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# Lingapurana 1.102

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.102

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.102.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.62) — 1 part

### [1.102.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.1)

sūta uvāca  
tapasā ca mahādevyāḥ pārvatyā vṛṣabhadhvaja  
prītiś ca bhagavāñcharvo vacanādbrahmaṇastadā //

### [1.102.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.2)

hitāya cāśramāṇāṃ ca krīḍārthaṃ bhagavānbhavaḥ  
tadā haimavatīṃ devīm upayeme yathāvidhi //

### [1.102.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.3)

jagāma sa svayaṃ brahmā marīcyādyairmaharṣibhiḥ  
tapovanaṃ mahādevyāḥ pārvatyāḥ padmasaṃbhavaḥ //

### [1.102.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.4)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca tāṃ devīṃ sa jagato 'raṇīm  
kim arthaṃ tapasā lokān saṃtāpayasi śailaje //

### [1.102.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.5)

tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagatsarvaṃ mātastvaṃ mā vināśaya  
tvaṃ hi saṃdhārayellokān imān sarvān svatejasā //

### [1.102.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.6)

sarvadeveśvaraḥ śrīmān sarvalokapatirbhavaḥ  
yasya vai devadevasya vayaṃ kiṅkaravādinaḥ //

### [1.102.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.7)

sa evaṃ parameśānaḥ svayaṃ ca varayiṣyati  
varade yena sṛṣṭāsi na vinā yastvayāṃbike //

### [1.102.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.8)

vartate nātra saṃdehas tava bharttā bhaviṣyati  
ityuktvā tāṃ namaskṛtya muhuḥ samprekṣya pārvatīm //

### [1.102.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.9)

gate pitāmahe devo bhagavān parameśvaraḥ  
jagāmānugrahaṃ kartuṃ dvijarūpeṇa cāśramam //

### [1.102.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.10)

sā ca dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ dvijarūpeṇa saṃsthitam  
pratibhādyaiḥ prabhuṃ jñātvā nanāma vṛṣabhadhvajam //

### [1.102.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.11)

sampūjya varadaṃ devaṃ brāhmaṇacchadmanāgatam  
tuṣṭāva parameśānaṃ pārvatī parameśvaram //

### [1.102.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.12)

anugṛhya tadā devīm uvāca prahasanniva  
kuladharmāśrayaṃ rakṣan bhūdharasya mahātmanaḥ //

### [1.102.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.13)

krīḍārthaṃ ca satāṃ madhye sarvadevapatirbhavaḥ  
svayaṃvare mahādevī tava divyasuśobhane //

### [1.102.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.14)

āsthāya rūpaṃ yatsaumyaṃ sameṣye 'haṃ saha tvayā  
ityuktvā tāṃ samālokya devo divyena cakṣuṣā //

### [1.102.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.15)

jagāmeṣṭaṃ tadā divyaṃ svapuraṃ prayayau ca sā  
dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭastadā devīṃ menayā tuhinācalaḥ //

### [1.102.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.16)

āliṅgyāghrāya sampūjya putrīṃ sākṣāttapasvinīm  
duhiturdevadevena na jānannabhimantritam //

### [1.102.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.17)

svayaṃvaraṃ tadā devyāḥ sarvalokeṣvaghoṣayat  
atha brahmā ca bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sākṣājjanārdanaḥ //

### [1.102.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.18)

śakraś ca bhagavān vahnir bhāskaro bhaga eva ca  
tvaṣṭāryamā vivasvāṃś ca yamo varuṇa eva ca //

### [1.102.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.19)

vāyuḥ somastatheśāno rudrāś ca munayas tathā  
aśvinau dvādaśādityā gandharvā garuḍas tathā //

### [1.102.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.20)

yakṣāḥ siddhāstathā sādhyā daityāḥ kiṃpuruṣoragāḥ  
samudrāś ca nadā vedā mantrāḥ stotrādayaḥ kṣaṇāḥ //

### [1.102.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.21)

nāgāś ca parvatāḥ sarve yajñāḥ sūryādayo grahāḥ  
trayastriṃśacca devānāṃ trayaś ca triśataṃ tathā //

### [1.102.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.22)

trayaś ca trisahasraṃ ca tathānye bahavaḥ surā  
jagmur girīndraputryāstu svayaṃvaramanuttamam //

### [1.102.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.23)

atha śailasutā devī haimamāruhya śobhanam  
vimānaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ sarvaratnair alaṃkṛtam //

### [1.102.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.24)

apsarobhiḥ pranṛttābhiḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ  
gandharvasiddhairvividhaiḥ kinnaraiś ca suśobhanaiḥ //

### [1.102.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.25)

bandibhiḥ stūyamānā ca sthitā śailasutā tadā  
sitātapatraṃ ratnāṃśumiśritaṃ cāvahattathā //

### [1.102.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.26)

mālinī giriputryāstu saṃdhyā pūrṇendumaṇḍalam  
cāmarāsaktahastābhir divyastrībhiś ca saṃvṛtā //

### [1.102.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.27)

mālāṃ gṛhya jayā tasthau suradrumasamudbhavām  
vijayā vyajanaṃ gṛhya sthitā devyāḥ samīpagā //

### [1.102.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.28)

mālāṃ pragṛhya devyāṃ tu sthitāyāṃ devasaṃsadi  
śiśurbhūtvā mahādevaḥ krīḍārthaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ //

### [1.102.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.29)

utsaṅgatalasaṃsupto babhūva bhagavānbhavaḥ  
atha dṛṣṭvā śiśuṃ devās tasyā utsaṃgavarttinam //

### [1.102.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.30)

ko 'yam atreti saṃmantrya cukṣubhuś ca samāgatāḥ  
vajramāhārayattasya bāhum udyamya vṛtrahā //

### [1.102.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.31)

sa bāhurudyamastasya tathaiva samupasthitaḥ  
stambhitaḥ śiśurūpeṇa devadevena līlayā //

### [1.102.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.32)

vajraṃ kṣeptuṃ na śaśāka bāhuṃ cālayituṃ tathā  
vahniḥ śaktiṃ tathā kṣeptuṃ na śaśāka tathā sthitaḥ //

### [1.102.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.33)

yamo 'pi daṇḍaṃ khaḍgaṃ ca nirṛtirmunipuṅgavāḥ  
varuṇo nāgapāśaṃ ca dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samīraṇaḥ //

### [1.102.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.34)

somo gadāṃ dhaneśaś ca daṇḍaṃ daṇḍabhṛtāṃ varaḥ  
īśānaś ca tathā śūlaṃ tīvramudyamya saṃsthitaḥ //

### [1.102.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.35)

rudrāś ca śūlamādityā muśalaṃ vasavas tathā  
mudgaraṃ stambhitāḥ sarve devenāśu divaukasaḥ //

### [1.102.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.36)

stambhitā devadevena tathānye ca divaukasaḥ  
śiraḥ prakampayan viṣṇuś cakram udyamya saṃsthitaḥ //

### [1.102.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.37)

tasyāpi śiraso bālaḥ sthiratvaṃ pracakāra ha  
cakraṃ kṣeptuṃ na śaśāka bāhūṃścālayituṃ na ca //

### [1.102.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.38)

pūṣā dantān daśan dantair bālamaikṣata mohitaḥ  
tasyāpi daśanāḥ petur dṛṣṭamātrasya śaṃbhunā //

### [1.102.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.39)

balaṃ tejaś ca yogaṃ ca tathaivāstambhayad vibhuḥ  
atha teṣu sthiteṣveva manyumatsu sureṣvapi //

### [1.102.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.40)

brahmā paramasaṃvigno dhyānamāsthāya śaṅkaram  
bubudhe devamīśānam umotsaṃge tamāsthitam //

### [1.102.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.41)

sa buddhvā devamīśānaṃ śīghram utthāya vismitaḥ  
vavande caraṇau śaṃbhor astuvacca pitāmahaḥ //

### [1.102.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.42)

buddhistvaṃ sarvalokānām ahaṅkāras tvam īśvaraḥ  
bhūtānāmindriyāṇāṃ ca tvameveśa pravarttakaḥ //

### [1.102.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.43)

tavāhaṃ dakṣiṇāddhastāt sṛṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ purātanaḥ  
vāmahastān mahābāho devo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ //

### [1.102.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.44)

iyaṃ ca prakṛtirdevī sadā te sṛṣṭikāraṇa  
patnīrūpaṃ samāsthāya jagatkāraṇamāgatā //

### [1.102.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.45)

namastubhyaṃ mahādeva mahādevyai namonamaḥ  
prasādāttava deveśa niyogācca mayā prajāḥ //

### [1.102.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.46)

devādyāstu imāḥ sṛṣṭā mūḍhāstvadyogamohitāḥ  
kuru prasādameteṣāṃ yathāpūrvaṃ bhavantvime //

### [1.102.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.47)

sūta uvāca  
vijñāpyaivaṃ tadā brahmā devadevaṃ maheśvaram  
saṃstambhitāṃstadā tena bhagavān āha padmajaḥ //

### [1.102.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.48)

mūḍhāstha devatāḥ sarvā naiva budhyata śaṅkaram  
devadevam ihāyāntaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam //

### [1.102.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.49)

gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ śīghraṃ devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ  
sanārāyaṇakāḥ sarve munibhiḥ śaṅkaraṃ prabhum //

### [1.102.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.50)

sārdhaṃ mayaiva deveśaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram  
anayā haimavatyā ca prakṛtyā saha sattamam //

### [1.102.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.51)

tatra te stambhitāstena tathaiva surasattamāḥ  
praṇemur manasā sarve sanārāyaṇakāḥ prabhum //

### [1.102.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.52)

atha teṣāṃ prasanno bhūd devadevastriyaṃbakaḥ  
yathāpūrvaṃ cakārāśu vacanādbrahmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ //

### [1.102.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.53)

tata evaṃ prasanne tu sarvadevanivāraṇam  
vapuścakāra deveśo divyaṃ paramamadbhutam //

### [1.102.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.54)

tejasā tasya devāste sendracandradivākarāḥ  
sabrahmakāḥ sasādhyāś ca sanārāyaṇakās tathā //

### [1.102.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.55)

sayamāś ca sarudrāś ca cakṣuraprārthayan vibhum  
tebhyaś ca paramaṃ cakṣuḥ sarvadṛṣṭau ca śaktimat //

### [1.102.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.56)

dadāvaṃbāpatiḥ śarvo bhavānyāś ca calasya ca  
labdhvā cakṣustadā devā indraviṣṇupurogamāḥ //

### [1.102.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.57)

sabrahmakaḥ saśakrāś ca tamapaśyanmaheśvaram  
brahmādyā nemire tūrṇaṃ bhavānī ca girīśvaraḥ //

### [1.102.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.58)

munayaś ca mahādevaṃ gaṇeśāḥ śivasaṃmatāḥ  
sasarjuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ ca khecarāḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ //

### [1.102.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.59)

devadundubhayo nedus tuṣṭuvurmunayaḥ prabhum  
jagurgandharvamukhyāś ca nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ //

### [1.102.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.60)

mumuhurgaṇapāḥ sarve mumodāṃbā ca pārvatī  
tasya devī tadā hṛṣṭā samakṣaṃ tridivaukasām //

### [1.102.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.61)

pādayoḥ sthāpayāmāsa mālāṃ divyāṃ sugandhinīm  
sādhu sādhviti samprocya tayā tatraiva cārcitam //

### [1.102.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.62)

saha devyā namaścakruḥ śirobhir bhūtalāśritaiḥ  
sarve sabrahmakā devāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ //

### [1.102.62.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.102.62.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge umāsvayaṃvaro nāma dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (3)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.36.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.124.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit
- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.35.86-2.p1) — Sanskrit

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