Linga Purana — Chapter 96
LiP 96.1
कथं देवो महादेवो विश्वसंहारकारकः शरभाख्यं महाघोरं विकृतं रूपमास्थितः
kathaṃ devo mahādevo viśvasaṃhārakārakaḥ śarabhākhyaṃ mahāghoraṃ vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ
How did the god Mahādeva, the destroyer of the universe, assume that most terrible, misshapen form called Śarabha?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.2
किं किं धैर्यं कृतं तेन ब्रूहि सर्वम् अशेषतः एवमभ्यर्थितो देवैर् मतिं चक्रे कृपालयः
kiṃ kiṃ dhairyaṃ kṛtaṃ tena brūhi sarvam aśeṣataḥ evamabhyarthito devair matiṃ cakre kṛpālayaḥ
What resolve did he make? Tell all of it completely. Thus entreated by the gods, the abode of compassion made up his mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.3
यत्तेजस्तु नृसिंहाख्यं संहर्तुं परमेश्वरः तदर्थं स्मृतवान् रुद्रो वीरभद्रं महाबलम्
yattejastu nṛsiṃhākhyaṃ saṃhartuṃ parameśvaraḥ tadarthaṃ smṛtavān rudro vīrabhadraṃ mahābalam
In order to destroy that fiery energy called Nṛsiṃha, the Supreme Lord Rudra called to mind for that purpose Vīrabhadra of great strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.4
आत्मनो भैरवं रूपं महाप्रलयकारकम् आजगाम पुरा सद्यो गणानामग्रतो हसन्
ātmano bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ mahāpralayakārakam ājagāma purā sadyo gaṇānāmagrato hasan
his own Bhairava form, the agent of the great dissolution; and long ago he came at once, laughing, at the head of the hosts (gaṇas),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.5
साट्टहासैर् गणवरैर् उत्पतद्भिर् इतस्ततः नृसिंहरूपैरत्युग्रैः कोटिभिः परिवारितः
sāṭṭahāsair gaṇavarair utpatadbhir itastataḥ nṛsiṃharūpairatyugraiḥ koṭibhiḥ parivāritaḥ
surrounded by crores of the chief gaṇas, roaring with loud laughter, leaping up here and there, exceedingly fierce, in Man-lion forms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.6
तावद्भिर् अभितो वीरैर् नृत्यद्भिश् च मुदान्वितैः क्रीडद्भिश् च महाधीरैर् ब्रह्माद्यैः कन्दुकैरिव
tāvadbhir abhito vīrair nṛtyadbhiś ca mudānvitaiḥ krīḍadbhiś ca mahādhīrair brahmādyaiḥ kandukairiva
and on every side by just as many heroes, dancing and full of joy, and, very steadfast, playing with Brahmā and the rest as if with balls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.7
अदृष्टपूर्वैरन्यैश् च वेष्टितो वीरवन्दितः कल्पान्तज्वलनज्वालो विलसल्लोचनत्रयः
adṛṣṭapūrvairanyaiś ca veṣṭito vīravanditaḥ kalpāntajvalanajvālo vilasallocanatrayaḥ
and encircled by others never seen before, praised by the heroes; his flame was the fire of the aeon's end, his three eyes flashing,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.8
आत्तशस्त्रो जटाजूटे ज्वलद्बालेन्दुमण्डितः बालेन्दुद्वितयाकारतीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राङ्कुरद्वयः
āttaśastro jaṭājūṭe jvaladbālendumaṇḍitaḥ bālendudvitayākāratīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṅkuradvayaḥ
weapon in hand, adorned in his matted hair-knot with the shining crescent moon, with two sharp sprouting tusks shaped like a pair of crescent moons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.9
आखण्डलधनुःखण्डसंनिभभ्रूलतायुतः महाप्रचण्डहुङ्कारबधिरीकृतदिङ्मुखः
ākhaṇḍaladhanuḥkhaṇḍasaṃnibhabhrūlatāyutaḥ mahāpracaṇḍahuṅkārabadhirīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ
endowed with creeper-like brows resembling a piece of Indra's bow, deafening the quarters of the sky with his tremendously fierce roar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.10
नीलमेघाञ्जनाकारभीषणश्मश्रुरद्भुतः वादखण्डम् अखण्डाभ्यां भ्रामयंस्त्रिशिखं मुहुः
nīlameghāñjanākārabhīṣaṇaśmaśruradbhutaḥ vādakhaṇḍam akhaṇḍābhyāṃ bhrāmayaṃstriśikhaṃ muhuḥ
wondrous, with a terrifying beard the colour of a dark cloud or of collyrium, again and again brandishing the three-pointed (trident) with his unbroken (arms).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.11
वीरभद्रो ऽपि भगवान् वीरशक्तिविजृम्भितः स्वयं विज्ञापयामास किमत्र स्मृतिकारणम्
vīrabhadro 'pi bhagavān vīraśaktivijṛmbhitaḥ svayaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa kimatra smṛtikāraṇam
And the blessed Vīrabhadra, swelling with heroic power, himself asked: "What is the reason for my being called to mind here?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.12
आज्ञापय जगत्स्वामिन् प्रसादः क्रियतां मयि अकाले भयमुत्पन्नं देवानामपि भैरव
ājñāpaya jagatsvāmin prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mayi akāle bhayamutpannaṃ devānāmapi bhairava
Command (me), O Lord of the world; let favour be shown to me. Fear has arisen out of season even for the gods, O Bhairava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.13
ज्वलितः स नृसिंहाग्निः शमयैनं दुरासदम् सान्त्वयन् बोधयादौ तं तेन किं नोपशाम्यति
jvalitaḥ sa nṛsiṃhāgniḥ śamayainaṃ durāsadam sāntvayan bodhayādau taṃ tena kiṃ nopaśāmyati
"That Narasiṃha-fire has blazed up; quench this one, hard to approach. Placate him, awaken him first — why should he not be calmed by that?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.14
ततो मत्परमं भावं भैरवं संप्रदर्शय सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मेण संहृत्य स्थूलं स्थूलेन तेजसा
tato matparamaṃ bhāvaṃ bhairavaṃ saṃpradarśaya sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmeṇa saṃhṛtya sthūlaṃ sthūlena tejasā
"Then display to (him) the Bhairava state, which is supreme (and) mine, withdrawing the subtle by the subtle and the gross by the gross radiance."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.15
वक्त्रमानय कृत्तिं च वीरभद्र ममाज्ञया इत्यादिष्टो गणाध्यक्षः प्रशान्तवपुरास्थितः
vaktramānaya kṛttiṃ ca vīrabhadra mamājñayā ityādiṣṭo gaṇādhyakṣaḥ praśāntavapurāsthitaḥ
"Bring the face and the hide, Vīrabhadra, by my command." Thus instructed, the lord of the hosts stood there with body wholly calmed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.16
जगाम रंहसा तत्र यत्रास्ते नरकेसरी ततस्तं बोधयामास वीरभद्रो हरो हरिम्
jagāma raṃhasā tatra yatrāste narakesarī tatastaṃ bodhayāmāsa vīrabhadro haro harim
He went swiftly there where the man-lion was; then Vīrabhadra, (that) Hara, roused him, Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.17
उवाच वाक्यमीशानः पिता पुत्रमिवौरसम् जगत्सुखाय भगवन्न् अवतीर्णो ऽसि माधव
uvāca vākyamīśānaḥ pitā putramivaurasam jagatsukhāya bhagavann avatīrṇo 'si mādhava
The lord spoke a speech (to him), as a father to his own-begotten son: "For the world's happiness, O Blessed One, you have descended, Mādhava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.18
स्थित्यर्थेन च युक्तो ऽसि परेण परमेष्ठिना जन्तुचक्रं भगवता रक्षितं मत्स्यरूपिणा
sthityarthena ca yukto 'si pareṇa parameṣṭhinā jantucakraṃ bhagavatā rakṣitaṃ matsyarūpiṇā
and you are charged with the purpose of preservation by the supreme Highest One. By you, the Blessed One in the form of a fish, the circle of creatures was protected;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.19
पुच्छेनैव समाबध्य भ्रमन्नेकार्णवे पुरा बिभर्षि कूर्मरूपेण वाराहेणोद्धृता मही
pucchenaiva samābadhya bhramannekārṇave purā bibharṣi kūrmarūpeṇa vārāheṇoddhṛtā mahī
having bound (it) fast with your tail alone, wandering in the single ocean of old. In the tortoise form you support (the earth); by the boar the earth was lifted up;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.20
अनेन हरिरूपेण हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः वामनेन बलिर्बद्धस् त्वया विक्रमता पुनः
anena harirūpeṇa hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ vāmanena balirbaddhas tvayā vikramatā punaḥ
by this Hari (man-lion) form Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain; and again Bali was bound by you as the dwarf, striding forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.21
त्वम् एव सर्वभूतानां प्रभावः प्रभुर् अव्ययः यदा यदा हि लोकस्य दुःखं किंचित् प्रजायते
tvam eva sarvabhūtānāṃ prabhāvaḥ prabhur avyayaḥ yadā yadā hi lokasya duḥkhaṃ kiṃcit prajāyate
You alone are the power of all beings, the imperishable lord. Whenever some suffering arises for the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.22
तदा तदावतीर्णस्त्वं करिष्यसि निरामयम् नाधिकस्त्वत्समो ऽप्यस्ति हरे शिवपरायण
tadā tadāvatīrṇastvaṃ kariṣyasi nirāmayam nādhikastvatsamo 'pyasti hare śivaparāyaṇa
then and then, having descended, you will make it free of ailment. There is none higher than you, nor even equal to you, O Hari, devoted to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.23
त्वया धर्माश् च वेदाश् च शुभे मार्गे प्रतिष्ठिताः यदर्थम् अवतारो ऽयं निहतः सो ऽपि केशव
tvayā dharmāś ca vedāś ca śubhe mārge pratiṣṭhitāḥ yadartham avatāro 'yaṃ nihataḥ so 'pi keśava
By you the dharmas and the Vedas have been established on the auspicious path. And he for whose sake this descent (took place) has been slain, O Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.24
अत्यन्तघोरं भगवन् नरसिंह वपुस्तव उपसंहर विश्वात्मंस् त्वमेव मम संनिधौ
atyantaghoraṃ bhagavan narasiṃha vapustava upasaṃhara viśvātmaṃs tvameva mama saṃnidhau
O Blessed One, Narasiṃha, this body of yours is exceedingly terrible; withdraw it, O Soul of the universe — you yourself (do it), in my presence."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.25
इत्युक्तो वीरभद्रेण नृसिंहः शान्तया गिरा ततो ऽधिकं महाघोरं कोपं प्रज्वालयद्धरिः
ityukto vīrabhadreṇa nṛsiṃhaḥ śāntayā girā tato 'dhikaṃ mahāghoraṃ kopaṃ prajvālayaddhariḥ
Thus addressed by Vīrabhadra with calm speech, Nṛsiṃha — Hari — kindled a wrath still greater than before, most terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.26
आगतो ऽसि यतस्तत्र गच्छ त्वं मा हितं वद इदानीं संहरिष्यामि जगदेतच्चराचरम्
āgato 'si yatastatra gaccha tvaṃ mā hitaṃ vada idānīṃ saṃhariṣyāmi jagadetaccarācaram
"Go back there whence you came; do not speak (to me) of my good. Now I shall withdraw this world, moving and unmoving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.27
संहर्तुर् न हि संहारः स्वतो वा परतो ऽपि वा शासितं मम सर्वत्र शास्ता को ऽपि न विद्यते
saṃhartur na hi saṃhāraḥ svato vā parato 'pi vā śāsitaṃ mama sarvatra śāstā ko 'pi na vidyate
For the Withdrawer there is no withdrawal, either from himself or from another. Everything everywhere is governed by me; no governor of me exists at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.28
मत्प्रसादेन सकलं समर्यादं प्रवर्तते अहं हि सर्वशक्तीनां प्रवर्तकनिवर्तकः
matprasādena sakalaṃ samaryādaṃ pravartate ahaṃ hi sarvaśaktīnāṃ pravartakanivartakaḥ
By my grace the whole (world) proceeds within its bounds; for I am the setter-in-motion and the stopper of all powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.29
यद् यद् विभूतिमत् सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा तत्तद्विद्धि गणाध्यक्ष मम तेजोविजृम्भितम्
yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā tattadviddhi gaṇādhyakṣa mama tejovijṛmbhitam
Whatever being is possessed of majesty, or glorious, or mighty — know each such, O lord of the hosts, to be an expansion of my radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.30
देवतापरमार्थज्ञा ममैव परमं विदुः मदंशाः शक्तिसम्पन्ना ब्रह्मशक्रादयः सुराः
devatāparamārthajñā mamaiva paramaṃ viduḥ madaṃśāḥ śaktisampannā brahmaśakrādayaḥ surāḥ
Those who know the highest truth about the deities know the supreme (one) to be me alone; the gods Brahmā, Śakra and the rest, endowed with power, are my portions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.31
मन्नाभिपङ्कजाज्जातः पुरा ब्रह्मा चतुर्मुखः तल्ललाटसमुत्पन्नो भगवान्वृषभध्वजः
mannābhipaṅkajājjātaḥ purā brahmā caturmukhaḥ tallalāṭasamutpanno bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
Of old, four-faced Brahmā was born from the lotus of my navel; and from that one's forehead arose the Blessed One whose banner is the bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.32
रजसाधिष्ठितः स्रष्टा रुद्रस्तामस उच्यते अहं नियन्ता सर्वस्य मत्परं नास्ति दैवतम्
rajasādhiṣṭhitaḥ sraṣṭā rudrastāmasa ucyate ahaṃ niyantā sarvasya matparaṃ nāsti daivatam
The creator is presided over by rajas; Rudra is called tāmasa. I am the controller of all; there is no deity higher than me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.33
विश्वाधिकः स्वतन्त्रश् च कर्ता हर्ताखिलेश्वरः इदं तु मत्परं तेजः कः पुनः श्रोतुमिच्छति
viśvādhikaḥ svatantraś ca kartā hartākhileśvaraḥ idaṃ tu matparaṃ tejaḥ kaḥ punaḥ śrotumicchati
"(I am) higher than the universe, independent, the maker, the destroyer, the lord of all; and this radiance of mine is supreme — who else wishes to hear (of it)?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.34
अतो मां शरणं प्राप्य गच्छ त्वं विगतज्वरः अवेहि परमं भावम् इदं भूतमहेश्वरः
ato māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāpya gaccha tvaṃ vigatajvaraḥ avehi paramaṃ bhāvam idaṃ bhūtamaheśvaraḥ
"Therefore, having come to me for refuge, go your way, free of distress. Know this supreme state: I am the great lord of beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.35
कालो ऽस्म्यहं कालविनाशहेतुर् लोकान् समाहर्तुम् अहं प्रवृत्तः मृत्योर्मृत्युं विद्धि मां वीरभद्र जीवन्त्येते मत्प्रसादेन देवाः
kālo 'smyahaṃ kālavināśahetur lokān samāhartum ahaṃ pravṛttaḥ mṛtyormṛtyuṃ viddhi māṃ vīrabhadra jīvantyete matprasādena devāḥ
"I am Time, the cause of Time's destruction; I have set out to gather in the worlds. Know me as the Death of Death, Vīrabhadra: these gods live by my grace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.36
साहङ्कारमिदं श्रुत्वा हरेर् अमितविक्रमः विहस्योवाच सावज्ञं ततो विस्फुरिताधरः
sāhaṅkāramidaṃ śrutvā harer amitavikramaḥ vihasyovāca sāvajñaṃ tato visphuritādharaḥ
Hearing this (spoken) with arrogance by Hari, he of measureless valour, his lip quivering, then laughed and spoke contemptuously.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.37
किं न जानासि विश्वेशं संहर्तारं पिनाकिनम् असद्वादो विवादश् च विनाशस्त्वयि केवलः
kiṃ na jānāsi viśveśaṃ saṃhartāraṃ pinākinam asadvādo vivādaś ca vināśastvayi kevalaḥ
"Do you not know the lord of the universe, the destroyer, the bearer of the Pināka? False speech and disputation are simply (your) ruin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.38
तवान्योन्यावताराणि कानि शेषाणि सांप्रतम् कृतानि येन केनापि कथाशेषो भविष्यति
tavānyonyāvatārāṇi kāni śeṣāṇi sāṃpratam kṛtāni yena kenāpi kathāśeṣo bhaviṣyati
"What incarnations of yours, one after another, are left now? Whatever has been done by whomever will remain (only) as a story."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.39
दोषं त्वं पश्य एतत्त्वम् अवस्थामीदृशीं गतः तेन संहारदक्षेण क्षणात्संक्षयमेष्यसि
doṣaṃ tvaṃ paśya etattvam avasthāmīdṛśīṃ gataḥ tena saṃhāradakṣeṇa kṣaṇātsaṃkṣayameṣyasi
"Look at this fault of yours: you have come to such a condition. By that one, skilled in destruction, you will come to annihilation in a moment."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.40
प्रकृतिस्त्वं पुमान् रुद्रस् त्वयि वीर्यं समाहितम् त्वन्नाभिपङ्कजाज्जातः पञ्चवक्त्रः पितामहः
prakṛtistvaṃ pumān rudras tvayi vīryaṃ samāhitam tvannābhipaṅkajājjātaḥ pañcavaktraḥ pitāmahaḥ
"You are Nature (prakṛti); Rudra is the Male (puruṣa); in you the potency was deposited. From the lotus of your navel was born the five-faced grandfather (Brahmā)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.41
सृष्ट्यर्थेन जगत्पूर्वं शङ्करं नीललोहितम् ललाटे चिन्तयामास तपस्युग्रे व्यवस्थितः
sṛṣṭyarthena jagatpūrvaṃ śaṅkaraṃ nīlalohitam lalāṭe cintayāmāsa tapasyugre vyavasthitaḥ
"For the sake of creating the world, he first meditated on Śaṅkara, the blue-and-red one, on his forehead, established in fierce austerity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.42
तल्ललाटादभूच्छंभोः सृष्ट्यर्थं तन्न दूषणम् अंशो ऽहं देवदेवस्य महाभैरवरूपिणः
tallalāṭādabhūcchaṃbhoḥ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tanna dūṣaṇam aṃśo 'haṃ devadevasya mahābhairavarūpiṇaḥ
"From that forehead of Śaṃbhu he came into being for the sake of creation; that is no reproach. I am a portion of the god of gods, whose form is the great Bhairava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.43
त्वत्संहारे नियुक्तो ऽस्मि विनयेन बलेन च एवं रक्षो विदार्यैव त्वं शक्तिकलया युतः
tvatsaṃhāre niyukto 'smi vinayena balena ca evaṃ rakṣo vidāryaiva tvaṃ śaktikalayā yutaḥ
"I am appointed to your destruction, by both discipline and force. Thus, having merely torn open the demon, you are (only) joined with a fraction of (his) power."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.44
अहङ्कारावलेपेन गर्जसि त्वमतन्द्रितः उपकारो ह्यसाधूनाम् अपकाराय केवलम्
ahaṅkārāvalepena garjasi tvamatandritaḥ upakāro hyasādhūnām apakārāya kevalam
"Smeared with egotism, you roar unwearied; for a favour done to the wicked serves only to (their) harm."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.45
यदि सिंह महेशानं स्वपुनर्भूत मन्यसे न त्वं स्रष्टा न संहर्ता न स्वतन्त्रो हि कुत्रचित्
yadi siṃha maheśānaṃ svapunarbhūta manyase na tvaṃ sraṣṭā na saṃhartā na svatantro hi kutracit
"If, O lion, you think the great Lord to be your own offspring, (know that) you are neither creator nor destroyer, nor independent in anything."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.46
कुलालचक्रवच्छक्त्या प्रेरितो ऽसि पिनाकिना अद्यापि तव निक्षिप्तं कपालं कूर्मरूपिणः
kulālacakravacchaktyā prerito 'si pinākinā adyāpi tava nikṣiptaṃ kapālaṃ kūrmarūpiṇaḥ
"Like a potter's wheel you are set in motion by the Pināka-bearer's power. Even today your skull, when you were in the form of a tortoise, lies cast away —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.47
हरहारलतामध्ये मुग्ध कस्मान्न बुध्यसे विस्मृतं किं तदंशेन दंष्ट्रोत्पातनपीडितः
harahāralatāmadhye mugdha kasmānna budhyase vismṛtaṃ kiṃ tadaṃśena daṃṣṭrotpātanapīḍitaḥ
"— amid the garland-strand of Hara's necklace. Fool, why do you not understand? Have you forgotten how, by a portion of him, you were afflicted by the tearing out of (your) tusk?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.48
वाराहविग्रहस्ते ऽद्य साक्रोशं तारकारिणा दग्धो ऽसि यस्य शूलाग्रे विष्वक्सेनच्छलाद्भवान्
vārāhavigrahaste 'dya sākrośaṃ tārakāriṇā dagdho 'si yasya śūlāgre viṣvaksenacchalādbhavān
"Your boar-body was today, amid outcry, burnt by the foe of Tāraka — on the point of whose spear you (stood), under the guise of Viṣvaksena."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.49
दक्षयज्ञे शिरश्छिन्नं मया ते यज्ञरूपिणः अद्यापि तव पुत्रस्य ब्रह्मणः पञ्चमं शिरः
dakṣayajñe śiraśchinnaṃ mayā te yajñarūpiṇaḥ adyāpi tava putrasya brahmaṇaḥ pañcamaṃ śiraḥ
"At Dakṣa's sacrifice your head, when you had the form of the sacrifice, was cut off by me. And even today the fifth head of your son Brahmā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.50
छिन्नं तमेनाभिसंधं तदंशं तस्य तद्बलम् निर्जितस्त्वं दधीचेन संग्रामे समरुद्गणः
chinnaṃ tamenābhisaṃdhaṃ tadaṃśaṃ tasya tadbalam nirjitastvaṃ dadhīcena saṃgrāme samarudgaṇaḥ
"— was cut off... that portion of his, that strength of his. You, together with the host of Maruts, were defeated by Dadhīca in battle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.51
कण्डूयमाने शिरसि कथं तद्विस्मृतं त्वया चक्रं विक्रमतो यस्य चक्रपाणे तव प्रियम्
kaṇḍūyamāne śirasi kathaṃ tadvismṛtaṃ tvayā cakraṃ vikramato yasya cakrapāṇe tava priyam
"When (his) head was scratched, how was that forgotten by you — the discus, dear to you, O discus-handed one, (which came) from him as you strode forth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.52
कुतः प्राप्तं कृतं केन त्वया तदपि विस्मृतम् ते मया सकला लोका गृहीतास्त्वं पयोनिधौ
kutaḥ prāptaṃ kṛtaṃ kena tvayā tadapi vismṛtam te mayā sakalā lokā gṛhītāstvaṃ payonidhau
"Whence was it obtained, and by whom made? That too you have forgotten. All the worlds were seized from you by me while you (lay) on the ocean of milk."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.53
निद्रापरवशः शेषे स कथं सात्त्विको भवान् त्वदादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं रुद्रशक्तिविजृम्भितम्
nidrāparavaśaḥ śeṣe sa kathaṃ sāttviko bhavān tvadādistambaparyantaṃ rudraśaktivijṛmbhitam
You lie overcome by sleep — how then are you (a being) of pure sattva? From you down to the clump of grass, (all this) is the unfolding of Rudra's power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.54
शक्तिमानभितस्त्वं च ह्य् अनलस्त्वं च मोहितः तत्तेजसो ऽपि माहात्म्यं युवां द्रष्टुं न हि क्षमौ
śaktimānabhitastvaṃ ca hy analastvaṃ ca mohitaḥ tattejaso 'pi māhātmyaṃ yuvāṃ draṣṭuṃ na hi kṣamau
You are powerful on every side, and yet you, Anala (Fire), are deluded: the two of you are not able to behold even the greatness of that radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.55
स्थूला ये हि प्रपश्यन्ति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् द्यावापृथिव्या इन्द्राग्नियमस्य वरुणस्य च
sthūlā ye hi prapaśyanti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam dyāvāpṛthivyā indrāgniyamasya varuṇasya ca
For those who are gross (of perception) behold that supreme station of Viṣṇu, (and that) of heaven and earth, of Indra, Agni, Yama, and of Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.56
ध्वान्तोदरे शशाङ्कस्य जनित्वा परमेश्वरः कालो ऽसि त्वं महाकालः कालकालो महेश्वरः
dhvāntodare śaśāṅkasya janitvā parameśvaraḥ kālo 'si tvaṃ mahākālaḥ kālakālo maheśvaraḥ
Having been born within the darkness in the belly of the moon, O Supreme Lord, you are Time, the Great Time, the Time of Time, Maheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.57
अतस्त्वमुग्रकलया मृत्योर्मृत्युर्भविष्यसि स्थिरधन्वा क्षयो वीरो वीरो विश्वाधिकः प्रभुः
atastvamugrakalayā mṛtyormṛtyurbhaviṣyasi sthiradhanvā kṣayo vīro vīro viśvādhikaḥ prabhuḥ
Therefore, by (your) fierce portion, you shall become the death of Death — firm of bow, destruction, hero, hero, surpassing the universe, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.58
उपहस्ता ज्वरं भीमो मृगपक्षिहिरण्मयः शास्ताशेषस्य जगतो न त्वं नैवचतुर्मुखः
upahastā jvaraṃ bhīmo mṛgapakṣihiraṇmayaḥ śāstāśeṣasya jagato na tvaṃ naivacaturmukhaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
LiP 96.59
इत्थं सर्वं समालोक्य संहरात्मानम् आत्मना नो चेदिदानीं क्रोधस्य महाभैरवरूपिणः
itthaṃ sarvaṃ samālokya saṃharātmānam ātmanā no cedidānīṃ krodhasya mahābhairavarūpiṇaḥ
Having thus surveyed everything, withdraw yourself by your own self; if you do not, then now, from the wrath (of Śiva) whose form is the great Bhairava —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.60
वज्राशनिरिव स्थाणोस् त्व् एवं मृत्युः पतिष्यति इत्युक्तो वीरभद्रेण नृसिंहः क्रोधविह्वलः
vajrāśaniriva sthāṇos tv evaṃ mṛtyuḥ patiṣyati ityukto vīrabhadreṇa nṛsiṃhaḥ krodhavihvalaḥ
— death will fall like the thunderbolt-lightning of Sthāṇu. Thus addressed by Vīrabhadra, the man-lion, overwhelmed with rage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.61
ननाद तनुवेगेन तं गृहीतुं प्रचक्रमे अत्रान्तरे महाघोरं विपक्षभयकारणम्
nanāda tanuvegena taṃ gṛhītuṃ pracakrame atrāntare mahāghoraṃ vipakṣabhayakāraṇam
He roared, and with the speed of his body set about seizing him; and meanwhile that most terrible (form), the cause of fear in enemies—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.62
गगनव्यापि दुर्धर्षशैवतेजःसमुद्भवम् वीरभद्रस्य तद्रूपं तत्क्षणादेव दृश्यते
gaganavyāpi durdharṣaśaivatejaḥsamudbhavam vīrabhadrasya tadrūpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva dṛśyate
filling the sky, hard to assail, arisen from Śiva's own fiery energy—that form of Vīrabhadra was seen that very instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.63
न तद्धिरण्मयं सौम्यं न सौरं नाग्निसंभवम् न तडिच्चन्द्रसदृशम् अनौपम्यं महेश्वरम्
na taddhiraṇmayaṃ saumyaṃ na sauraṃ nāgnisaṃbhavam na taḍiccandrasadṛśam anaupamyaṃ maheśvaram
That (radiance) was not golden, not lunar, not solar, not born of fire, not like lightning or the moon — incomparable, belonging to the Great Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.64
तदा तेजांसि सर्वाणि तस्मिन् लीनानि शाङ्करे ततो व्यक्तो महातेजा व्यक्ते संभवतस्ततः
tadā tejāṃsi sarvāṇi tasmin līnāni śāṅkare tato vyakto mahātejā vyakte saṃbhavatastataḥ
Then all the radiances were absorbed into that (radiance) of Śaṅkara; thereupon the greatly radiant one became manifest, and from the manifest (one others) then came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.65
रुद्रसाधारणं चैव चिह्नितं विकृताकृति ततः संहाररूपेण सुव्यक्तः परमेश्वरः
rudrasādhāraṇaṃ caiva cihnitaṃ vikṛtākṛti tataḥ saṃhārarūpeṇa suvyaktaḥ parameśvaraḥ
And (that form), marked with what is common to Rudra, of distorted shape — then the Supreme Lord became fully manifest in his form of destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.66
पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां जयशब्दादिमङ्गलैः सहस्रबाहुर् जटिलश् चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखरः
paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ sahasrabāhur jaṭilaś candrārdhakṛtaśekharaḥ
While all the gods looked on, amid auspicious cries of "Victory!" and the like, (he appeared) thousand-armed, with matted locks, wearing the half-moon as his crest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.67
स मृगार्धशरीरेण पक्षाभ्यां चञ्चुना द्विजाः अतितीक्ष्णमहादंष्ट्रो वज्रतुल्यनखायुधः
sa mṛgārdhaśarīreṇa pakṣābhyāṃ cañcunā dvijāḥ atitīkṣṇamahādaṃṣṭro vajratulyanakhāyudhaḥ
He, O twice-born ones, with a body half beast, with two wings and a beak, with exceedingly sharp great tusks, having claws for weapons that were like thunderbolts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.68
कण्ठे कालो महाबाहुश् चतुष्पाद् वह्निसंभवः युगान्तोद्यतजीमूतभीमगंभीरनिःस्वनः
kaṇṭhe kālo mahābāhuś catuṣpād vahnisaṃbhavaḥ yugāntodyatajīmūtabhīmagaṃbhīraniḥsvanaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
LiP 96.69
समं कुपितवृत्ताग्निव्यावृत्तनयनत्रयः स्पष्टदंष्ट्रो ऽधरोष्ठश् च हुङ्कारेण युतो हरः
samaṃ kupitavṛttāgnivyāvṛttanayanatrayaḥ spaṣṭadaṃṣṭro 'dharoṣṭhaś ca huṅkāreṇa yuto haraḥ
His three eyes alike rolling with the whirling fire of wrath, his fangs and lower lip laid bare, Hara (stood there) uttering a roar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.70
हरिस्तद्दर्शनादेव विनष्टबलविक्रमः बिभ्रद् और्म्यं सहस्रांशोर् अधः खद्योतविभ्रमम्
haristaddarśanādeva vinaṣṭabalavikramaḥ bibhrad aurmyaṃ sahasrāṃśor adhaḥ khadyotavibhramam
Hari, by the mere sight of him, his strength and prowess undone, bore (only) a wavering brilliance, like the flickering of a firefly beneath the thousand-rayed (sun).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.71
अथ विभ्रम्य पक्षाभ्यां नाभिपादे ऽभ्युदारयन् पादावाबध्य पुच्छेन बाहुभ्यां बाहुमण्डलम्
atha vibhramya pakṣābhyāṃ nābhipāde 'bhyudārayan pādāvābadhya pucchena bāhubhyāṃ bāhumaṇḍalam
Then, wheeling about with his two wings, rending (him) at the navel and the feet, binding his feet with his tail and the ring of his arms with his own arms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.72
भिन्दन्नुरसि बाहुभ्यां निजग्राह हरो हरिम् ततो जगाम गगनं देवैः सह महर्षिभिः
bhindannurasi bāhubhyāṃ nijagrāha haro harim tato jagāma gaganaṃ devaiḥ saha maharṣibhiḥ
splitting open (his) chest with his arms, Hara seized Hari; then he went to the sky together with the gods and the great seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.73
सहसैव भयाद्विष्णुं विहगश् च यथोरगम् उत्क्षिप्योत्क्षिप्य संगृह्य निपात्य च निपात्य च
sahasaiva bhayādviṣṇuṃ vihagaś ca yathoragam utkṣipyotkṣipya saṃgṛhya nipātya ca nipātya ca
All at once, out of fear, (the bull seized) Viṣṇu as a bird (seizes) a snake — tossing (him) up again and again, gripping (him), and dashing (him) down again and again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.74
उड्डीयोड्डीय भगवान् पक्षाघातविमोहितम् हरिं हरन्तं वृषभं विश्वेशानं तमीश्वरम्
uḍḍīyoḍḍīya bhagavān pakṣāghātavimohitam hariṃ harantaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ viśveśānaṃ tamīśvaram
— flying up again and again, the divine bull, the ruler of all, that Lord, carrying off Hari, who was dazed by the beating of (its) wings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.75
अनुयान्ति सुराः सर्वे नमोवाक्येन तुष्टुवुः नीयमानः परवशो दीनवक्त्रः कृताञ्जलिः
anuyānti surāḥ sarve namovākyena tuṣṭuvuḥ nīyamānaḥ paravaśo dīnavaktraḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
All the gods follow after (him); they praised (him) with words of homage. Being carried off, in another's power, his face dejected, his palms joined,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.76
तुष्टाव परमेशानं हरिस्तं ललिताक्षरैः नमो रुद्राय शर्वाय महाग्रासाय विष्णवे
tuṣṭāva parameśānaṃ haristaṃ lalitākṣaraiḥ namo rudrāya śarvāya mahāgrāsāya viṣṇave
Hari praised that supreme lord with graceful syllables: Homage to Rudra, to Śarva, to the great devourer, to Viṣṇu;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.77
नम उग्राय भीमाय नमः क्रोधाय मन्यवे नमो भवाय शर्वाय शङ्कराय शिवाय ते
nama ugrāya bhīmāya namaḥ krodhāya manyave namo bhavāya śarvāya śaṅkarāya śivāya te
homage to the fierce one, to the terrible one, homage to wrath, to fury; homage to you, Bhava, Śarva, Śaṅkara, Śiva;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.78
कालकालाय कालाय महाकालाय मृत्यवे वीराय वीरभद्राय क्षयद्वीराय शूलिने
kālakālāya kālāya mahākālāya mṛtyave vīrāya vīrabhadrāya kṣayadvīrāya śūline
to the Death of death, to Time, to Great Time, to Death, to the hero, to Vīrabhadra, to the hero who destroys, to the bearer of the trident;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.79
महादेवाय महते पशूनां पतये नमः एकाय नीलकण्ठाय श्रीकण्ठाय पिनाकिने
mahādevāya mahate paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ ekāya nīlakaṇṭhāya śrīkaṇṭhāya pinākine
to the Great God, to the mighty one, homage to the lord of beasts; to the One, to the blue-throated, to Śrīkaṇṭha, to the bearer of the Pināka bow;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.80
नमो ऽनन्ताय सूक्ष्माय नमस्ते मृत्युमन्यवे पराय परमेशाय परात्परतराय ते
namo 'nantāya sūkṣmāya namaste mṛtyumanyave parāya parameśāya parātparatarāya te
homage to the endless, to the subtle; homage to you, the fury of death, to the far one, to the supreme lord, to you who are higher than the highest;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.81
परात्पराय विश्वाय नमस्ते विश्वमूर्त्तये नमो विष्णुकलत्राय विष्णुक्षेत्राय भानवे
parātparāya viśvāya namaste viśvamūrttaye namo viṣṇukalatrāya viṣṇukṣetrāya bhānave
to (him who is) beyond the beyond, to the All; homage to you whose form is the universe; homage to Viṣṇu's spouse(?), to Viṣṇu's field, to the shining one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.82
कैवर्ताय किराताय महाव्याधाय शाश्वते भैरवाय शरण्याय महाभैरवरूपिणे
kaivartāya kirātāya mahāvyādhāya śāśvate bhairavāya śaraṇyāya mahābhairavarūpiṇe
to the fisherman, to the Kirāta, to the great hunter, to the everlasting, to Bhairava, to the giver of refuge, to him whose form is Mahābhairava;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.83
नमो नृसिंहसंहर्त्रे कामकालपुरारये महापाशौघसंहर्त्रे विष्णुमायान्तकारिणे
namo nṛsiṃhasaṃhartre kāmakālapurāraye mahāpāśaughasaṃhartre viṣṇumāyāntakāriṇe
homage to the destroyer of Nṛsiṃha, to the foe of Kāma, of Time, and of (Tri)pura; to the destroyer of the great flood of bonds, to the ender of Viṣṇu's māyā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.84
त्र्यंबकाय त्र्यक्षराय शिपिविष्टाय मीढुषे मृत्युञ्जयाय शर्वाय सर्वज्ञाय मखारये
tryaṃbakāya tryakṣarāya śipiviṣṭāya mīḍhuṣe mṛtyuñjayāya śarvāya sarvajñāya makhāraye
to the three-eyed, to him of three syllables, to Śipiviṣṭa, to the bountiful, to the conqueror of death, to Śarva, to the all-knowing, to the foe of the sacrifice;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.85
मखेशाय वरेण्याय नमस्ते वह्निरूपिणे महाघ्राणाय जिह्वाय प्राणापानप्रवर्तिने
makheśāya vareṇyāya namaste vahnirūpiṇe mahāghrāṇāya jihvāya prāṇāpānapravartine
to the lord of sacrifice, to the most excellent; homage to you whose form is fire, to the great nose, to the tongue, to the setter in motion of the in-breath and out-breath;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.86
त्रिगुणाय त्रिशूलाय गुणातीताय योगिने संसाराय प्रवाहाय महायन्त्रप्रवर्तिने
triguṇāya triśūlāya guṇātītāya yogine saṃsārāya pravāhāya mahāyantrapravartine
to him of the three qualities, to the trident, to him beyond the qualities, to the yogin, to the round of rebirth, to the flowing stream, to the turner of the great machine;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.87
नमश्चन्द्राग्निसूर्याय मुक्तिवैचित्र्यहेतवे वरदायावताराय सर्वकारणहेतवे
namaścandrāgnisūryāya muktivaicitryahetave varadāyāvatārāya sarvakāraṇahetave
homage to (him who is) moon, fire, and sun, to the cause of the manifold kinds of liberation, to the boon-giver, to the descent (into form), to the cause of all causes;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.88
कपालिने करालाय पतये पुण्यकीर्त्तये अमोघायाग्निनेत्राय लकुलीशाय शंभवे
kapāline karālāya pataye puṇyakīrttaye amoghāyāgninetrāya lakulīśāya śaṃbhave
to the skull-bearer, to the gape-mouthed, to the lord, to him of holy fame, to the unfailing, to the fire-eyed, to Lakulīśa, to Śambhu;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.89
भिषक्तमाय मुण्डाय दण्डिने योगरूपिणे मेघवाहाय देवाय पार्वतीपतये नमः
bhiṣaktamāya muṇḍāya daṇḍine yogarūpiṇe meghavāhāya devāya pārvatīpataye namaḥ
to the best of physicians, to the shaven-headed, to the staff-bearer, to him whose form is yoga, to the god who rides the cloud — homage to the husband of Pārvatī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.90
अव्यक्ताय विशोकाय स्थिराय स्थिरधन्विने स्थाणवे कृत्तिवासाय नमः पञ्चार्थहेतवे
avyaktāya viśokāya sthirāya sthiradhanvine sthāṇave kṛttivāsāya namaḥ pañcārthahetave
to the unmanifest, to the sorrowless, to the steadfast, to him of the steady bow, to Sthāṇu, to the wearer of the hide — homage to the ground of the five topics;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.91
वरदायैकपादाय नमश्चन्द्रार्धमौलिने नमस्ते ऽध्वरराजाय वयसां पतये नमः
varadāyaikapādāya namaścandrārdhamauline namaste 'dhvararājāya vayasāṃ pataye namaḥ
to the boon-giver, to the one-footed, homage to him crested with the half-moon; homage to you, king of the sacrifice — homage to the lord of birds;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.92
योगीश्वराय नित्याय सत्याय परमेष्ठिने सर्वात्मने नमस्तुभ्यं नमः सर्वेश्वराय ते
yogīśvarāya nityāya satyāya parameṣṭhine sarvātmane namastubhyaṃ namaḥ sarveśvarāya te
to the lord of yogins, to the eternal, to the true, to the highest-standing one, to the self of all — homage to you; homage to you, lord of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.93
एकद्वित्रिचतुःपञ्चकृत्वस् ते ऽस्तु नमोनमः दशकृत्वस्तु साहस्रकृत्वस्ते च नमोनमः
ekadvitricatuḥpañcakṛtvas te 'stu namonamaḥ daśakṛtvastu sāhasrakṛtvaste ca namonamaḥ
Once, twice, three, four, five times let there be homage upon homage to you; ten times, a thousand times, homage upon homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.94
नमो ऽपरिमितं कृत्वा-नन्तकृत्वो नमोनमः नमोनमो नमो भूयः पुनर्भूयो नमोनमः
namo 'parimitaṃ kṛtvā-nantakṛtvo namonamaḥ namonamo namo bhūyaḥ punarbhūyo namonamaḥ
Having made homage immeasurably, endless times, homage upon homage; homage, homage, again homage, and once more, again, homage upon homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.95
नाम्नामष्टशतेनैवं स्तुत्वामृतमयेन तु पुनस्तु प्रार्थयामास नृसिंहः शरभेश्वरम्
nāmnāmaṣṭaśatenaivaṃ stutvāmṛtamayena tu punastu prārthayāmāsa nṛsiṃhaḥ śarabheśvaram
Having thus praised (him) with the hundred and eight names, which are made of nectar, the Man-Lion again entreated Śarabheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.96
यदा यदा ममाज्ञानम् अत्यहङ्कारदूषितम् तदा तदापनेतव्यं त्वयैव परमेश्वर
yadā yadā mamājñānam atyahaṅkāradūṣitam tadā tadāpanetavyaṃ tvayaiva parameśvara
"Whenever my ignorance is corrupted by excessive egotism, then and there it must be removed by you alone, O Supreme Lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.97
एवं विज्ञापयन्प्रीतः शङ्करं नरकेसरी नन्वशक्तो भवान् विष्णो जीवितान्तं पराजितः
evaṃ vijñāpayanprītaḥ śaṅkaraṃ narakesarī nanvaśakto bhavān viṣṇo jīvitāntaṃ parājitaḥ
Thus making (this) known, the Man-Lion, pleased, (said) to Śaṅkara: "Surely you are powerless, O Viṣṇu—defeated to the end of your life."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.98
तद्वक्त्रशेषमात्रान्तं कृत्वा सर्वस्य विग्रहम् शुक्तिशित्यं तदा मङ्गं वीरभद्रः क्षणात्ततः
tadvaktraśeṣamātrāntaṃ kṛtvā sarvasya vigraham śuktiśityaṃ tadā maṅgaṃ vīrabhadraḥ kṣaṇāttataḥ
Then in an instant Vīrabhadra, having made the body of the whole (of him) end with only his face remaining, (made) his limb(s) white as a shell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.99
अथ ब्रह्मादयः सर्वे वीरभद्र त्वया दृशा जीविताः स्मो वयं देवाः पर्जन्येनेव पादपाः
atha brahmādayaḥ sarve vīrabhadra tvayā dṛśā jīvitāḥ smo vayaṃ devāḥ parjanyeneva pādapāḥ
Then all (the gods) beginning with Brahmā (said): "O Vīrabhadra, by your glance we gods have been brought to life, as trees by the rain-cloud."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.100
यस्य भीषा दहत्यग्निर् उदेति च रविः स्वयम् वातो वाति च सो ऽसि त्वं मृत्युर्धावति पञ्चमः
yasya bhīṣā dahatyagnir udeti ca raviḥ svayam vāto vāti ca so 'si tvaṃ mṛtyurdhāvati pañcamaḥ
You are he out of fear of whom the fire burns, and the sun rises of itself, and the wind blows; death, the fifth, runs (in fear of him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.101
यदव्यक्तं परं व्योम कलातीतं सदाशिवम् भगवंस्त्वामेव भवं वदन्ति ब्रह्मवादिनः
yadavyaktaṃ paraṃ vyoma kalātītaṃ sadāśivam bhagavaṃstvāmeva bhavaṃ vadanti brahmavādinaḥ
That which is unmanifest, the supreme space, beyond time, ever-auspicious—O Blessed One, the expounders of brahman call that very thing you, Bhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.102
के वयमेव धातुक्ये वेदने परमेश्वरः न विद्धि परमं धाम रूपलावण्यवर्णने
ke vayameva dhātukye vedane parameśvaraḥ na viddhi paramaṃ dhāma rūpalāvaṇyavarṇane
Who are we...? in the ... knowledge, the Supreme Lord; (one) does not know the supreme abode in describing (its) form and loveliness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.103
उपसर्गेषु सर्वेषु त्रायस्वास्मान् गणाधिप एकादशात्मन् भगवान् वर्तते रूपवान् हरः
upasargeṣu sarveṣu trāyasvāsmān gaṇādhipa ekādaśātman bhagavān vartate rūpavān haraḥ
In all calamities protect us, O lord of the hosts! O eleven-fold-souled one, the Blessed Hara abides possessed of form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.104
ईदृशान् ते ऽवताराणि दृष्ट्वा शिव बहूंस्तमः कदाचित् संदिहेन् नास्मांस् त्वच्चिन्तास्तमया तथा
īdṛśān te 'vatārāṇi dṛṣṭvā śiva bahūṃstamaḥ kadācit saṃdihen nāsmāṃs tvaccintāstamayā tathā
Having seen such many descents (incarnations) of yours, O Śiva, the darkness (of doubt) may sometime cause us to doubt—no, not so, because of (our) meditation on you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.105
गुञ्जागिरिवरतटा-मितरूपाणि सर्वशः अभ्यसंहर गम्यं ते न नीतव्यं परापरा
guñjāgirivarataṭā-mitarūpāṇi sarvaśaḥ abhyasaṃhara gamyaṃ te na nītavyaṃ parāparā
Withdraw entirely (your) measureless forms, (spread over) the slopes of the best of mountains ...; what is to be attained by you is not to be brought (elsewhere), O higher-and-lower one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.106
द्वे तनू तव रुद्रस्य वेदज्ञा ब्राह्मणा विदुः घोराप्यन्या शिवाप्यन्या ते प्रत्येकमनेकधा
dve tanū tava rudrasya vedajñā brāhmaṇā viduḥ ghorāpyanyā śivāpyanyā te pratyekamanekadhā
Brahmins who know the Veda know that you, Rudra, have two bodies: one terrible and one auspicious, each of them manifold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.107
इहास्मान्पाहि भगवन् नित्याहतमहाबलः भवता हि जगत्सर्वं व्याप्तं स्वेनैव तेजसा
ihāsmānpāhi bhagavan nityāhatamahābalaḥ bhavatā hi jagatsarvaṃ vyāptaṃ svenaiva tejasā
Protect us here, O Blessed One, you of great strength that is never struck down; for by you the whole world is pervaded with your own splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.108
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रचन्द्रादि वयं च प्रमुखाः सुराः सुरासुराः सम्प्रसूतास् त्वत्तः सर्वे महेश्वर
brahmaviṣṇvindracandrādi vayaṃ ca pramukhāḥ surāḥ surāsurāḥ samprasūtās tvattaḥ sarve maheśvara
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, the moon and the rest, and we the foremost gods, gods and demons—all have been brought forth from you, O Great Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.109
ब्रह्मा च इन्द्रो विष्णुश् च यमाद्या न सुरासुरान् ततो निगृह्य च हरिं सिंह इत्य् उपचेतसम्
brahmā ca indro viṣṇuś ca yamādyā na surāsurān tato nigṛhya ca hariṃ siṃha ity upacetasam
Brahmā and Indra and Viṣṇu and Yama and the rest ... not the gods and demons; then, having seized Hari, thinking "a lion"...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.110
यतो बिभर्षि सकलं विभज्य तनुमष्टधा अतो ऽस्मान् पाहि भगवन् सुरान् दानैर् अभीप्सितैः
yato bibharṣi sakalaṃ vibhajya tanumaṣṭadhā ato 'smān pāhi bhagavan surān dānair abhīpsitaiḥ
Since you support the whole (world), having divided your body eightfold, therefore protect us, the gods, O Blessed One, with the gifts we desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.111
उवाच तान् सुरान्देवो महर्षींश् च पुरातनान् यथा जले जलं क्षिप्तं क्षीरं क्षीरे घृतं घृते
uvāca tān surāndevo maharṣīṃś ca purātanān yathā jale jalaṃ kṣiptaṃ kṣīraṃ kṣīre ghṛtaṃ ghṛte
The god spoke to those gods and to the ancient great seers: "As water poured into water, milk into milk, ghee into ghee—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.112
एक एव तदा विष्णुः शिवलीनो न चान्यथा एष एव नृसिंहात्मा सदर्पश् च महाबलः
eka eva tadā viṣṇuḥ śivalīno na cānyathā eṣa eva nṛsiṃhātmā sadarpaś ca mahābalaḥ
—so then Viṣṇu was one alone, merged in Śiva, and not otherwise. This very one, whose self is the Man-Lion, was proud and of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.113
जगत्संहारकारेण प्रवृत्तो नरकेसरी याजनीयो नमस्तस्मै मद्भक्तिसिद्धिकाङ्क्षिभिः
jagatsaṃhārakāreṇa pravṛtto narakesarī yājanīyo namastasmai madbhaktisiddhikāṅkṣibhiḥ
For the destruction of the world the man-lion (Narasimha) came forth; homage to him, (offered) by those who desire the attainment of devotion to me — he is to be worshipped with sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.114
एतावदुक्त्वा भगवान् वीरभद्रो महाबलः अपश्यन् सर्वभूतानां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
etāvaduktvā bhagavān vīrabhadro mahābalaḥ apaśyan sarvabhūtānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
Having said just this much, the mighty lord Vīrabhadra vanished right there, while all beings looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.115
नृसिंहकृत्तिवसनस् तदाप्रभृति शङ्करः वक्त्रं तन्मुण्डमालायां नायकत्वेन कल्पितम्
nṛsiṃhakṛttivasanas tadāprabhṛti śaṅkaraḥ vaktraṃ tanmuṇḍamālāyāṃ nāyakatvena kalpitam
From that time on Śaṅkara wears the hide of the man-lion, and that face was set as the chief one in his garland of skulls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.116
ततो देवा निरातङ्काः कीर्तयन्तः कथामिमाम् विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयना जग्मुः सर्वे यथागतम्
tato devā nirātaṅkāḥ kīrtayantaḥ kathāmimām vismayotphullanayanā jagmuḥ sarve yathāgatam
Then the gods, free of fear, proclaiming this story, their eyes wide with amazement, all went back as they had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.117
य इदं परमाख्यानं पुण्यं वेदैः समन्वितम् पठित्वा शृणुते चैव सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्
ya idaṃ paramākhyānaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiḥ samanvitam paṭhitvā śṛṇute caiva sarvaduḥkhavināśanam
Whoever, having recited it, also listens to this supreme, meritorious narrative, which is in accord with the Vedas and destroys all sorrow —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.118
धन्यं यशस्यम् आयुष्यम् आरोग्यं पुष्टिवर्धनम् सर्वविघ्नप्रशमनं सर्वव्याधिविनाशनम्
dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyam ārogyaṃ puṣṭivardhanam sarvavighnapraśamanaṃ sarvavyādhivināśanam
(It is) bringing wealth, fame, long life, health, increase of prosperity, quelling of all obstacles, destruction of all diseases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.119
अपमृत्युप्रशमनं महाशान्तिकरं शुभम् अरिचक्रप्रशमनं सर्वाधिप्रविनाशनम्
apamṛtyupraśamanaṃ mahāśāntikaraṃ śubham aricakrapraśamanaṃ sarvādhipravināśanam
quelling of untimely death, working great peace, auspicious, quelling the circle of enemies, destroying all afflictions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.120
ततो दुःस्वप्नशमनं सर्वभूतनिवारणम् विषग्रहक्षयकरं पुत्रपौत्रादिवर्धनम्
tato duḥsvapnaśamanaṃ sarvabhūtanivāraṇam viṣagrahakṣayakaraṃ putrapautrādivardhanam
then (also) the quelling of bad dreams, the warding off of all spirits, causing the removal of poison and of seizure by demons, increasing sons and grandsons and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.121
योगसिद्धिप्रदं सम्यक् शिवज्ञानप्रकाशकम् शेषलोकस्य सोपानं वाञ्छितार्थैकसाधनम्
yogasiddhipradaṃ samyak śivajñānaprakāśakam śeṣalokasya sopānaṃ vāñchitārthaikasādhanam
fully bestowing success in yoga, illuminating the knowledge of Śiva, a stairway to the remaining world, the one means to the desired object,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.122
विष्णुमायानिरसनं देवतापरमार्थदम् वाञ्छासिद्धिप्रदं चैव ऋद्धिप्रज्ञादिसाधनम्
viṣṇumāyānirasanaṃ devatāparamārthadam vāñchāsiddhipradaṃ caiva ṛddhiprajñādisādhanam
driving away Viṣṇu's illusion, granting the highest goal (even) to the gods, bestowing the fulfilment of wishes, and a means to prosperity, wisdom and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.123
इदं तु शरभाकारं परं रूपं पिनाकिनः प्रकाशितव्यं भक्तेषु चिरेषूद्यमितेषु च
idaṃ tu śarabhākāraṃ paraṃ rūpaṃ pinākinaḥ prakāśitavyaṃ bhakteṣu cireṣūdyamiteṣu ca
But this supreme form of the bearer of the Pināka, in the shape of the śarabha, is to be revealed (only) among devotees of long standing and among those who have exerted themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.124
तैरेव पठितव्यं च श्रोतव्यं च शिवात्मभिः शिवोत्सवेषु सर्वेषु चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च
taireva paṭhitavyaṃ ca śrotavyaṃ ca śivātmabhiḥ śivotsaveṣu sarveṣu caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca
By them alone, whose selves are Śiva, is it to be recited and to be heard, at all festivals of Śiva and on the fourteenth and eighth days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.125
पठेत्प्रतिष्ठाकालेषु शिवसन्निधिकारणम् चोरव्याघ्राहिसिंहान्तकृतो राजभयेषु च
paṭhetpratiṣṭhākāleṣu śivasannidhikāraṇam coravyāghrāhisiṃhāntakṛto rājabhayeṣu ca
One should recite it at the times of installation (of images), as it brings about the presence of Śiva, and in perils from thieves, tigers, snakes and lions, and in dangers from kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 96.126
अत्रान्योत्पातभूकम्पदवाग्निपांसुवृष्टिषु उल्कापाते महावाते विना वृष्ट्यातिवृष्टिषु
atrānyotpātabhūkampadavāgnipāṃsuvṛṣṭiṣu ulkāpāte mahāvāte vinā vṛṣṭyātivṛṣṭiṣu
Here too, in other portents, earthquakes, forest fires, showers of dust, in the falling of meteors, in a great wind, in absence of rain and in excessive rains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.127
अतस्तत्र पठेद्विद्वाञ् छिवभक्तो दृढव्रतः यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स्तवं सर्वमनुत्तमम्
atastatra paṭhedvidvāñ chivabhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi stavaṃ sarvamanuttamam
therefore on such occasions let the learned devotee of Śiva, firm in his vow, recite (it); whoever recites or even hears this whole unsurpassed hymn of praise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 96.128
स रुद्रत्वं समासाद्य रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत्
sa rudratvaṃ samāsādya rudrasyānucaro bhavet
he, having attained the state of Rudra, becomes an attendant of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition