Linga Purana — Chapter 94
LiP 94.1
कथमस्य पिता दैत्यो हिरण्याक्षः सुदारुणः विष्णुना सूदितो विष्णुर् वाराहत्वं कथं गतः
kathamasya pitā daityo hiraṇyākṣaḥ sudāruṇaḥ viṣṇunā sūdito viṣṇur vārāhatvaṃ kathaṃ gataḥ
"How was his father, the very terrible Daitya Hiraṇyākṣa, slain by Viṣṇu, and how did Viṣṇu come to be a boar?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 94.2
तस्य शृङ्गं महेशस्य भूषणत्वं कथं गतम् एतत्सर्वं विशेषेण सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि
tasya śṛṅgaṃ maheśasya bhūṣaṇatvaṃ kathaṃ gatam etatsarvaṃ viśeṣeṇa sūta vaktumihārhasi
How did his (the boar's) tusk become an ornament of Maheśa? All this you ought to tell here in detail, O Sūta."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 94.3
हिरण्यकशिपोर्भ्राता हिरण्याक्ष इति स्मृतः पुरान्धकासुरेशस्य पिता कालान्तकोपमः
hiraṇyakaśiporbhrātā hiraṇyākṣa iti smṛtaḥ purāndhakāsureśasya pitā kālāntakopamaḥ
The brother of Hiraṇyakaśipu was known as Hiraṇyākṣa, formerly the father of Andhaka, lord of the Asuras, like Time the ender.
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LiP 94.4
देवाञ्जित्वाथ दैत्येन्द्रो बद्ध्वा च धरणीमिमाम् नीत्वा रसातलं चक्रे वन्दीम् इन्दीवरप्रभाम्
devāñjitvātha daityendro baddhvā ca dharaṇīmimām nītvā rasātalaṃ cakre vandīm indīvaraprabhām
Then that chief of the Daityas, having conquered the gods and bound this earth, carried her to Rasātala and made her, whose radiance is that of a blue lotus, his captive.
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LiP 94.5
ततः सब्रह्मका देवाः परिम्लानमुखश्रियः बाधितास्ताडिता बद्ध्वा हिरण्याक्षेण तेन वै
tataḥ sabrahmakā devāḥ parimlānamukhaśriyaḥ bādhitāstāḍitā baddhvā hiraṇyākṣeṇa tena vai
Then the gods together with Brahmā, the splendour of their faces quite withered, harassed, beaten and bound by that Hiraṇyākṣa,
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LiP 94.6
बलिना दैत्यमुख्येन क्रूरेण सुदुरात्मना प्रणम्य शिरसा विष्णुं दैत्यकोटिविमर्दनम्
balinā daityamukhyena krūreṇa sudurātmanā praṇamya śirasā viṣṇuṃ daityakoṭivimardanam
by that mighty chief of the Daityas, cruel and utterly evil-minded — (they) bowed with their heads to Viṣṇu, the crusher of crores of Daityas,
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LiP 94.7
सर्वे विज्ञापयामासुर् धरणीबन्धनं हरेः श्रुत्वैतद्भगवान् विष्णुर् धरणीबन्धनं हरिः
sarve vijñāpayāmāsur dharaṇībandhanaṃ hareḥ śrutvaitadbhagavān viṣṇur dharaṇībandhanaṃ hariḥ
and all of them made known to Hari the binding (i.e. imprisonment) of the earth. Hearing this, the Lord Viṣṇu, Hari, (came to know of) the earth's bondage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 94.8
भूत्वा यज्ञवराहो ऽसौ यथा लिङ्गोद्भवे तथा दैत्यैश् च सार्धं दैत्येन्द्रं हिरण्याक्षं महाबलम्
bhūtvā yajñavarāho 'sau yathā liṅgodbhave tathā daityaiś ca sārdhaṃ daityendraṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahābalam
and he, becoming the sacrificial Boar just as (he did) at the manifestation of the liṅga, (attacked) the lord of the Daityas, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa, together with the Daityas.
