekaikātikramātteṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate

—and things directly (containing) salt, are not to be eaten by ascetics; for the transgression of each one of these an expiation is laid down.

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LiP 90.22

प्राजापत्येन कृच्छ्रेण ततः पापात्प्रमुच्यते व्यतिक्रमाश् च ये केचिद् वाङ्मनःकायसंभवाः

prājāpatyena kṛcchreṇa tataḥ pāpātpramucyate vyatikramāś ca ye kecid vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃbhavāḥ

Thereby, by the Prājāpatya penance, he is freed from the sin; and whatever transgressions there are, arising from speech, mind, or body—

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LiP 90.23

सद्भिः सह विनिश्चित्य यद्ब्रूयुस्तत्समाचरेत्

sadbhiḥ saha viniścitya yadbrūyustatsamācaret

—having determined (the matter) together with good men, he should do what they say.

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LiP 90.24

चरेद्धि शुद्धः समलोष्टकाञ्चनः समस्तभूतेषु च सत्समाहितः स्थानं ध्रुवं शाश्वतमव्ययं तु परं हि गत्वा न पुनर्हि जायते

careddhi śuddhaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ samastabhūteṣu ca satsamāhitaḥ sthānaṃ dhruvaṃ śāśvatamavyayaṃ tu paraṃ hi gatvā na punarhi jāyate

Indeed, let him move about pure, regarding a clod and gold alike, and composed among all beings together with the good; for having reached the station that is fixed, everlasting, unperishing and supreme, he is not born again.

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