Linga 15: atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
Liṅga 15
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- Sanskrit
Contents
- 15.15 — 1 part
atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
15.1
sūta uvāca
tatastriṃśattamaḥ kalpo rakto nāma prakīrttitaḥ
brahmā yatra mahātejā raktavarṇamadhārayat
15.2
dhyāyataḥ putrakāmasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
prādurbhūto mahātejāḥ kumāro raktabhūṣaṇaḥ
15.3
raktamālyāmbaradharo raktanetraḥ pratāpavān
sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ kumāraṃ raktavāsasam
15.4
paraṃ dhyānaṃ samāśritya bubudhe devamīśvaram
sa taṃ praṇamya bhagavān brahmā paramayantritaḥ
15.5
vāmadevaṃ tato brahmā brahma vai samacintayat
tathā stuto mahādevo brahmaṇā parameśvaraḥ
15.6
pratītahṛdayaḥ sarvva idamāha pitāmaham
dhyāyatā putrakāmena yasmātte'haṃ pitāmaha !
15.7
dṛṣṭaḥ paramayā bhaktyā sutaśca brahmapūrvakam
tasmādjñānabalaṃ prāpya kalpe kalpe prayatnataḥ
15.8
vetsyase māṃ prasaṃkhyātaṃ lokadhātāramīśvaram
tatastasya mahātmānaścatvāraste kumārakāḥ
15.9
sambabhūvurmahātmāno viśuddhā brahmavarcasaḥ
virajāśca vibāhuśca viśoko viśvabhāvanaḥ
15.10
brahmaṇya brahmaṇastulyā vorā adhyavasāyinaḥ
raktāmbaradharāḥ sarve raktamālyānulepanāḥ
15.11
raktakuṅkumaliptāṅgā raktabhasmānulepanāḥ
tato varṣasahasrānte brahmatve 'dhyavasāyinaḥ
15.12
śṛṇvantaśca mahātmāno brahma taddāmadaivikam
anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ hitakāmyayā
15.13
dharmopadeśamakhilaṃ kṛtvā te brahmaṇaḥ priyāḥ
punareva mahādevaṃ praviṣṭā rudramavyayam
15.14
ye'pi cānye dvijaśreṣṭhā yuñjānā vāmamīśvaram
prapaśyanti mahādevaṃ tadbhaktāstat parāyaṇāḥ
15.15
te sarve pāvanirmuktā vimalā brahmacāriṇaḥ
rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
15.15.p1
ityādi mahāpurāṇe śrīlaiṅge vāmadevamāhātmya nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12
Linked texts (4)
- Liṅgapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Liṅgapurāṇa — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit
- Prakriyāpāda — Sanskrit