Lingapurana 1.1
Liṅgapurāṇa 1.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
Contents
- 1.1.24 — 1 part
1.1.1
namo rudrāya haraye brahmaṇe paramātmane
pradhānapuruṣeśāya sargasthityantakāriṇe //
1.1.2
nārado 'bhyarcya śaileśe śaṅkaraṃ saṅgameśvare
hiraṇyagarbhe svarlīne hy avimukte mahālaye //
1.1.3
raudre goprekṣake caiva śreṣṭhe pāśupate tathā
vighneśvare ca kedāre tathā gomāyukeśvare //
1.1.4
hiraṇyagarbhe candreśe īśānye ca triviṣṭape
śukreśvare yathānyāyaṃ naimiṣaṃ prayayau muniḥ //
1.1.5
naimiṣeyāstadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
samabhyarcyāsanaṃ tasmai tadyogyaṃ samakalpayan //
1.1.6
so 'pi hṛṣṭo munivarair dattaṃ bheje tadāsanam
sampūjyamāno munibhiḥ sukhāsīno varāsane //
1.1.7
cakre kathāṃ vicitrārthāṃ liṅgamāhātmyamāśritām
etasminnevakāle tu sūtaḥ paurāṇikaḥ svayam //
1.1.8
jagāma naimiṣaṃ dhīmān praṇāmārthaṃ tapasvinām
tasmai sāma ca pūjāṃ ca yathāvaccakrire tadā //
1.1.9
naimiṣeyāstu śiṣyāya kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya tu
atha teṣāṃ purāṇasya śuśrūṣā samapadyata //
1.1.10
dṛṣṭvā tam ativiśvastaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ romaharṣaṇam
apṛcchaṃśca tataḥ sūtam ṛṣiṃ sarve tapodhanāḥ //
1.1.11
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ liṅgamāhātmyasaṃyutām
tvayā sūta mahābuddhe kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ //
1.1.12
upāsitaḥ purāṇārthaṃ labdhā tasmācca saṃhitā
tasmādbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ sūta paurāṇikottamam //
1.1.13
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ divyāṃ liṅgamāhātmyasaṃyutām
nārado 'pyasya devasya rudrasya paramātmanaḥ //
1.1.14
kṣetrāṇyāsādya cābhyarcya liṅgāni munipuṅgavaḥ
iha saṃnihitaḥ śrīmān nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ //
1.1.15
bhavabhakto bhavāṃścaiva vayaṃ vai nāradastathā
asyāgrato muneḥ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vaktumarhasi //
1.1.16
saphalaṃ sādhitaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatā viditaṃ bhavet
evamuktaḥ sa hṛṣṭātmā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ //
1.1.17
abhivādyāgrato dhīmān nāradaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutam
naimiṣeyāṃśca puṇyātmā purāṇaṃ vyājahāra saḥ //
1.1.18
sūta uvāca
namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca janārdanam
munīśvaraṃ tathā vyāsaṃ vaktuṃ liṅgaṃ smarāmyaham //
1.1.19
śabdaṃ brahmatanuṃ sākṣāc chabdabrahmaprakāśakam
varṇāvayavam avyaktalakṣaṇaṃ bahudhā sthitam //
1.1.20
akārokāramakāraṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parātparam
oṅkārarūpam ṛgvaktraṃ samajihvāsamanvitam //
1.1.21
yajurvedamahāgrīvam atharvahṛdayaṃ vibhum
pradhānapuruṣātītaṃ pralayotpattivarjitam //
1.1.22
tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṇḍajam
sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇatve maheśvaram //
1.1.23
pradhānāvayavaṃ vyāpya saptadhādhiṣṭhitaṃ kramāt
punaḥ ṣoḍaśadhā caiva ṣaḍviṃśakam ajodbhavam //
1.1.24
sargapratiṣṭhāsaṃhāralīlārthaṃ liṅgarūpiṇam
praṇamya ca yathānyāyaṃ vakṣye liṅgodbhavaṃ śubham //
1.1.24.p1
iti śrīlaiṅge mahāpurāṇe prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Commentaries (2)
- Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Śivatoṣiṇī — Gaṇeśa Ballāla Nātū, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Liṅga — Sanskrit
- Liṅgapurāṇa — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit
- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — F. E. Pargiter, English
- Vīramaheśvarācārasaṃgraha — Nīlakaṇṭha Nāganātha, Sanskrit