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# Lingapurana 1.84

Liṅgapurāṇa 1.84

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.84.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.72) — 1 part

### [1.84.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.1)

sūta uvāca  
umāmaheśvaraṃ vakṣye vratamīśvarabhāṣitam  
naranāryādijantūnāṃ hitāya munisattamāḥ //

### [1.84.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.2)

paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca  
naktamabdaṃ prakurvīta haviṣyaṃ pūjayedbhavam //

### [1.84.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.3)

umāmaheśapratimāṃ hemnā kṛtvā suśobhanām  
rājatīṃ vātha varṣānte pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi //

### [1.84.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.4)

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca dattvā śaktyā ca dakṣiṇām  
rathādyairvāpi deveśaṃ nītvā rudrālayaṃ prati //

### [1.84.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.5)

sarvātiśayasaṃyuktaiś chatracāmarabhūṣaṇaiḥ  
nivedayedvrataṃ caiva śivāya parameṣṭhine //

### [1.84.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.6)

sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ nārī devyā yadi prabho  
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī //

### [1.84.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.7)

varṣamekaṃ na bhuñjati kanyā vā vidhavāpi vā  
varṣānte pratimāṃ kṛtvā pūrvoktavidhinā tataḥ //

### [1.84.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.8)

pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ dattvā rudrālaye punaḥ  
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca bhavānyā saha modate //

### [1.84.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.9)

yā nāryevaṃ caredabdaṃ kṛṣṇāmekāṃ caturdaśīm  
varṣānte pratimāṃ kṛtvā yena kenāpi vā dvijāḥ //

### [1.84.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.10)

pūrvoktamakhilaṃ kṛtvā bhavānyā saha modate  
amāvāsyāṃ nirāhārā bhavedabdaṃ suyantritā //

### [1.84.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.11)

śūlaṃ ca vidhinā kṛtvā varṣānte vinivedayet  
snāpyeśānaṃ yajedbhaktyā sahasraiḥ kamalaiḥ sitaiḥ //

### [1.84.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.12)

rājataṃ kamalaṃ caiva jāṃbūnadasukarṇikam  
dattvā bhavāya viprebhyaḥ pradadyād dakṣiṇām api //

### [1.84.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.13)

kāmato 'pi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyādikaṃ ca yat  
tatsarvaṃ śūladānena bhindyānnārī na saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.84.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.14)

sāyujyaṃ caivamāpnoti bhavānyā dvijasattamāḥ  
kuryādyadvā naraḥ so 'pi rudrasāyujyamāpnuyāt //

### [1.84.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.15)

paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ varṣamekamatandritā  
upavāsaratā nārī naro 'pi dvijasattamāḥ //

### [1.84.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.16)

niyogādeva tatkāryaṃ bhartṝṇāṃ dvijasattamāḥ  
japaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ sarvam asvatantrā yataḥ striyaḥ //

### [1.84.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.17)

varṣānte sarvagandhāḍhyāṃ pratimāṃ saṃnivedayet  
sā bhavānyāś ca sāyujyaṃ sārūpyaṃ cāpi suvratā //

### [1.84.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.18)

labhate nātra saṃdehaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham  
kārtikyāṃ vā tu yā nārī ekabhaktena vartate //

### [1.84.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.19)

kṣamāhiṃsādiniyamaiḥ saṃyuktā brahmacāriṇī  
dadyātkṛṣṇatilānāṃ ca bhāramekam atandritā //

### [1.84.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.20)

saghṛtaṃ saguḍaṃ caiva odanaṃ parameṣṭhine  
dattvā ca brāhmaṇebhyaś ca yathā vibhavavistaram //

### [1.84.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.21)

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyām upavāsaratā ca sā  
bhavānyā modate sārdhaṃ sārūpyaṃ prāpya suvratā //

### [1.84.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.22)

kṣamā satyaṃ dayā dānaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ  
sarvavrateṣvayaṃ dharmaḥ sāmānyo rudrapūjanam //

### [1.84.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.23)

samāsādvaḥ pravakṣyāmi pratimāsamanukramāt  
mārgaśīrṣakamāsādikārttikāntaṃ yathākramam //

### [1.84.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.24)

vrataṃ suvipulaṃ puṇyaṃ nandinā paribhāṣitam  
mārgaśīrṣakamāse 'tha vṛṣaṃ pūrṇāṅgamuttamam //

