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# Lingapurana 1.43

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.53) — 1 part

### [1.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.1)

nandikeśvara uvāca  
mayā saha pitā hṛṣṭaḥ praṇamya ca maheśvaram  
uṭajaṃ svaṃ jagāmāśu nidhiṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ //

### [1.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.2)

yadāgato 'hamuṭajaṃ śilādasya mahāmune  
tadā vai daivikaṃ rūpaṃ tyaktvā mānuṣyam āsthitaḥ //

### [1.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.3)

naṣṭā caiva smṛtirdivyā yena kenāpi kāraṇāt  
mānuṣyamāsthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitā me lokapūjitaḥ //

### [1.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.4)

vilalāpātiduḥkhārtaḥ svajanaiś ca samāvṛtaḥ  
jātakarmādikāścaiva cakāra mama sarvavit //

### [1.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.5)

śālaṅkāyanaputro vai śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ  
upadiṣṭā hi tenaiva ṛkśākhā yajuṣas tathā //

### [1.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.6)

sāmaśākhāsahasraṃ ca sāṅgopāṅgaṃ mahāmune  
āyurvedaṃ dhanurvedaṃ gāndharvaṃ cāśvalakṣaṇam //

### [1.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.7)

hastināṃ caritaṃ caiva narāṇāṃ caiva lakṣaṇam  
sampūrṇe saptame varṣe tato 'tha munisattamau //

### [1.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.8)

mitrāvaruṇanāmānau tapoyogabalānvitau  
tasyāśramaṃ gatau divyau draṣṭuṃ māṃ cājñayā vibhoḥ //

### [1.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.9)

ūcatuś ca mahātmānau māṃ nirīkṣya muhurmuhuḥ  
tāta nandyayamalpāyuḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ //

### [1.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.10)

na dṛṣṭamevamāścaryam āyurvarṣādataḥ param  
ityuktavati viprendraḥ śilādaḥ putravatsalaḥ //

### [1.43.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.11)

samāliṅgya ca duḥkhārto rurodātīva visvaram  
hā putra putra putreti papāta ca samantataḥ //

### [1.43.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.12)

aho balaṃ daivavidher vidhātuśceti duḥkhitaḥ  
tasya cārtasvaraṃ śrutvā tadāśramanivāsinaḥ //

### [1.43.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.13)

nipeturvihvalātyarthaṃ rakṣāścakruś ca maṅgalam  
tuṣṭuvuś ca mahādevaṃ triyaṃbakamumāpatim //

### [1.43.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.14)

hutvā triyaṃbakenaiva madhunaiva ca saṃplutām  
dūrvāmayutasaṃkhyātāṃ sarvadravyasamanvitām //

### [1.43.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.15)

pitā vigatasaṃjñaś ca tathā caiva pitāmahaḥ  
viceṣṭaś ca lalāpāsau mṛtavannipapāta ca //

### [1.43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.16)

mṛtyor bhīto 'ham acirāc chirasā cābhivandya tam  
mṛtavatpatitaṃ sākṣāt pitaraṃ ca pitāmaham //

### [1.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.17)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca taṃ rudrajāpyarato 'bhavam  
hṛtpuṇḍarīke suṣire dhyātvā devaṃ triyaṃbakam //

### [1.43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.18)

tryakṣaṃ daśabhujaṃ śāntaṃ pañcavaktraṃ sadāśivam  
saritaścāntare puṇye sthitaṃ māṃ parameśvaraḥ //

### [1.43.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.19)

tuṣṭo 'bravīnmahādevaḥ somaḥ somārdhabhūṣaṇaḥ  
vatsa nandinmahābāho mṛtyorbhītiḥ kutastava //

### [1.43.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.20)

mayaiva preṣitau viprau matsamastvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ  
vatsainattava dehaṃ ca laukikaṃ paramārthataḥ //

### [1.43.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.21)

nāstyeva daivikaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śilādena purā tava  
devaiś ca munibhiḥ siddhair gandharvairdānavottamaiḥ //

### [1.43.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.22)

pūjitaṃ yatpurā vatsa daivikaṃ nandikeśvara  
saṃsārasya svabhāvo 'yaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ //

### [1.43.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.23)

nṛṇāṃ yoniparityāgaḥ sarvathaiva vivekinaḥ  
evamuktvā tu māṃ sākṣāt sarvadevamaheśvaraḥ //

### [1.43.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.24)

karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca ubhābhyāṃ parameśvaraḥ  
pasparśa bhagavān rudraḥ paramārtiharo haraḥ //

### [1.43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.25)

uvāca ca mahādevas tuṣṭātmā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ  
nirīkṣya gaṇapāṃścaiva devīṃ himavataḥ sutām //

### [1.43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.26)

samālokya ca tuṣṭātmā mahādevaḥ sureśvaraḥ  
ajaro jarayā tyakto nityaṃ duḥkhavivarjitaḥ //

### [1.43.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.27)

akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva sapitā sasuhṛjjanaḥ  
mameṣṭo gaṇapaścaiva madvīryo matparākramaḥ //

### [1.43.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.28)

iṣṭo mama sadā caiva mama pārśvagataḥ sadā  
madbalaścaiva bhavitā mahāyogabalānvitaḥ //

### [1.43.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.29)

evamuktvā ca māṃ devo bhagavān sagaṇastadā  
kuśeśayamayīṃ mālāṃ samunmucyātmanastadā //

### [1.43.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.30)

ābabandha mahātejā mama devo vṛṣadhvajaḥ  
tayāhaṃ mālayā jātaḥ śubhayā kaṇṭhasaktayā //

### [1.43.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.31)

tryakṣo daśabhujaścaiva dvitīya iva śaṅkaraḥ  
tata eva samādāya hastena parameśvaraḥ //

### [1.43.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.32)

uvāca brūhi kiṃ te 'dya dadāmi varamuttamam  
tato jaṭāśritaṃ vāri gṛhītvā cātinirmalam //

### [1.43.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.33)

uktā nadī bhavasveti utsasarja vṛṣadhvajaḥ  
tataḥ sā divyatoyā ca pūrṇāsitajalā śubhā //

### [1.43.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.34)

padmotpalavanopetā prāvartata mahānadī  
tāmāha ca mahādevo nadīṃ paramaśobhanām //

### [1.43.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.35)

yasmājjaṭodakādeva pravṛttā tvaṃ mahānadī  
tasmājjaṭodakā puṇyā bhaviṣyasi saridvarā //

### [1.43.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.36)

tvayi snātvā naraḥ kaścit sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate  
tato devyā mahādevaḥ śilādatanayaṃ prabhuḥ //

### [1.43.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.37)

putraste 'yamiti procya pādayoḥ saṃnyapātayat  
sā māmāghrāya śirasi pāṇibhyāṃ parimārjatī //

### [1.43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.38)

putrapremṇābhyaṣiñcacca srotobhistanayaistribhiḥ  
payasā śaṅkhagaureṇa devadevaṃ nirīkṣya sā //

### [1.43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.39)

tāni srotāṃsi trīṇyasyāḥ srotasvinyo 'bhavaṃstadā  
nadīṃ trisrotasaṃ devo bhagavānavadadbhavaḥ //

### [1.43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.40)

trisrotasaṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ  
nanāda nādāttasmācca saridanyā tato 'bhavat //

### [1.43.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.41)

vṛṣadhvaniriti khyātā devadevena sā nadī  
jāṃbūnadamayaṃ citraṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ śubham //

### [1.43.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.42)

svaṃ devaścādbhutaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā  
mukuṭaṃ cābabandheśo mama mūrdhni vṛṣadhvajaḥ //

### [1.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.43)

kuṇḍale ca śubhe divye vajravaiḍūryabhūṣite  
ābabandha mahādevaḥ svayameva maheśvaraḥ //

### [1.43.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.44)

māṃ tathābhyarcitaṃ vyomni dṛṣṭvā meghaiḥ prabhākaraḥ  
meghāṃbhasā cābhyaṣiñcac chilādanam atho mune //

### [1.43.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.45)

tasyābhiṣiktasya tadā pravṛttā srotasā bhṛśam  
yasmāt suvarṇānniḥsṛtya nadyeṣā sampravartate //

### [1.43.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.46)

svarṇodaketi tāmāha devadevastriyaṃbakaḥ  
jāmbūnadamayādyasmād dvitīyā mukuṭācchubhā //

### [1.43.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.47)

prāvartata nadī puṇyā ūcur jambūnadīti tām  
etatpañcanadaṃ nāma japyeśvarasamīpagam //

### [1.43.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.48)

yaḥ pañcanadamāsādya snātvā japyeśvareśvaram  
pūjayecchivasāyujyaṃ prayātyeva na saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.43.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.49)

atha devo mahādevaḥ sarvabhūtapatirbhavaḥ  
devīmuvāca śarvāṇīm umāṃ girisutāmajām //

### [1.43.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.50)

devī nandīśvaraṃ devam abhiṣiñcāmi bhūtapam  
gaṇendraṃ vyāhariṣyāmi kiṃ vā tvaṃ manyase 'vyaye //

### [1.43.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.51)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhavānī harṣitānanā  
smayantī varadaṃ prāha bhavaṃ bhūtapatiṃ patim //

### [1.43.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.52)

sarvalokādhipatyaṃ ca gaṇeśatvaṃ tathaiva ca  
dātumarhasi deveśa śailādistanayo mama //

### [1.43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.53)

tataḥ sa bhagavāñśarvaḥ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ  
sasmāra gaṇapān divyān devadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ //

### [1.43.53.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.43.53.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge nandikeśvaraprādurbhāvanandikeśvarābhiṣekamantro nāma tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa.46.6) — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (6)

- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early.22.7) — Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.App.I.31.2820) — Sanskrit
- [Svāyambhuvāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.svayambhuva.4.45-5) — Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.49.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.31.74) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.31.74) — Basava, Sanskrit

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