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# Lingapurana 1.46

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.46.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.49) — 1 part

### [1.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.1)

sūta uvāca  
saptadvīpā tathā pṛthvī nadīparvatasaṃkulā  
samudraiḥ saptabhiścaiva sarvataḥ samalaṃkṛtā //

### [1.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.2)

jambūḥ plakṣaḥ śālmaliś ca kuśaḥ krauñcastathaiva ca  
śākaḥ puṣkaranāmā ca dvīpāstvabhyantare kramāt //

### [1.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.3)

saptadvīpeṣu sarveṣu sāmbaḥ sarvagaṇairvṛtaḥ  
nānāveṣadharo bhūtvā sānnidhyaṃ kurute haraḥ //

### [1.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.4)

kṣārodekṣurasodaś ca surodaś ca ghṛtodadhiḥ  
dadhyarṇavaś ca kṣīrodaḥ svādūdaścāpyanukramāt //

### [1.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.5)

samudreṣviha sarveṣu sarvadā sagaṇaḥ śivaḥ  
jalarūpī bhavaḥ śrīmān krīḍate cormibāhubhiḥ //

### [1.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.6)

kṣīrārṇavāmṛtamiva sadā kṣīrārṇave hariḥ  
śete śivajñānadhiyā sākṣādvai yoganidrayā //

### [1.46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.7)

yadā prabuddho bhagavān prabuddhamakhilaṃ jagat  
yadā suptastadā suptaṃ tanmayaṃ ca carācaram //

### [1.46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.8)

tenaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ dhṛtaṃ rakṣitameva ca  
saṃhṛtaṃ devadevasya prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ //

### [1.46.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.9)

suṣeṇā iti vikhyātā yajante puruṣarṣabham  
aniruddhaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharam //

### [1.46.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.10)

ye cāniruddhaṃ puruṣaṃ dhyāyantyātmavidāṃ varāḥ  
nārāyaṇasamāḥ sarve sarvasaṃpatsamanvitāḥ //

### [1.46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.11)

sanandanaś ca bhagavān sanakaś ca sanātanaḥ  
vālakhilyāś ca siddhāś ca mitrāvaruṇakau tathā //

### [1.46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.12)

yajanti satataṃ tatra viśvasya prabhavaṃ harim  
saptadvīpeṣu tiṣṭhanti nānāśṛṅgā mahodayāḥ //

### [1.46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.13)

āsamudrāyatāḥ kecid girayo gahvarais tathā  
dharāyāḥ patayaścāsan bahavaḥ kālagauravāt //

### [1.46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.14)

sāmarthyātparameśānāḥ krauñcārerjanakātprabhoḥ  
manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha //

### [1.46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.15)

pravakṣyāmi dhareśān vo vakṣye svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare  
manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣu ca //

### [1.46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.16)

tulyābhimāninaścaiva sarve tulyaprayojanāḥ  
svāyaṃbhuvasya ca manoḥ pautrāstvāsanmahābalāḥ //

### [1.46.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.17)

priyavratātmajā vīrās te daśeha prakīrtitāḥ  
āgnīdhraścāgnibāhuś ca medhā medhātithirvasuḥ //

### [1.46.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.18)

jyotiṣmāndyutimān havyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca  
priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcattān sapta saptasu pārthivān //

### [1.46.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.19)

jambūdvīpeśvaraṃ cakre āgnīdhraṃ sumahābalam  
plakṣadvīpeśvaraścāpi tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ //

### [1.46.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.20)

śālmaleś ca vapuṣmantaṃ rājānamabhiṣiktavān  
jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavānnṛpaḥ //

### [1.46.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.21)

dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ krauñcadvīpe samādiśat  
śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi havyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ //

### [1.46.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.22)

puṣkarādhipatiṃ cakre savanaṃ cāpi suvratāḥ  
puṣkare savanasyāpi mahāvītaḥ suto 'bhavat //

### [1.46.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.23)

dhātakī caiva dvāvetau putrau putravatāṃ varau  
mahāvītaṃ smṛtaṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā mahātmanaḥ //

### [1.46.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.24)

nāmnā tu dhātakeścaiva dhātakīkhaṇḍamucyate  
havyo 'pyajanayat putrāñ chākadvīpeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ //

### [1.46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.25)

jaladaṃ ca kumāraṃ ca sukumāraṃ maṇīcakam  
kusumottaramodākī saptamastu mahādrumaḥ //

### [1.46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.26)

aladaṃ jaladasyātha varṣaṃ prathamamucyate  
kumārasya tu kaumāraṃ dvitīyaṃ parikīrtitam //

### [1.46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.27)

sukumāraṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu sukumārasya kīrtyate  
maṇīcakaṃ caturthaṃ tu māṇīcakamihocyate //

### [1.46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.28)

kusumottarasya vai varṣaṃ pañcamaṃ kusumottaram  
modakaṃ cāpi modāker varṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ prakīrtitam //

### [1.46.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.29)

mahādrumasya nāmnā tu saptamaṃ tanmahādrumam  
teṣāṃ tu nāmabhistāni sapta varṣāṇi tatra vai //

### [1.46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.30)

krauñcadvīpeśvarasyāpi putrā dyutimatastu vai  
kuśalo manugaścoṣṇaḥ pīvaraścāndhakārakaḥ //

### [1.46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.31)

muniśca dundubhiścaiva sutā dyutimatastu vai  
teṣāṃ svanāmabhir deśāḥ krauñcadvīpāśrayāḥ śubhāḥ //

### [1.46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.32)

kuśaladeśaḥ kuśale manugasya manonugaḥ  
uṣṇasyoṣṇaḥ smṛto deśaḥ pīvaraḥ pīvarasya ca //

### [1.46.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.33)

andhakārasya kathito deśo nāmnāndhakārakaḥ  
munerdeśo muniḥ prokto dundubher dundubhiḥ smṛtaḥ //

### [1.46.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.34)

ete janapadāḥ sapta krauñcadvīpeṣu bhāsvarāḥ  
jyotiṣmantaḥ kuśadvīpe sapta cāsanmahaujasaḥ //

### [1.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.35)

udbhido veṇumāṃścaiva dvairatho lavaṇo dhṛtiḥ  
ṣaṣṭhaḥ prabhākaraścāpi saptamaḥ kapilaḥ smṛtaḥ //

### [1.46.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.36)

udbhidaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ veṇumaṇḍalam  
tṛtīyaṃ dvairathaṃ caiva caturthaṃ lavaṇaṃ smṛtam //

### [1.46.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.37)

pañcamaṃ dhṛtimat ṣaṣṭhaṃ prabhākaram anuttamam  
saptamaṃ kapilaṃ nāma kapilasya prakīrtitam //

### [1.46.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.38)

śālmalasyeśvarāḥ sapta sutāste vai vapuṣmataḥ  
śvetaś ca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitas tathā //

### [1.46.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.39)

vaidyuto mānasaścaiva suprabhaḥ saptamas tathā  
śvetasya deśaḥ śvetastu haritasya ca hāritaḥ //

### [1.46.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.40)

jīmūtasya ca jīmūto rohitasya ca rohitaḥ  
vaidyuto vaidyutasyāpi mānasasya ca mānasaḥ //

### [1.46.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.41)

suprabhaḥ suprabhasyāpi sapta vai deśalāñchakāḥ  
plakṣadvīpe tu vakṣyāmi jambūdvīpādanantaram //

### [1.46.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.42)

sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarā nṛpāḥ  
jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhayasteṣāṃ saptavarṣāṇi tāni vai //

### [1.46.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.43)

tasmācchāntabhayāccaiva śiśirastu sukhodayaḥ  
ānandaś ca śivaścaiva kṣemakaś ca dhruvas tathā //

### [1.46.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.44)

tāni teṣāṃ tu nāmāni saptavarṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ  
niveśitāni taistāni pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare //

### [1.46.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.45)

medhātithestu putraistaiḥ plakṣadvīpanivāsibhiḥ  
varṇāśramācārayutāḥ prajāstatra niveśitāḥ //

### [1.46.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.46)

plakṣadvīpādivarṣeṣu śākadvīpāntikeṣu vai  
jñeyaḥ pañcasu dharmo vai varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ //

### [1.46.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.47)

sukhamāyuḥ svarūpaṃ ca balaṃ dharmo dvijottamāḥ  
pañcasveteṣu dvīpeṣu sarvasādhāraṇaṃ smṛtam //

### [1.46.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.48)

rudrārcanaratā nityaṃ maheśvaraparāyaṇāḥ  
anye ca puṣkaradvīpe prajātāś ca prajeśvarāḥ //

### [1.46.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.49)

prajāpateś ca rudrasya bhāvāmṛtasukhotkaṭāḥ //

### [1.46.49.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.46.49.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge bhuvanakośe dvīpadvīpeśvarakathanaṃ nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa.49.1) — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.31.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.14.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.1.14) — Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.52.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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