### [1.84.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.25)

alaṃkṛtya yathānyāyaṃ śivāya vinivedayet  
sā ca sārdhaṃ bhavānyā vai modate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.84.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.26)

puṣyamāse tu vai śūlaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya nivedayet  
pūrvoktamakhilaṃ kṛtvā bhavānyā saha modate //

### [1.84.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.27)

māghamāse rathaṃ kṛtvā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam  
dadyāt sampūjya deveśaṃ brāhmaṇāṃścaiva bhojayet //

### [1.84.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.28)

sā ca devyā mahābhāgā modate nātra saṃśayaḥ  
phālgune pratimāṃ kṛtvā hiraṇyena yathāvidhi //

### [1.84.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.29)

rājatenāpi tāmreṇa yathāvibhavavistaram  
pratiṣṭhāpya samabhyarcya sthāpayecchaṅkarālaye //

### [1.84.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.30)

sā ca sārdhaṃ mahādevyā modate nātra saṃśayaḥ  
caitre bhavaṃ kumāraṃ ca bhavānīṃ ca yathāvidhi //

### [1.84.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.31)

tāmrādyairvidhivatkṛtvā pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi  
bhavānyā modate sārdhaṃ dattvā rudrāya śaṃbhave //

### [1.84.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.32)

kṛtvālayaṃ hi kauberaṃ rājataṃ rajatena vai  
īśvaromāsamāyuktaṃ gaṇeśaiś ca samantataḥ //

### [1.84.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.33)

sarvaratnasamāyuktaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi  
sthāpayetparameśasya bhavasyāyatane śubhe //

### [1.84.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.34)

vaiśākhe vai cared evaṃ kailāsākhyaṃ vratottamam  
kailāsaparvataṃ prāpya bhavānyā saha modate //

### [1.84.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.35)

jyeṣṭhe māsi mahādevaṃ liṅgamūrtimumāpatim  
kṛtāñjalipuṭenaiva brahmaṇā viṣṇunā tathā //

### [1.84.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.36)

madhye bhavena saṃyuktaṃ liṅgamūrti dvijottamāḥ  
haṃsena ca varāheṇa kṛtvā tāmrādibhiḥ śubhām //

### [1.84.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.37)

pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ brāhmaṇān bhojayettataḥ  
śivāya śivamāsādya śivasthāne yathāvidhi //

### [1.84.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.38)

brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitāṃ sthāpya devyāḥ sāyujyamāpnuyāt  
āṣāḍhe ca śubhe māse gṛhaṃ kṛtvā suśobhanam //

### [1.84.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.39)

pakveṣṭakābhir vidhivad yathāvibhavavistaram  
sarvabījarasaiścāpi sampūrṇaṃ sarvaśobhanaiḥ //

### [1.84.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.40)

gṛhopakaraṇaiścaiva musalolūkhalādibhiḥ  
dāsīdāsādibhiścaiva śayanairaśanādibhiḥ //

### [1.84.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.41)

sampūrṇaiś ca gṛhaṃ vastrair ācchādya ca samantataḥ  
devaṃ ghṛtādibhiḥ snāpya mahādevamumāpatim //

### [1.84.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.42)

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasraṃ ca bhojayitvā yathāvidhi  
vidyāvinayasampannaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vedapāragam //

### [1.84.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.43)

prathamāśramiṇaṃ bhaktyā sampūjya ca yathāvidhi  
kanyāṃ sumadhyamāṃ yāvat kālajīvanasaṃyutām //

### [1.84.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.44)

kṣetraṃ gomithunaṃ caiva tadgṛhe ca nivedayet  
sāyanair vividhair divyair meruparvatasannibhaiḥ //

### [1.84.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.45)

golokaṃ samanuprāpya bhavānyā saha modate  
bhavānyā sadṛśībhūtvā sarvakalpeṣu sāvyayā //

### [1.84.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.46)

bhavānyāścaiva sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ  
sarvadhātusamākīrṇaṃ vicitradhvajaśobhitam //

### [1.84.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.47)

nivedayīta śarvāya śrāvaṇe tilaparvatam  
vitānadhvajavastrādyair dhātubhiś ca nivedayet //

### [1.84.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.48)

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca pūrvoktamakhilaṃ bhavet  
kṛtvā bhādrapade māsi śobhanaṃ śāliparvatam //

### [1.84.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.49)

vitānadhvajavastrādyair dhātubhiś ca nivedayet  
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca dāpayecca yathāvidhi //

### [1.84.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.50)

sā ca sūryāṃśusaṃkāśā bhavānyā saha modate  
kṛtvā cāśvayuje māsi vipulaṃ dhānyaparvatam //

### [1.84.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.51)

suvarṇavastrasaṃyuktaṃ dattvā sampūjya śaṅkaram  
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca pūrvoktamakhilaṃ bhavet //

### [1.84.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.52)

sarvadhānyasamāyuktaṃ sarvabījarasādibhiḥ  
sarvadhātusamāyuktaṃ sarvaratnopaśobhitam //

### [1.84.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.53)

śṛṅgaiścaturbhiḥ saṃyuktaṃ vitānacchatraśobhitam  
gandhamālyais tathā dhūpaiś citraiścāpi suśobhitam //

### [1.84.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.54)

vicitrairnṛtyageyaiś ca śaṅkhavīṇādibhis tathā  
brahmaghoṣairmahāpuṇyaṃ maṅgalaiś ca viśeṣataḥ //

### [1.84.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.55)

mahādhvajāṣṭasaṃyuktaṃ vicitrakusumojjvalam  
nagendraṃ merunāmānaṃ trailokyādhāramuttamam //

### [1.84.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.56)

tasya mūrdhni śivaṃ kuryān madhyato dhātunaiva tu  
dakṣiṇe ca yathānyāyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca caturmukham //

### [1.84.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.57)

uttare devadeveśaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam  
indrādilokapālāṃś ca kṛtvā bhaktyā yathāvidhi //

### [1.84.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.58)

pratiṣṭhāpya tataḥ snāpya samabhyarcya maheśvaram  
devasya dakṣiṇe haste śūlaṃ tridaśapūjitam //

### [1.84.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.59)

vāme pāśaṃ bhavānyāś ca kamalaṃ hemabhūṣitam  
viṣṇoś ca śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ ca gadāmabjaṃ prayatnataḥ //

### [1.84.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.60)

brahmaṇaścākṣasūtraṃ ca kamaṇḍalumanuttamam  
indrasya vajram agneś ca śaktyākhyaṃ paramāyudham //

### [1.84.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.61)

yamasya daṇḍaṃ nirṛteḥ khaḍgaṃ niśicarasya tu  
varuṇasya mahāpāśaṃ nāgākhyaṃ rudramadbhutam //

### [1.84.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.62)

vāyor yaṣṭiṃ kuberasya gadāṃ lokaprapūjitām  
ṭaṅkaṃ ceśānadevasya nivedyaivaṃ krameṇa ca //

### [1.84.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.63)

śivasya mahatīṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā carusamanvitām  
pūjayetsarvadevāṃś ca yathāvibhavavistaram //

### [1.84.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.64)

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ  
mahāmeruvrataṃ kṛtvā mahādevāya dāpayet //

### [1.84.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.65)

mahāmerumanuprāpya mahādevyā pramodate  
ciraṃ sāyujyam āpnoti mahādevyā na saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.84.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.66)

kārtikyāmapi yā nārī kṛtvā devīmumāṃ śubhām  
sarvābharaṇasampūrṇāṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitām //

### [1.84.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.67)

hematāmrādibhiścaiva pratiṣṭhāpya vidhānataḥ  
devaṃ ca kṛtvā deveśaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam //

### [1.84.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.68)

tayoragre hutāśaṃ ca sruvahastaṃ pitāmaham  
nārāyaṇaṃ ca dātāraṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam //

### [1.84.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.69)

lokapālais tathā siddhaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ sthāpya yatnataḥ  
rudrālaye vrataṃ tasmai dāpayedbhaktipūrvakam //

### [1.84.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.70)

sā bhavānyāstanuṃ gatvā bhavena saha modate  
ekabhaktavrataṃ puṇyaṃ pratimāsamanukramāt //

### [1.84.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.71)

mārgaśīrṣakamāsādikārtikāntaṃ pravartitam  
naranāryādijantūnāṃ hitāya munisattamāḥ //

### [1.84.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.72)

naraḥ kṛtvā vrataṃ caiva śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt  
nārī devyā na saṃdehaḥ śivena paribhāṣitam //

### [1.84.72.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.84.72.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge umāmaheśvaravrataṃ nāma caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa.98.1) — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Śivadharmottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmottara.1249) — Sanskrit
- [Śivadharmaśāstra (IFP/EFEO 860 copied from R2442 G.O.N.L., Madras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmasastra*ms-ifp-efeo-860-copied.2.388) — Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.98.1) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p588) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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