Linga Purana — Chapter 95
LiP 95.1
नृसिंहेन हतः पूर्वं हिरण्याक्षाग्रजः श्रुतम् कथं निषूदितस्तेन हिरण्यकशिपुर्वद
nṛsiṃhena hataḥ pūrvaṃ hiraṇyākṣāgrajaḥ śrutam kathaṃ niṣūditastena hiraṇyakaśipurvada
We have heard that the elder brother of Hiraṇyākṣa was formerly slain by the Man-Lion; tell (us) how Hiraṇyakaśipu was destroyed by him.
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LiP 95.2
हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्रः प्रह्राद इति विश्रुतः धर्मज्ञः सत्यसम्पन्नस् तपस्वी चाभवत्सुधीः
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putraḥ prahrāda iti viśrutaḥ dharmajñaḥ satyasampannas tapasvī cābhavatsudhīḥ
Hiraṇyakaśipu's son, renowned as Prahlāda, was a knower of dharma, endowed with truth, an ascetic, and of good understanding.
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LiP 95.3
जन्मप्रभृति देवेशं पूजयामास चाव्ययम् सर्वज्ञं सर्वगं विष्णुं सर्वदेवभवोद्भवम्
janmaprabhṛti deveśaṃ pūjayāmāsa cāvyayam sarvajñaṃ sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvadevabhavodbhavam
From his birth onward he worshipped the imperishable lord of the gods, the all-knowing, all-pervading Viṣṇu, the source of the being of all the gods,
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LiP 95.4
तमादिपुरुषं भक्त्या परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणम् ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपतिं सृष्टिस्थितिसंहारकारणम्
tamādipuruṣaṃ bhaktyā parabrahmasvarūpiṇam brahmaṇo 'dhipatiṃ sṛṣṭisthitisaṃhārakāraṇam
him, the primal Person, with devotion, whose own form is the supreme brahman, the overlord of Brahmā, the cause of creation, preservation and destruction.
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LiP 95.5
सो ऽपि विष्णोस्तथाभूतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं समाहितम् नमो नारायणायेति गोविन्देति मुहुर्मुहुः
so 'pi viṣṇostathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā putraṃ samāhitam namo nārāyaṇāyeti govindeti muhurmuhuḥ
He too, seeing his son thus intent upon Viṣṇu, (saying) again and again "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," "O Govinda,"
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LiP 95.6
स्तुवन्तं प्राह देवारिः प्रदहन्निव पापधीः न मां जानासि दुर्बुद्धे सर्वदैत्यामरेश्वरम्
stuvantaṃ prāha devāriḥ pradahanniva pāpadhīḥ na māṃ jānāsi durbuddhe sarvadaityāmareśvaram
—the enemy of the gods, of evil mind, as if burning (him) up, spoke to him as he was praising: "You do not know me, O dull-witted one, the lord of all the daityas and immortals!"
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LiP 95.7
प्रह्राद वीर दुष्पुत्र द्विजदेवार्तिकारणम् को विष्णुः पद्मजो वापि शक्रश् च वरुणो ऽथवा
prahrāda vīra duṣputra dvijadevārtikāraṇam ko viṣṇuḥ padmajo vāpi śakraś ca varuṇo 'thavā
"Prahlāda, hero, wicked son, cause of pain to the twice-born and the gods! Who is Viṣṇu, or the lotus-born, or Śakra, or Varuṇa,
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LiP 95.8
वायुः सोमस्तथेशानः पावको मम यः समः मामेवार्चय भक्त्या च स्वल्पं नारायणं सदा
vāyuḥ somastatheśānaḥ pāvako mama yaḥ samaḥ māmevārcaya bhaktyā ca svalpaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ sadā
or Vāyu, Soma, Īśāna, or Fire, who is my equal? Worship me alone with devotion; Nārāyaṇa is ever a trifle.
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LiP 95.9
प्रह्राद जीविते वाञ्छा तवैषा शृणु चास्ति चेत् श्रुत्वापि तस्य वचनं हिरण्यकशिपोः सुधीः
prahrāda jīvite vāñchā tavaiṣā śṛṇu cāsti cet śrutvāpi tasya vacanaṃ hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sudhīḥ
Prahlāda, listen, if this desire of yours to live exists." But though he heard that speech of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the wise one—
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LiP 95.10
प्रह्रादः पूजयामास नमो नारायणेति च नमो नारायणायेति सर्वदैत्यकुमारकान्
prahrādaḥ pūjayāmāsa namo nārāyaṇeti ca namo nārāyaṇāyeti sarvadaityakumārakān
Prahlāda went on worshipping, saying "Homage to Nārāyaṇa"; and (saying) "Homage to Nārāyaṇa" (he taught) all the daitya boys,
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LiP 95.11
अध्यापयामास च तां ब्रह्मविद्यां सुशोभनाम् दुर्लङ्घ्यां चात्मनो दृष्ट्वा शक्रादिभिर् अपि स्वयम्
adhyāpayāmāsa ca tāṃ brahmavidyāṃ suśobhanām durlaṅghyāṃ cātmano dṛṣṭvā śakrādibhir api svayam
and he taught them that most beautiful knowledge of brahman; and seeing that his own command, which even Śakra and the others could not transgress,
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LiP 95.12
पुत्रेण लङ्घितामाज्ञां हिरण्यः प्राह दानवान् एतं नानाविधैर्वध्यं दुष्पुत्रं हन्तुमर्हथ
putreṇa laṅghitāmājñāṃ hiraṇyaḥ prāha dānavān etaṃ nānāvidhairvadhyaṃ duṣputraṃ hantumarhatha
had been transgressed by his son, Hiraṇya said to the dānavas: "You must kill this wicked son, who deserves death by manifold means."
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LiP 95.13
एवमुक्तास्तदा तेन दैत्येन सुदुरात्मना निजघ्नुर्देवदेवस्य भृत्यं प्रह्रादमव्ययम्
evamuktāstadā tena daityena sudurātmanā nijaghnurdevadevasya bhṛtyaṃ prahrādamavyayam
Thus addressed then by that most evil-souled daitya, they struck at the imperishable Prahlāda, the servant of the god of gods.
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LiP 95.14
तत्र तत्प्रतिकृतं तदा सुरैर् दैत्यराजतनयं द्विजोत्तमाः क्षीरवारिनिधिशायिनः प्रभोर् निष्फलं त्वथ बभूव तेजसा
tatra tatpratikṛtaṃ tadā surair daityarājatanayaṃ dvijottamāḥ kṣīravārinidhiśāyinaḥ prabhor niṣphalaṃ tvatha babhūva tejasā
There, best of twice-born, what was then done against the daitya king's son by the gods became fruitless through the splendour of the Lord who sleeps on the ocean of milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.15
तदाथ गर्वभिन्नस्य हिरण्यकशिपोः प्रभुः तत्रैवाविरभूद्धन्तुं नृसिंहाकृतिमास्थितः
tadātha garvabhinnasya hiraṇyakaśipoḥ prabhuḥ tatraivāvirabhūddhantuṃ nṛsiṃhākṛtimāsthitaḥ
Then the Lord, in order to slay Hiraṇyakaśipu who was rent (with arrogance), appeared right there, having assumed the form of a man-lion.
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LiP 95.16
जघान च सुतं प्रेक्ष्य पितरं दानवाधमम् बिभेद तत्क्षणादेव करजैर् निशितैः शतैः
jaghāna ca sutaṃ prekṣya pitaraṃ dānavādhamam bibheda tatkṣaṇādeva karajair niśitaiḥ śataiḥ
And having looked upon the son, he slew the father, the vilest of Dānavas; that very instant he tore him apart with hundreds of sharp claws.
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LiP 95.17
ततो निहत्य तं दैत्यं सबान्धवमघापहः पीडयामास दैत्येन्द्रं युगान्ताग्निरिवापरः
tato nihatya taṃ daityaṃ sabāndhavamaghāpahaḥ pīḍayāmāsa daityendraṃ yugāntāgnirivāparaḥ
Then, having slain that Daitya together with his kinsmen, he, the remover of sin, crushed the lord of the Daityas, like a second fire of the age's end.
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LiP 95.18
नादैस्तस्य नृसिंहस्य घोरैर्वित्रासितं जगत् आ ब्रह्मभुवनाद् विप्राः प्रचचाल च सुव्रताः
nādaistasya nṛsiṃhasya ghorairvitrāsitaṃ jagat ā brahmabhuvanād viprāḥ pracacāla ca suvratāḥ
By the dreadful roars of that man-lion the world was terrified, and, O brahmins of good vows, (everything) trembled as far as the world of Brahmā.