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LiP 94.9
दंष्ट्राग्रकोट्या हत्वैनं रेजे दैत्यान्तकृत्प्रभुः कल्पादिषु यथापूर्वं प्रविश्य च रसातलम्
daṃṣṭrāgrakoṭyā hatvainaṃ reje daityāntakṛtprabhuḥ kalpādiṣu yathāpūrvaṃ praviśya ca rasātalam
Having slain him with the tip of the point of his tusk, the Lord who made an end of the Daityas shone forth, and, as before at the beginnings of the kalpas, he entered the nether world (Rasātala),
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LiP 94.10
आनीय वसुधां देवीम् अङ्कस्थामकरोद्बहिः ततस् तुष्टाव देवेशं देवदेवः पितामहः
ānīya vasudhāṃ devīm aṅkasthāmakarodbahiḥ tatas tuṣṭāva deveśaṃ devadevaḥ pitāmahaḥ
and having brought up the goddess Earth, who rested on his lap, he set her outside. Then the god of gods, the Grandfather (Brahmā), praised the Lord of gods,
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LiP 94.11
शक्राद्यैः सहितो भूत्वा हर्षगद्गदया गिरा शाश्वताय वराहाय दंष्ट्रिणे दण्डिने नमः
śakrādyaiḥ sahito bhūtvā harṣagadgadayā girā śāśvatāya varāhāya daṃṣṭriṇe daṇḍine namaḥ
joined by Śakra and the others, with a voice choked with joy: "Homage to the eternal one, to the Boar, to him who bears the tusk, to the wielder of the rod,
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LiP 94.12
नारायणाय सर्वाय ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने कर्त्रे धर्त्रे धरायास्तु हर्त्रे देवारिणां स्वयम् कर्त्रे नेत्रे सुरेन्द्राणां शास्त्रे च सकलस्य च
nārāyaṇāya sarvāya brahmaṇe paramātmane kartre dhartre dharāyāstu hartre devāriṇāṃ svayam kartre netre surendrāṇāṃ śāstre ca sakalasya ca
to Nārāyaṇa, to the All, to Brahman, to the supreme Self, to the maker, to the upholder of the earth, and to the destroyer of the gods' enemies himself; to the maker and the leader of the chiefs of gods, and to the ruler of the whole (universe).
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LiP 94.13
त्वमष्टमूर्तिस्त्वमनन्तमूर्तिस् त्वमादिदेवस्त्वमनन्तवेदितः त्वया कृतं सर्वमिदं प्रसीद सुरेश लोकेश वराह विष्णो
tvamaṣṭamūrtistvamanantamūrtis tvamādidevastvamanantaveditaḥ tvayā kṛtaṃ sarvamidaṃ prasīda sureśa lokeśa varāha viṣṇo
You are the eightfold form, you are of endless forms, you are the primal god, you are known as endless; all this was made by you. Be gracious, O lord of gods, O lord of the worlds, O Boar, O Viṣṇu!
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LiP 94.14
तथैकदंष्ट्राग्रमुखाग्रकोटिभागैकभागार्धतमेन विष्णो हताः क्षणात् कामद दैत्यमुख्याः स्वदंष्ट्रकोट्या सह पुत्रभृत्यैः
tathaikadaṃṣṭrāgramukhāgrakoṭibhāgaikabhāgārdhatamena viṣṇo hatāḥ kṣaṇāt kāmada daityamukhyāḥ svadaṃṣṭrakoṭyā saha putrabhṛtyaiḥ
So too, O Viṣṇu, granter of desires, by no more than half of one part of a ten-millionth part of the tip of the front of the point of a single tusk of yours, the chief Daityas together with their sons and servants were slain in an instant by the point of your tusk.
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LiP 94.15
त्वयोद्धृता देव धरा धरेश धराधराकार धृताग्रदंष्ट्रे धराधरैः सर्वजनैः समुद्रैः सुरासुरैः सेवितचन्द्रवक्त्र
tvayoddhṛtā deva dharā dhareśa dharādharākāra dhṛtāgradaṃṣṭre dharādharaiḥ sarvajanaiḥ samudraiḥ surāsuraiḥ sevitacandravaktra
By you, O god, the earth was lifted up, O lord of the earth, O you whose form is (like) the mountain that upholds the earth, O you who held her on the tip of your tusk — (you) whose moon-face is served by the mountains, by all people, by the oceans, by gods and demons.
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LiP 94.17
त्वयैव देवेश विभो कृतश् च जयः सुराणामसुरेश्वराणाम् अहो प्रदत्तस्तु वरः प्रसीद वाग्देवता वारिजसंभवाय ॥ लिप्_१,९४।१६ तव रोम्णि सकलामरेश्वरानयनद्वये शशिरवी पदद्वये ।* निहिता रसातलगता वसुंधरा तव पृष्ठतः सकलतारकादयः
tvayaiva deveśa vibho kṛtaś ca jayaḥ surāṇāmasureśvarāṇām aho pradattastu varaḥ prasīda vāgdevatā vārijasaṃbhavāya // LiP_1,94.16 tava romṇi sakalāmareśvarānayanadvaye śaśiravī padadvaye /* nihitā rasātalagatā vasuṃdharā tava pṛṣṭhataḥ sakalatārakādayaḥ
By you alone, O lord of gods, O pervading one, was victory made for the gods over the lords of the asuras; ah, let a boon be granted — be gracious — (give) the goddess of speech to him who was born from the lotus. [16] In your body-hair are all the lords of the immortals, in your two eyes the moon and the sun, in your two feet is set the earth that had gone to the nether world, and on your back are all the stars and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 94.18
जगतां हिताय भवता वसुंधरा भगवन् रसातलपुटं गता तदा अबलोद्धृता च भगवंस्तवैव सकलं त्वयैव हि धृतं जगद्गुरो
jagatāṃ hitāya bhavatā vasuṃdharā bhagavan rasātalapuṭaṃ gatā tadā abaloddhṛtā ca bhagavaṃstavaiva sakalaṃ tvayaiva hi dhṛtaṃ jagadguro
For the welfare of the worlds, O Lord, the earth then went into the hollow of the nether world, and, O Lord, being powerless she was lifted up by you alone; indeed the whole world is upheld by you alone, O teacher of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 94.19
इति वाक्पतिर्बहुविधैस्तवार्चनैः प्रणिपत्य विष्णुममरैः प्रजापतिः विविधान्वरान् हरिमुखात्तु लब्धवान् हरिनाभिवारिजदेहभृत् स्वयम्
iti vākpatirbahuvidhaistavārcanaiḥ praṇipatya viṣṇumamaraiḥ prajāpatiḥ vividhānvarān harimukhāttu labdhavān harinābhivārijadehabhṛt svayam
Thus the lord of speech, the lord of creatures, having bowed with the immortals to Viṣṇu with manifold hymns and worship, himself obtained various boons from Hari's mouth — he who bears a body (born) from the lotus at Hari's navel.
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LiP 94.20
अथ तामुद्धृतां तेन धरां देवा मुनीश्वराः मूर्ध्न्यारोप्य नमश्चक्रुश् चक्रिणः संनिधौ तदा
atha tāmuddhṛtāṃ tena dharāṃ devā munīśvarāḥ mūrdhnyāropya namaścakruś cakriṇaḥ saṃnidhau tadā
Then the gods and the great sages, placing on their heads that earth which had been raised up by him, made obeisance in the presence of the Discus-bearer:
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LiP 94.21
अनेनैव वराहेण चोद्धृतासि वरप्रदे कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकार्येण शतहस्तेन विष्णुना
anenaiva varāheṇa coddhṛtāsi varaprade kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakāryeṇa śatahastena viṣṇunā
"By this very Boar you have been lifted up, O giver of boons, by Kṛṣṇa, by Viṣṇu of the hundred hands, whose deeds are effortless.
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LiP 94.22
धरणि त्वं महाभोगे भूमिस्त्वं धेनुरव्यये लोकानां धारिणी त्वं हि मृत्तिके हर पातकम्
dharaṇi tvaṃ mahābhoge bhūmistvaṃ dhenuravyaye lokānāṃ dhāriṇī tvaṃ hi mṛttike hara pātakam
O Dharaṇī, you of great enjoyments; you are the ground, you are the cow, O imperishable one; you indeed are the supporter of the worlds — O Earth, take away (our) sin,
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LiP 94.23
मनसा कर्मणा वाचा वरदे वारिजेक्षणे त्वया हतेन पापेन जीवामस्त्वत्प्रसादतः
manasā karmaṇā vācā varade vārijekṣaṇe tvayā hatena pāpena jīvāmastvatprasādataḥ
(sin committed) by mind, by act, by word, O granter of boons, O lotus-eyed one; with the sin destroyed by you, we live by your grace."
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LiP 94.24
इत्युक्ता सा तदा देवी धरा देवैर् अथाब्रवीत् वराहदंष्ट्राभिन्नायां धरायां मृत्तिकां द्विजाः
ityuktā sā tadā devī dharā devair athābravīt varāhadaṃṣṭrābhinnāyāṃ dharāyāṃ mṛttikāṃ dvijāḥ
Thus addressed by the gods, that goddess Earth then said: "O twice-born ones, (whoever takes) earth from the ground cleft by the Boar's tusk
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LiP 94.25
मन्त्रेणानेन यो बिभ्रत् मूर्ध्नि पापात्प्रमुच्यते आयुष्मान् बलवान् धन्यः पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः
mantreṇānena yo bibhrat mūrdhni pāpātpramucyate āyuṣmān balavān dhanyaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ
and, bearing it on his head with this mantra, is freed from sin; long-lived, strong, fortunate, endowed with sons and grandsons,
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LiP 94.26
क्रमाद्भुवि दिवं प्राप्य कर्मान्ते मोदते सुरैः अथ देवे गते त्यक्त्वा वराहे क्षीरसागरम्
kramādbhuvi divaṃ prāpya karmānte modate suraiḥ atha deve gate tyaktvā varāhe kṣīrasāgaram
in due course he reaches heaven from the earth and, at the end of his deeds, rejoices with the gods." Then, when the god had gone, having given up the Boar (form), (he went to) the ocean of milk;
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LiP 94.27
वाराहरूपमनघं चचाल च धरा पुनः तस्य दंष्ट्राभराक्रान्ता देवदेवस्य धीमतः
vārāharūpamanaghaṃ cacāla ca dharā punaḥ tasya daṃṣṭrābharākrāntā devadevasya dhīmataḥ
(He took on) the spotless boar-form, and the earth again trembled, overwhelmed by the weight of the tusk of that wise god of gods.
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LiP 94.28
यदृच्छया भवः पश्यन् जगाम जगदीश्वरः दंष्ट्रां जग्राह दृष्ट्वा तां भूषणार्थमथात्मनः
yadṛcchayā bhavaḥ paśyan jagāma jagadīśvaraḥ daṃṣṭrāṃ jagrāha dṛṣṭvā tāṃ bhūṣaṇārthamathātmanaḥ
By chance Bhava, the lord of the world, came looking on; and having seen that tusk, he took it for his own adornment.
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LiP 94.29
दधार च महादेवः कूर्चान्ते वै महोरसि देवाश् च तुष्टुवुः सेन्द्रा देवदेवस्य वैभवम्
dadhāra ca mahādevaḥ kūrcānte vai mahorasi devāś ca tuṣṭuvuḥ sendrā devadevasya vaibhavam
And Mahādeva bore it at the end of his beard upon his broad chest, and the gods together with Indra praised the majesty of the god of gods.
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LiP 94.30
धरा प्रतिष्ठिता ह्येवं देवदेवेन लीलया भूतानां संप्लवे चापि विष्णोश्चैव कलेवरम्
dharā pratiṣṭhitā hyevaṃ devadevena līlayā bhūtānāṃ saṃplave cāpi viṣṇoścaiva kalevaram
Thus indeed the earth was established in play by the god of gods, and also, at the deluge of beings, the body of Viṣṇu (was upheld).
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LiP 94.31
ब्रह्मणश् च तथान्येषां देवानामपि लीलया विभुरङ्गविभागेन भूषितो न यदि प्रभुः
brahmaṇaś ca tathānyeṣāṃ devānāmapi līlayā vibhuraṅgavibhāgena bhūṣito na yadi prabhuḥ
And likewise, in play, (the bodies) of Brahmā and of the other gods too; if the mighty lord were not adorned with a portion of (their) limbs,
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LiP 94.32
कथं विमुक्तिर्विप्राणां तस्माद्दंष्ट्री महेश्वरः
kathaṃ vimuktirviprāṇāṃ tasmāddaṃṣṭrī maheśvaraḥ
how would there be liberation for the brahmins? Therefore Maheśvara is the bearer of the tusk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition