Linga Purana — Chapter 99
LiP 99.1
संभवः सूचितो देव्यास् त्वया सूत महामते सविस्तरं वदस्वाद्य सतीत्वे च यथातथम्
saṃbhavaḥ sūcito devyās tvayā sūta mahāmate savistaraṃ vadasvādya satītve ca yathātatham
The origin of the Goddess has (only) been indicated by you, O Sūta of great mind; now tell it in full detail, and, exactly as it was, about her being Satī;
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LiP 99.2
मेनाजत्वं महादेव्या दक्षयज्ञविमर्दनम् विष्णुना च कथं दत्ता देवदेवाय शंभवे
menājatvaṃ mahādevyā dakṣayajñavimardanam viṣṇunā ca kathaṃ dattā devadevāya śaṃbhave
the great Goddess's being born of Menā, the shattering of Dakṣa's sacrifice, and how she was given by Viṣṇu to Śambhu, the god of gods,
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LiP 99.3
कल्याणं वा कथं तस्य वक्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम् तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सूतः पौराणिकोत्तमः
kalyāṇaṃ vā kathaṃ tasya vaktumarhasi sāṃpratam teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ
or how his welfare (came about) — this you ought to tell now. Hearing that speech of theirs, the Sūta, foremost of the reciters of purāṇas,
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LiP 99.4
संभवं च महादेव्याः प्राह तेषां महात्मनाम् ब्रह्मणा कथितं पूर्वं दण्डिने तत् सुविस्तरम्
saṃbhavaṃ ca mahādevyāḥ prāha teṣāṃ mahātmanām brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ daṇḍine tat suvistaram
related to those great-souled ones the origin of the great Goddess, which formerly was narrated in full detail by Brahmā to Daṇḍin,
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LiP 99.5
युष्माभिर् वै कुमाराय तेन व्यासाय धीमते तस्मादहमुपश्रुत्य प्रवदामि सुविस्तरम्
yuṣmābhir vai kumārāya tena vyāsāya dhīmate tasmādahamupaśrutya pravadāmi suvistaram
by you (in turn) to Kumāra, and by him to the wise Vyāsa; having heard it from him, I relate it in full detail,
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LiP 99.6
वचनाद्वो महाभागाः प्रणम्योमां तथा भवम् सा भगाख्या जगद्धात्री लिङ्गमूर्तेस्त्रिवेदिका
vacanādvo mahābhāgāḥ praṇamyomāṃ tathā bhavam sā bhagākhyā jagaddhātrī liṅgamūrtestrivedikā
at your word, O greatly fortunate ones, having bowed to Umā and likewise to Bhava. She, named Bhagā, the world's sustainer, is the three-tiered pedestal of the liṅga-form.
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LiP 99.7
लिङ्गस्तु भगवान्द्वाभ्यां जगत्सृष्टिर्द्विजोत्तमाः लिङ्गमूर्तिः शिवो ज्योतिस् तमसश्चोपरि स्थितः
liṅgastu bhagavāndvābhyāṃ jagatsṛṣṭirdvijottamāḥ liṅgamūrtiḥ śivo jyotis tamasaścopari sthitaḥ
But the liṅga is the Lord; from the two (liṅga and pedestal) comes the creation of the world, O best of the twice-born. Śiva, whose form is the liṅga, is light, and stands above darkness.
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LiP 99.8
लिङ्गवेदिसमायोगाद् अर्धनारीश्वरोभवत् ब्रह्माणं विदधे देवम् अग्रे पुत्रं चतुर्मुखम्
liṅgavedisamāyogād ardhanārīśvarobhavat brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe devam agre putraṃ caturmukham
From the union of the liṅga and the pedestal he became Ardhanārīśvara (the Lord who is half woman); first he produced the god Brahmā as his four-faced son.
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LiP 99.9
प्राहिणोति स्म तस्यैव ज्ञानं ज्ञानमयो हरः विश्वाधिको ऽसौ भगवान् अर्धनारीश्वरो विभुः
prāhiṇoti sma tasyaiva jñānaṃ jñānamayo haraḥ viśvādhiko 'sau bhagavān ardhanārīśvaro vibhuḥ
Hara, who is made of knowledge, sent forth knowledge to him alone; that Lord surpasses the universe, the all-pervading Ardhanārīśvara.
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LiP 99.10
हिरण्यगर्भं तं देवो जायमानमपश्यत सो ऽपि रुद्रं महादेवं ब्रह्मापश्यत शङ्करम्
hiraṇyagarbhaṃ taṃ devo jāyamānamapaśyata so 'pi rudraṃ mahādevaṃ brahmāpaśyata śaṅkaram
The god beheld him, Hiraṇyagarbha, as he was being born; and Brahmā too beheld Rudra, the great god, Śaṅkara.
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LiP 99.11
तं दृष्ट्वा संस्थितं देवम् अर्धनारीश्वरं प्रभुम् तुष्टाव वाग्भिर् इष्टाभिर् वरदं वारिजोद्भवः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃsthitaṃ devam ardhanārīśvaraṃ prabhum tuṣṭāva vāgbhir iṣṭābhir varadaṃ vārijodbhavaḥ
Seeing that god standing there, Ardhanārīśvara, the lord, the lotus-born praised the boon-giver with pleasing words.
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LiP 99.12
विभजस्वेति विश्वेशं विश्वात्मानमजो विभुः ससर्ज देवीं वामाङ्गात् पत्नीं चैवात्मनः समाम्
vibhajasveti viśveśaṃ viśvātmānamajo vibhuḥ sasarja devīṃ vāmāṅgāt patnīṃ caivātmanaḥ samām
(Saying) "Divide yourself," the unborn, mighty one (addressed) the lord of all, the self of all; and (the god) created from his left side the goddess, his wife, equal to himself.
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LiP 99.13
श्रद्धा ह्यस्य शुभा पत्नी ततः पुंसः पुरातनी सैवाज्ञया विभोर्देवी दक्षपुत्री बभूव ह
śraddhā hyasya śubhā patnī tataḥ puṃsaḥ purātanī saivājñayā vibhordevī dakṣaputrī babhūva ha
For Śraddhā is his auspicious wife, ancient, (born) from that Puruṣa; that same goddess, by the command of the Lord, became the daughter of Dakṣa.
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LiP 99.14
सतीसंज्ञा तदा सा वै रुद्रमेवाश्रिता पतिम् दक्षं विनिन्द्य कालेन देवी मैना ह्यभूत्पुनः
satīsaṃjñā tadā sā vai rudramevāśritā patim dakṣaṃ vinindya kālena devī mainā hyabhūtpunaḥ
Then she, named Satī, took Rudra himself as her husband; and having reviled Dakṣa, in the course of time the goddess became Mainā again.
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LiP 99.15
नारदस्यैव दक्षो ऽपि शापादेवं विनिन्द्य च अवज्ञादुर्मदो दक्षो देवदेवमुमापतिम्
nāradasyaiva dakṣo 'pi śāpādevaṃ vinindya ca avajñādurmado dakṣo devadevamumāpatim
And Dakṣa too, through the curse of Nārada, thus reviling (him) — Dakṣa, made insolent by contempt, (reviled) the god of gods, the husband of Umā.
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LiP 99.16
अनादृत्य कृतिं ज्ञात्वा सती दक्षेण तत्क्षणात् भस्मीकृत्वात्मनो देहं योगमार्गेण सा पुनः
anādṛtya kṛtiṃ jñātvā satī dakṣeṇa tatkṣaṇāt bhasmīkṛtvātmano dehaṃ yogamārgeṇa sā punaḥ
When Satī learned of the deed, that (Śiva) had been slighted by Dakṣa, at that very moment, having burnt her own body to ashes by the path of yoga, she again
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LiP 99.17
बभूव पार्वती देवी तपसा च गिरेः प्रभोः ज्ञात्वैतद्भगवान् भर्गो ददाह रुषितः प्रभुः
babhūva pārvatī devī tapasā ca gireḥ prabhoḥ jñātvaitadbhagavān bhargo dadāha ruṣitaḥ prabhuḥ
became the goddess Pārvatī, through austerity, (as daughter) of the lord of mountains. Knowing this, the Lord Bharga, enraged, burned
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LiP 99.18
दक्षस्य विपुलं यज्ञं च्यावनेर् वचनादपि च्यवनस्य सुतो धीमान् दधीच इति विश्रुतः
dakṣasya vipulaṃ yajñaṃ cyāvaner vacanādapi cyavanasya suto dhīmān dadhīca iti viśrutaḥ
Dakṣa's vast sacrifice, and that too at the word of Cyavana's (son) — the wise son of Cyavana, famed as Dadhīca.
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LiP 99.19
विजित्य विष्णुं समरे प्रसादात् त्र्यंबकस्य च विष्णुना लोकपालांश् च शशाप च मुनीश्वरः
vijitya viṣṇuṃ samare prasādāt tryaṃbakasya ca viṣṇunā lokapālāṃś ca śaśāpa ca munīśvaraḥ
Having conquered Viṣṇu in battle by the grace of the Three-eyed one, the lord of sages also cursed the guardians of the worlds along with Viṣṇu.
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LiP 99.20
रुद्रस्य क्रोधजेनैव वह्निना हविषा सुराः विनाशो वै क्षणादेव मायया शङ्करस्य वै
rudrasya krodhajenaiva vahninā haviṣā surāḥ vināśo vai kṣaṇādeva māyayā śaṅkarasya vai
By the fire born of Rudra's anger, together with the oblation, O gods, there was destruction in a mere instant, indeed by Śaṅkara's power of illusion.
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