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LiP 95.19
दृष्ट्वा सुरासुरमहोरगसिद्धसाध्यास् तस्मिन् क्षणे हरिविरिञ्चिमुखा नृसिंहम् धैर्यं बलं च समवाप्य ययुर्विसृज्य आ दिङ्मुखान्तम् असुरक्षणतत्पराश् च
dṛṣṭvā surāsuramahoragasiddhasādhyās tasmin kṣaṇe hariviriñcimukhā nṛsiṃham dhairyaṃ balaṃ ca samavāpya yayurvisṛjya ā diṅmukhāntam asurakṣaṇatatparāś ca
At that moment the gods, the asuras, the great serpents, the Siddhas and the Sādhyas, headed by Hari and Viriñci (Brahmā), on seeing the man-lion, having gathered up firmness and strength, went away, abandoning (the place), as far as the ends of the quarters — and those intent on protecting the asuras (fled) too.
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LiP 95.20
ततस्तैर्गतैः सैष देवो नृसिंहः सहस्राकृतिः सर्वपात् सर्वबाहुः सहस्रेक्षणः सोमसूर्याग्निनेत्रस् तदा संस्थितः सर्वमावृत्य मायी
tatastairgataiḥ saiṣa devo nṛsiṃhaḥ sahasrākṛtiḥ sarvapāt sarvabāhuḥ sahasrekṣaṇaḥ somasūryāgninetras tadā saṃsthitaḥ sarvamāvṛtya māyī
Then, when they had gone, this god Nṛsiṃha, of a thousand forms, all feet, all arms, thousand-eyed, having moon, sun and fire for eyes, stood there, the wielder of māyā, enveloping everything.
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LiP 95.21
तं तुष्टुवुः सुरश्रेष्ठा लोका लोकाचले स्थिताः सब्रह्मकाः ससाध्याश् च सयमाः समरुद्गणाः
taṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ suraśreṣṭhā lokā lokācale sthitāḥ sabrahmakāḥ sasādhyāś ca sayamāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ
The foremost of the gods praised him, and the worlds (world-dwellers) standing on the world-mountain, together with Brahmā, with the Sādhyas, with Yama, and with the hosts of Maruts.
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LiP 95.22
परात्परतरं ब्रह्म तत्त्वात् तत्त्वतमं भवान् ज्योतिषां तु परं ज्योतिः परमात्मा जगन्मयः
parātparataraṃ brahma tattvāt tattvatamaṃ bhavān jyotiṣāṃ tu paraṃ jyotiḥ paramātmā jaganmayaḥ
"You are the Brahman higher than the highest, the most real of the real; you are the supreme light of lights, the supreme Self, made of the world.
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LiP 95.23
स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं सुसूक्ष्मं च शब्दब्रह्ममयः शुभः वागतीतो निरालंबो निर्द्वन्द्वो निरुपप्लवः
sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ susūkṣmaṃ ca śabdabrahmamayaḥ śubhaḥ vāgatīto nirālaṃbo nirdvandvo nirupaplavaḥ
(You are) the gross, the subtle, and the very subtle; you are auspicious, consisting of the Brahman that is sound; beyond speech, without support, free of the pairs (of opposites), free of affliction.
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LiP 95.24
यज्ञभुग्यज्ञमूर्तिस्त्वं यज्ञिनां फलदः प्रभुः भवान्मत्स्याकृतिः कौर्मम् आस्थाय जगति स्थितः
yajñabhugyajñamūrtistvaṃ yajñināṃ phaladaḥ prabhuḥ bhavānmatsyākṛtiḥ kaurmam āsthāya jagati sthitaḥ
You are the eater of the sacrifice and the very form of the sacrifice; you are the lord who gives the fruit to sacrificers. You have stood in the world assuming the form of a fish and the tortoise form,
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LiP 95.25
वाराहीं चैव तां सैंहीम् आस्थायेहव्यवस्थितः देवानां देवरक्षार्थं निहत्य दितिजेश्वरम्
vārāhīṃ caiva tāṃ saiṃhīm āsthāyehavyavasthitaḥ devānāṃ devarakṣārthaṃ nihatya ditijeśvaram
and that boar form, and this lion form, in which you are established here, for the gods' sake, to protect the gods, having slain the lord of Diti's sons.
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LiP 95.26
द्विजशापच्छलेनैवम् अवतीर्णो ऽसि लीलया न दृष्टं यत्त्वदन्यं हि भवान् सर्वं चराचरम्
dvijaśāpacchalenaivam avatīrṇo 'si līlayā na dṛṣṭaṃ yattvadanyaṃ hi bhavān sarvaṃ carācaram
Thus, on the pretext of a brahmin's curse, you have descended in play. What is seen is nothing other than you, for you are the whole world, moving and unmoving.
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LiP 95.27
भवान्विष्णुर्भवान् रुद्रो भवानेव पितामहः भवानादिर्भवानन्तो भवानेव वयं विभो
bhavānviṣṇurbhavān rudro bhavāneva pitāmahaḥ bhavānādirbhavānanto bhavāneva vayaṃ vibho
You are Viṣṇu, you are Rudra, you yourself are the Grandfather (Brahmā); you are the beginning, you are the end, you yourself are we, O pervading one.
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LiP 95.28
भवानेव जगत्सर्वं प्रलापेन किमीश्वर मायया बहुधा संस्थम् अद्वितीयमयं प्रभो
bhavāneva jagatsarvaṃ pralāpena kimīśvara māyayā bahudhā saṃstham advitīyamayaṃ prabho
You alone are the entire world — what use is prattling, O Lord? Through māyā it stands as manifold, (though) it is without a second, O Lord.
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LiP 95.29
स्तोष्यामस्त्वां कथं भासि देवदेव मृगाधिप स्तुतो ऽपि विविधैः स्तुत्यैर् भावैर्नानाविधैः प्रभुः
stoṣyāmastvāṃ kathaṃ bhāsi devadeva mṛgādhipa stuto 'pi vividhaiḥ stutyair bhāvairnānāvidhaiḥ prabhuḥ
How shall we praise you? You shine forth, O god of gods, O lord of beasts. Though the Lord was praised with various hymns and with feelings of many kinds,
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LiP 95.30
न जगाम द्विजाः शान्तिं मानयन्योनिमात्मनः यो नृसिंहस्तवं भक्त्या पठेद्वार्थं विचारयेत्
na jagāma dvijāḥ śāntiṃ mānayanyonimātmanaḥ yo nṛsiṃhastavaṃ bhaktyā paṭhedvārthaṃ vicārayet
he did not come to calm, O brahmins, honouring his own (assumed) birth-form. Whoever, with devotion, should recite this hymn to Nṛsiṃha, or ponder its meaning,
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LiP 95.31
श्रावयेद्वा द्विजान्सर्वान् विष्णुलोके महीयते तदन्तरे शिवं देवाः सेन्द्राः सब्रह्मकाः प्रभुम्
śrāvayedvā dvijānsarvān viṣṇuloke mahīyate tadantare śivaṃ devāḥ sendrāḥ sabrahmakāḥ prabhum
or should cause all the twice-born to hear it, is magnified in Viṣṇu's world. Meanwhile the gods, with Indra and with Brahmā, having reached Śiva the Lord,
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LiP 95.32
सम्प्राप्य तुष्टुवुः सर्वं विज्ञाप्य मृगरूपिणः ततो ब्रह्मादयस्तूर्णं संस्तूय परमेश्वरम्
samprāpya tuṣṭuvuḥ sarvaṃ vijñāpya mṛgarūpiṇaḥ tato brahmādayastūrṇaṃ saṃstūya parameśvaram
praised him, and reported everything about the one in beast-form. Then Brahmā and the others, having quickly praised the Supreme Lord,
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LiP 95.33
आत्मत्राणाय शरणं जग्मुः परमकारणम् मन्दरस्थं महादेवं क्रीडमानं सहोमया
ātmatrāṇāya śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ paramakāraṇam mandarasthaṃ mahādevaṃ krīḍamānaṃ sahomayā
went for refuge, for their own protection, to the supreme cause, the Great God who dwells on Mandara, playing together with Umā,
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LiP 95.34
सेवितं गणगन्धर्वैः सिद्धैरप्सरसां गणैः देवताभिः सह ब्रह्मा भीतभीतः सगद्गदम् प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूमौ तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
sevitaṃ gaṇagandharvaiḥ siddhairapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ devatābhiḥ saha brahmā bhītabhītaḥ sagadgadam praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūmau tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
attended by the Gaṇas and Gandharvas, by Siddhas and by the hosts of Apsarases — and Brahmā, together with the deities, greatly afraid, with faltering voice, bowing like a rod upon the ground, praised the Supreme Lord.
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LiP 95.35
नमस्ते कालकालाय नमस्ते रुद्र मन्यवे नमः शिवाय रुद्राय शङ्कराय शिवाय ते
namaste kālakālāya namaste rudra manyave namaḥ śivāya rudrāya śaṅkarāya śivāya te
Homage to you, Death of death; homage to you, Rudra, to (your) wrath; homage to Śiva, to Rudra, to Śaṅkara — homage to you, the Auspicious One.
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LiP 95.36
उग्रो ऽसि सर्वभूतानां नियन्तासि शिवो ऽसि नः नमः शिवाय शर्वाय शङ्करायार्त्तिहारिणे
ugro 'si sarvabhūtānāṃ niyantāsi śivo 'si naḥ namaḥ śivāya śarvāya śaṅkarāyārttihāriṇe
You are terrible to all beings; you are the restrainer; you are auspicious to us. Homage to Śiva, to Śarva, to Śaṅkara, the remover of distress.
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LiP 95.37
मयस्कराय विश्वाय विष्णवे ब्रह्मणे नमः अन्तकाय नमस्तुभ्यम् उमायाः पतये नमः
mayaskarāya viśvāya viṣṇave brahmaṇe namaḥ antakāya namastubhyam umāyāḥ pataye namaḥ
Homage to the maker of well-being, to the All, to Viṣṇu, to Brahmā; homage to you, the Ender; homage to the husband of Umā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.38
हिरण्यबाहवे साक्षाद् धिरण्यपतये नमः शर्वाय सर्वरूपाय पुरुषाय नमोनमः
hiraṇyabāhave sākṣād dhiraṇyapataye namaḥ śarvāya sarvarūpāya puruṣāya namonamaḥ
Homage to the golden-armed one, indeed to the lord of gold; homage again and again to Śarva, whose form is all, to the Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.39
सदसद्व्यक्तिहीनाय महतः कारणाय ते नित्याय विश्वरूपाय जायमानाय ते नमः
sadasadvyaktihīnāya mahataḥ kāraṇāya te nityāya viśvarūpāya jāyamānāya te namaḥ
To you who are without manifestation as existent or non-existent, the cause of the great (principle), homage to you, the eternal, whose form is the universe, (yet) being born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.40
जाताय बहुधा लोके प्रभूताय नमोनमः रुद्राय नीलरुद्राय कद्रुद्राय प्रचेतसे
jātāya bahudhā loke prabhūtāya namonamaḥ rudrāya nīlarudrāya kadrudrāya pracetase
Homage again and again to him who is born in the world in many ways, who has come forth abundantly; to Rudra, to the dark Rudra, to Kadrudra, to the wise one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.41
कालाय कालरूपाय नमः कालाङ्गहारिणे मीढुष्टमाय देवाय शितिकण्ठाय ते नमः
kālāya kālarūpāya namaḥ kālāṅgahāriṇe mīḍhuṣṭamāya devāya śitikaṇṭhāya te namaḥ
Homage to Time, whose form is time, who cuts off the limbs of time; homage to you, the most bountiful god, the blue-throated one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.42
महीयसे नमस्तुभ्यं हन्त्रे देवारिणां सदा ताराय च सुताराय तारणाय नमोनमः
mahīyase namastubhyaṃ hantre devāriṇāṃ sadā tārāya ca sutārāya tāraṇāya namonamaḥ
Homage to you, the mighty one, ever the slayer of the enemies of the gods; homage again and again to the ferryman, the good ferryman, to him who carries (us) across.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.43
हरिकेशाय देवाय शंभवे परमात्मने देवानां शंभवे तुभ्यं भूतानां शंभवे नमः
harikeśāya devāya śaṃbhave paramātmane devānāṃ śaṃbhave tubhyaṃ bhūtānāṃ śaṃbhave namaḥ
To the tawny-haired god, to Śambhu, to the supreme Self; homage to you, Śambhu of the gods, Śambhu of (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.44
शम्भवे हैमवत्याश् च मन्यवे रुद्ररूपिणे कपर्दिने नमस्तुभ्यं कालकण्ठाय ते नमः
śambhave haimavatyāś ca manyave rudrarūpiṇe kapardine namastubhyaṃ kālakaṇṭhāya te namaḥ
To Śambhu, and to the wrath of the daughter of Himavat, having Rudra's form; homage to you, the matted-haired one; homage to you, the black-throated one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.45
हिरण्याय महेशाय श्रीकण्ठाय नमोनमः भस्मदिग्धशरीराय दण्डमुण्डीश्वराय च
hiraṇyāya maheśāya śrīkaṇṭhāya namonamaḥ bhasmadigdhaśarīrāya daṇḍamuṇḍīśvarāya ca
Homage again and again to the golden one, to the great lord, to Śrīkaṇṭha; to him whose body is smeared with ashes, and to the lord of the staff and the skull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.46
नमो ह्रस्वाय दीर्घाय वामनाय नमोनमः नम उग्रत्रिशूलाय उग्राय च नमो नमः
namo hrasvāya dīrghāya vāmanāya namonamaḥ nama ugratriśūlāya ugrāya ca namo namaḥ
Homage to the short one, to the tall one, homage again and again to the dwarf; homage to him of the terrible trident, and homage, homage to the terrible one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.47
भीमाय भीमरूपाय भीमकर्मरताय ते अग्रेवधाय वै भूत्वा नमो दूरेवधाय च
bhīmāya bhīmarūpāya bhīmakarmaratāya te agrevadhāya vai bhūtvā namo dūrevadhāya ca
To the terrible one, of terrible form, to you who delight in terrible deeds; homage to him who slays at close range, and homage to him who slays from afar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.48
धन्विने शूलिने तुभ्यं गदिने हलिने नमः चक्रिणे वर्मिणे नित्यं दैत्यानां कर्मभेदिने
dhanvine śūline tubhyaṃ gadine haline namaḥ cakriṇe varmiṇe nityaṃ daityānāṃ karmabhedine
Homage to you, the bearer of the bow, of the trident, of the club, of the plough; to the bearer of the discus, to the armoured one, ever the breaker of the deeds of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.50
सद्याय सद्यरूपाय सद्योजाताय ते नमः वामाय वामरूपाय वामनेत्राय ते नमः ॥ लिप्_१,९५।४९ अघोररूपाय विकटाय विकटशरीराय ते नमः ।* पुरुषरूपाय पुरुषैकतत्पुरुषाय वै नमः
sadyāya sadyarūpāya sadyojātāya te namaḥ vāmāya vāmarūpāya vāmanetrāya te namaḥ // LiP_1,95.49 aghorarūpāya vikaṭāya vikaṭaśarīrāya te namaḥ /* puruṣarūpāya puruṣaikatatpuruṣāya vai namaḥ
Homage to you, Sadya, of instant form, born in an instant; homage to you, Vāma, of lovely form, of lovely eyes. Homage to you, of Aghora's form, dreadful, with a dreadful body; homage indeed to him whose form is Puruṣa, to that one Puruṣa among men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.51
पुरुषार्थप्रदानाय पतये परमेष्ठिने ईशानाय नमस्तुभ्यम् ईश्वराय नमोनमः
puruṣārthapradānāya pataye parameṣṭhine īśānāya namastubhyam īśvarāya namonamaḥ
To the giver of the aims of man, to the lord, to the highest-placed one; homage to you, Īśāna; homage again and again to Īśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.52
ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपाय नमः साक्षाच्छिवाय ते सर्वविष्णुर्नृसिंहस्य रूपमास्थाय विश्वकृत्
brahmaṇe brahmarūpāya namaḥ sākṣācchivāya te sarvaviṣṇurnṛsiṃhasya rūpamāsthāya viśvakṛt
Homage to Brahman, whose form is Brahman, homage to you who are Śiva himself. The all-pervading Viṣṇu, maker of the universe, having assumed the form of the man-lion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.53
हिरण्यकशिपुं हत्वा करजैर्निशितैः स्वयम् दैत्येन्द्रैर्बहुभिः सार्धं हितार्थं जगतां प्रभुः
hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hatvā karajairniśitaiḥ svayam daityendrairbahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ hitārthaṃ jagatāṃ prabhuḥ
having himself slain Hiraṇyakaśipu with his sharp claws, together with many chiefs of the Daityas, the lord, for the welfare of the worlds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.54
सैंहीं समानयन्योनिं बाधते निखिलं जगत् यत्कृत्यमत्र देवेश तत्कुरुष्व भवानिह
saiṃhīṃ samānayanyoniṃ bādhate nikhilaṃ jagat yatkṛtyamatra deveśa tatkuruṣva bhavāniha
(yet) keeping that lion form, he afflicts the entire world. Whatever is to be done here, O lord of gods, do that, you (yourself), here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.55
उग्रो ऽसि सर्वदुष्टानां नियन्तासि शिवो ऽसि नः कालकूटादिवपुषा त्राहि नः शरणागतान्
ugro 'si sarvaduṣṭānāṃ niyantāsi śivo 'si naḥ kālakūṭādivapuṣā trāhi naḥ śaraṇāgatān
You are terrible to all the wicked; you are the restrainer; you are auspicious to us. With a body (dark) as deadly poison, protect us who have come to you for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.56
शुक्रं तु वृत्तं विश्वेश क्रीडा वै केवलं वयम् तवोन्मेषनिमेषाभ्याम् अस्माकं प्रलयोदयौ
śukraṃ tu vṛttaṃ viśveśa krīḍā vai kevalaṃ vayam tavonmeṣanimeṣābhyām asmākaṃ pralayodayau
But (all this) that has occurred is (mere) semen(?), O Lord of the universe; we are simply (your) play; by your opening and closing of the eyes come our dissolution and our arising.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.57
उन्मीलयेत् त्वयि ब्रह्मन् विनाशो ऽस्ति न ते शिव संतप्तास्मो वयं देव हरिणामिततेजसा
unmīlayet tvayi brahman vināśo 'sti na te śiva saṃtaptāsmo vayaṃ deva hariṇāmitatejasā
Should (you) open (your eyes) upon (us)—O Brahman, there is no destruction for you, O Śiva; we are scorched, O god, by Hari of measureless fiery power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.58
सर्वलोकहितायैनं तत्त्वं संहर्तुमिच्छसि विज्ञापितस् तथा देवः प्रहसन्प्राह तान् सुरान्
sarvalokahitāyainaṃ tattvaṃ saṃhartumicchasi vijñāpitas tathā devaḥ prahasanprāha tān surān
"For the welfare of all the worlds you wish to destroy this being." The god, thus informed, laughed and spoke to those gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.59
अभयं च ददौ तेषां हनिष्यामीति तं प्रभुः सो ऽपि शक्रः सुरैः सार्धं प्रणिपत्य यथागतम्
abhayaṃ ca dadau teṣāṃ haniṣyāmīti taṃ prabhuḥ so 'pi śakraḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ praṇipatya yathāgatam
And the Lord granted them freedom from fear, (saying) "I shall slay him"; and that Śakra too, together with the gods, having bowed down, (went) as he had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.60
जगाम भगवान् ब्रह्मा तथान्ये च सुरोत्तमाः अथोत्थाय महादेवः शारभं रूपमास्थितः
jagāma bhagavān brahmā tathānye ca surottamāḥ athotthāya mahādevaḥ śārabhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ
The blessed Brahmā went (away), and so did the other foremost gods; then Mahādeva rose up and assumed the form of a śarabha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.61
ययौ प्रान्ते नृसिंहस्य गर्वितस्य मृगाशिनः अपहृत्य तदा प्राणान् शरभः सुरपूजितः
yayau prānte nṛsiṃhasya garvitasya mṛgāśinaḥ apahṛtya tadā prāṇān śarabhaḥ surapūjitaḥ
He went to the side of the proud, beast-eating Man-lion; and then the śarabha, honoured by the gods, took away his life-breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 95.62
सिंहात्ततो नरो भूत्वा जगाम च यथाक्रमम् एवं स्तुतस्तदा देवैर् जगाम स यथाक्रमम्
siṃhāttato naro bhūtvā jagāma ca yathākramam evaṃ stutastadā devair jagāma sa yathākramam
Then, from a lion becoming a man, he went (off) in due order; thus praised by the gods, he went (away) in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 95.63
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि संस्तवं शार्वमुत्तमम् रुद्रलोकमनुप्राप्य रुद्रेण सह मोदते
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi saṃstavaṃ śārvamuttamam rudralokamanuprāpya rudreṇa saha modate
Whoever recites or even hears this excellent hymn to Śarva, having reached the world of Rudra, rejoices together with Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition