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# Linga Purana 2.3

Liṅgapurāṇa 2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.112) — 1 part

### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.1)

ambarīṣa uvāca  
mārkaṇḍeya mahāprājña kena yogena labdhavān /  
gānavidyāṃ mahābhāga nārado bhagavānmuniḥ //

### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.2)

tuṃbarośca samānatvaṃ kasminkāla upeyivān /  
etadācakṣva me sarvaṃ sarvajñosi mahāmate //

### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.3)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca  
śruto mayāyamartho vai nāradāddevadarśanāt /  
svayamahā mahātejā nārado 'sau mahāmatiḥ //

### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.4)

saṃtapyamāno bhagavān divyaṃvarṣasahasrakam /  
nirucchvāsena saṃyuktastuṃbarorgauravaṃ smaran //

### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.5)

tatāpa ca mahāghoraṃ taporāśistapaḥ param /  
athāntarikṣe śuśrāva nārado 'sau mahāmuniḥ //

### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.6)

vāṇīṃ divyāṃ mahāghoṣāmadbhutāmasarīriṇīm /  
kimarthaṃ muniśārdūla tapastapasi duścaram //

### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.7)

ulūkaṃ paśya gatvā tvaṃ yadi gāne ratā matiḥ /  
mānasottaraśaile tu gānabandhuriti smṛtaḥ //

### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.8)

gaccha śīghraṃ ca paśyainaṃ gānavittvaṃ bhaviṣyasi /  
ityukto vismayā viṣṭo nārado vāgvidāṃ varaḥ //

### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.9)

mānasottaraśaile tu gānabandhuṃ jagāma vai /  
gandharvāḥ kinnarā yakṣāstathā cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ //

### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.10)

samāsīnāstu parito gānabandhuṃ tatastataḥ /  
ganavidyāṃ samāpannaḥ sikṣitāstena pakṣiṇā //

### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.11)

snigdhakaṇṭhasvarās tatra samāsīnām udānvitāḥ /  
tato nāradamālokya gānabandhuruvāca ha //

### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.12)

/  
praṇipatya yathānyāyaṃ svāgatenābhyapūjayat /  
kimarthaṃ bhagavānatra cāgato 'si mahāmate //

### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.13)

kiṃ kāryaṃ hi mayā brahman brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te /  
nārada uvāca  
ulūkendra mahāprājña śṛṇusarvaṃ yathātatham //

### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.14)

mama vṛttaṃ pravakṣyāmi purā bhūtaṃ mahādbhutam /  
atīte hi yuge vidvannārāyaṇasamīpagam //

### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.15)

māṃ vinirdhūya saṃhṛṣṭaḥ samāhūya ca tuṃbarum /  
lakṣmīsamanvito viṣṇuraśṛṇodgānamuttamam //

### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.16)

brahmādayaḥ surāḥ sarve nirastāḥ sthānato 'cyutāḥ /  
kauśikādyāḥ samāsīnā gānayogena vai harim //

### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.17)

evamārādhya saṃprāptā gāṇapatyaṃ yathāsukham /  
tenāhamatiduḥkhārtastapastaptumihāgataḥ //

### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.18)

yaddattaṃ yaddhutaṃ caiva yathā vā śrutameva ca /  
yadadhītaṃ mayā sarvaṃ kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm //

### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.19)

viṣṇormāhātmyayuktasya gāna yogasya vai tataḥ /  
saṃcintyāhaṃ tapo ghoraṃ tadarthaṃ taptavān dvija //

### [2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.20)

divyavarṣasahasraṃ vai tato hyaśṛṇuvaṃ punaḥ /  
vāṇīmākāśasaṃbhūtāṃ tvāmuddiśya vihaṅgama //

### [2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.21)

ulūkaṃ gaccha devaṣe gānabandhuṃ matiryadi /  
gāte cedvartate brahman tatra tvaṃ vetsyase cirāt //

### [2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.22)

ityahaṃ preritastena tvatsamīpamīhāgataḥ /  
kiṃ karīṣyāmi śiṣyohaṃ tava māṃ pālayāvyaya //

### [2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.23)

gānabandhuruvāca  
śṛṇu nārada yadvṛttaṃ purā mama mahāmate /  
atyāścaryasamāyuktaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham //

### [2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.24)

bhuvaneśa iti khyāto rājabhūddhārmikaḥ purā /  
aśvamedhasahasraiśca vājapeyāyutena ca //

### [2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.25)

gavāṃ koṭyarbude caiva suvarmasya tathaiva ca /  
vāsasāṃ rathahastīnāṃ kanyāśvānāṃ tathaiva ca //

### [2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.26)

datvā sa rājā viprebhyo medinīṃ pratipālayan /  
nivārayan svake rājye geyayogena keśavam //

### [2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.27)

anyaṃ vā geyayogena gāyanyadi sa me bhavet /  
vadhyaḥ sarvātmanā tasmādvedai rīḍyaḥ paraḥ pumān //

### [2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.28)

gānayogena sarvatra striyo gāyantu nityaśaḥ /  
sūtamāgadhasaṃghāśca gītaṃ te kārayantu vai //

### [2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.29)

ityajñāpyamahātejā rājyaṃ vai paryapālayat /  
tasya rājñaḥ purābhyāśe harimitra iti śrutaḥ //

### [2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.30)

brāhmaṇo viṣṇubhaktaśca sarvadvandvavivarjitaḥ /  
nadīpulinamāsādya pratimāṃ ca hareḥ śubhām //

### [2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.31)

abhyarcya ca yathānyāyaṃ ghṛtadadhyuttaraṃ bahu /  
miṣṭānnaṃ pāyasaṃ dattvā harerāvedya pūpakam //

### [2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.32)

praṇipatya yathānyāyaṃ tatra vinyastamānasaḥ /  
agāyata hariṃ tatra tālavarṇalayānvitam //

### [2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.33)

atīva snehasaṃyuktastadgatenāntarātmanā /  
tato rājñaḥ samādeśāccārāstatra samāgatāḥ //

### [2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.34)

tadarcanādi sakalaṃ nirdūya ca samantataḥ /  
brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ gṛhītvā te rājñe samyaṅnyavedayan //

### [2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.35)

tato rājā dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ paribhartsya sudurmatiḥ /  
rājyānnaryātayāmāsa hṛtvā sarvaṃ dhanādikam //

### [2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.36)

pratimāṃ ca hareścaiva mlecchā hṛtvā yayuḥ punaḥ /  
tataḥ kālena mahatā kāladharmamupeyivān //

### [2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.37)

sa rājā sarvalokeṣu pūjyamānaḥ samantataḥ /  
kṣudhārtaśca tathā khinno yamamāha suduḥ khitaḥ //

### [2.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.38)

kṣuttṛṭ ca vartate deva svargatasyāpi me sadā /  
mayā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ kiṃ vā kiṃ kariṣyāmi vai yama //

### [2.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.39)

yama uvāca  
tvayā hi sumahatpāpaṃ kṛtamajñānamohataḥ /  
harimitraṃ prati tadā vāsudevaparāyaṇam //

### [2.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.40)

harimitre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vāsudevārcanādiṣu /  
tena pāpena saṃprāptaḥ kṣudrogastvāṃ sadā nṛpa //

### [2.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.41)

dānayajñādikaṃ sarvaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ te narādhipa /  
gītavādyasamopetaṃ gāyamānaṃ mahāmatim //

### [2.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.42)

harimitraṃ samāhūya hṛtavānasi taddhanam /  
upahārādikaṃ sarvaṃ vāsudevasya sannidhau //

### [2.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.43)

tava bhṛtyaistadā luptaṃ pāpaṃ cakrustvadājñayā /  
hareḥ kīrtiṃ vinā cānyadbrahmaṇena nṛpottama //

### [2.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.44)

na geyayoge gātavyaṃ tasmātpāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā /  
naṣṭaste sarvalokodya gacca parvatakoṭaram //

### [2.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.45)

pūrvotsṛṣṭaṃ svadehaṃ taṃ khādannityaṃ nikṛtya vai /  
tasminkoṇe tvimaṃ dehaṃ khādannityaṃ kṣudhanvitaḥ //

### [2.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.46)

mahānirayasaṃsthastvaṃ yāvanmanvantaraṃ bhavet /  
manvantare tato 'tīte bhūmyāṃ tvaṃ ca bhaviṣyasi //

### [2.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.47)

tataḥ kālena saṃprāpya mānuṣyamavagacchasi /  
gānabandhuruvāca  
evamuktvā yamo vidvāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata //

### [2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.48)

harimitro vimānena stūyamāno gaṇādhipaiḥ /  
viṣṇulokaṃ gataḥ śrīmān saṃgṛhya gamabāndhavān //

### [2.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.49)

bhuvaneśo nṛpo hyasmin koṭare parvatasya vai /  
khādamānaḥ śavaṃ nityam āste kṣuttṛṭsamanvitaḥ //

### [2.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.50)

adrākṣaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ tatra sarvametanmamoktavān /  
samālokyāhamājñāya harimitraṃ sameyivān //

### [2.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.51)

vimānenārkavarṇena gacchantamamarairvṛtam /  
indradyumnaprasādena prāptaṃ me hyāyuruttamam //

### [2.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.52)

tenāhaṃ harimitraṃ vai dṛṣṭavān asmi suvrata /  
tadaiśvaryaprabhāvena mano me samupāgatam //

### [2.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.53)

gānavidyāṃ prati tadā kinnaraiḥ samupāviśam /  
ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ gānayogena me mune //

### [2.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.54)

jihvā prasāditā spaṣṭā tato gānamaśikṣayam /  
tatastu dviguṇenaiva kālenābhūdiyaṃ mama //

### [2.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.55)

gānayogasamāyuktā gatā manvantarā daśa /  
gānācāryo 'bhavaṃ tatra gandharvādyāḥ samāgatāḥ //

### [2.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.56)

ete kinnarasaṃghā vai māmācāryamupāgatāḥ /  
tapasā naiva śakyā vai gānavidyā tapodhana //

### [2.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.57)

tasmācchrutena saṃyukto mattastvaṃ gānamāpnuhi /  
evamukto munistaṃ vai praṇipatya jagau tadā //

### [2.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.58)

tacchṛṇuṣva muniśreṣṭha vāsudevaṃ namasya tu /  
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca  
ulūkenaivamuktastu nārado munisattamaḥ //

### [2.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.59)

śikṣākrameṇa saṃyuktastatra gānamāśikṣayat /  
gānabandhustadāhedaṃ tyaktalajjo bhavādhunā //

### [2.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.60)

ulūka uvāca  
strīsaṃgame tathā gīte dyūte vyākhyānasaṃgame /  
vyavahāre tathāhāre tvarthānāṃ ca samāgame //

### [2.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.61)

āye vyaye tathā nityaṃ tyaktalajjastu vai bhavet /  
na kuñcitena gūḍhena nityaṃ prāvaramādibhiḥ //

### [2.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.62)

hastavikṣepabhāvena vyādi tāsyena caiva hi /  
niryātajihvāyogena na geyaṃ hi kathañcana //

### [2.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.63)

na gāyedūrdhvabāhuśca nordhvadṛṣṭiḥ kathañcana /  
svāṅgaṃ nirīkṣamāṇena paraṃ saṃprekṣatā tathā //

### [2.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.64)

saṃghaṭṭe ca tathotthāne kaṭisthānaṃ na śasyate /  
hāso roṣastathā kaṃpastathānyatra smṛtiḥ punaḥ //

### [2.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.65)

naitāni śastarūpāṇi gānayoge mahāmate /  
naikahastena śakyaṃ syāttālasaṃghaṭṭanaṃ mune //

### [2.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.66)

kṣudhārttena bhayārtena tṛṣṇārtena tathaiva ca /  
gānayoge na kartavyo nāndhakāre kathañcana //

### [2.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.67)

evamādīni cānyāni na kartavyāni gāyatā /  
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca  
evamuktaḥ sa bhagavāṃstenoktairvidhilakṣaṇaiḥ /  
aśikṣayattathā gītaṃ divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam //

### [2.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.68)

tataḥ samastasaṃpanno gītaprastārakādiṣu /  
vipañcyādiṣu saṃpannaḥ sarvasvaravibhāgavit //

### [2.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.69)

ayutāni ca ṣaṭtriṃśatsahasrāṇi śatāni ca /  
svarāṇāṃ bhedayogena jñātavānmunisattamaḥ //

### [2.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.70)

tato gandharvasaṃghāśca kinnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca /  
muninā saha saṃyuktāḥ prītiyuktā bhavanti te //

### [2.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.71)

gānabandhuṃ muniḥ prāha prāpya gānamanuttamam /  
tvāṃ samāsādya saṃpannastvaṃ hi gītaviśāradaḥ //

### [2.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.72)

dhvāṅkṣaśatro mahāprājña kimācārya karomi te /  
gānabandhuruvāca  
brahmaṇo divase brahman manavastu caturdaśa //

### [2.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.73)

tatastrai lokyasaṃplāvo bhaviṣyati mahāmune /  
tāvanme tvāyuṣo bhāvastāvanme paramaṃ śubham //

### [2.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.74)

manasādhyāhitaṃ me syāddakṣiṇā munisattama /  
nārada uvāca  
atītakalpasaṃyoge garuḍastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi //

### [2.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.75)

svasti te 'stu mahāprājña gamiṣyāmi prasīda mām /  
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca  
evamuktvā jagāmatha nāradopi janārdanam //

### [2.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.76)

śvetadvīpe hṛṣīkeśaṃ gāpayāmāsa gītakān /  
tatra śrutvā tu bhagavānnāradaṃ prāha mādhavaḥ //

### [2.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.77)

tuṃbarorna viśiṣṭosi gītairadyāpi nārada /  
yadā viśiṣṭo bhavitā taṃ kālaṃ pravadāmyaham //

### [2.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.78)

gānabandhuṃ samāsādya gānārthajño bhavānasi /  
manorvaivasvatasyāhamaṣṭaviśatime yuge //

### [2.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.79)

dvāṃparāṃ te bhavaṣyāmi yudavaṃśakulodbhavaḥ /  
devakyāṃ vasudevasya kṛṣṇo nāmnā mahāmate //

### [2.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.80)

tadānīṃ māṃ samāsādya smārayethā yathātatham /  
tatra tvāṃ gītasaṃpannaṃ kariṣyāmi mahāvratam //

### [2.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.81)

tuṃbarośca samañcaiva tathātiśayasaṃyutam /  
tāvatkālaṃ yatāyogaṃ devagandharvayoniṣu //

### [2.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.82)

śikṣayasva yatānyāyamityuktvāntaradhīyata /  
tato muniḥ praṇamyainaṃ tathātiśayasaṃyutam //

### [2.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.83)

devarṣirdevasaṃkāśaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ /  
tapasāṃ nidhiratyantaṃ vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ //

### [2.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.84)

skandhe vipañcīmāsādya sarvalokāṃścacāra saḥ /  
vāruṇaṃ yāmyamāgneyamaidraṃ kauberameva ca //

### [2.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.85)

vāyavyaṃ ca tatheśānaṃ saṃsadaṃ prāpya dharmavit /  
gāyamāno hariṃ samyagvīṇāvādavicakṣaṇaḥ //

### [2.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.86)

gandharvāpsarasāṃ saṃghaiḥ pūjyamānastata stataḥ /  
brahmalokaṃ samāsādya kasmiṃścitkālaparyaye //

### [2.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.87)

hāhāhūhūśca gandharvau gītavādyaviśāradau /  
brahmaṇo gāyakau divyau nityau gandharvasattamau //

### [2.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.88)

tatra tābhyāṃ samāsādya gāyamāno hariṃ prabhum /  
brahmaṇā ca mahātejāḥ pūjito munisattamaḥ //

### [2.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.89)

taṃ praṇamya mahātmānaṃ sarvalokapitāmaham /  
cacāra ca yathākāmaṃ sarvalokeṣu nāradaḥ //

### [2.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.90)

tataḥ kālena mahatā gṛhaṃ prāpya ca tuṃbaroḥ /  
vīṇāmādāya tatrastho hyagāyata mahāmuniḥ //

### [2.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.91)

svarakalpāstu tatrasthāḥ ṣaḍjādyāḥ sapta vai matāḥ /  
krīḍato bhagavāndṛṣṭvā nirgataśca susatvaram //

### [2.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.92)

śikṣayā māsa bahuśastatra tatra mahāmatiḥ /  
śramayogena saṃyukto nāradopi mahāmuniḥ //

### [2.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.93)

saptasvarāṅganāḥ paśyan gānavidyāviśāradaḥ /  
āsīdvīṇā samāyoge na tāstantryaḥ prapedire //

### [2.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.94)

tato ravaitake kṛṣṇaṃ praṇipatya mahāmuniḥ /  
vijñāpayadaśeṣaṃ tu śvetadvīpe tu yat purā //

### [2.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.95)

nārāyaṇena kathitaṃ gānayogamanuttamam /  
tacchrutvā prāhasankṛṣṇaḥ prāha jāṃbavatīṃ mudā //

### [2.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.96)

etaṃ munivaraṃ bhadre śikṣayasva yathāvidhi /  
vīṇāgāna samāyoge tathetyuktvā ca sā harim //

### [2.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.97)

prahasaṃtī yathāyogaṃ śikṣayāmāsa taṃ munim /  
tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe punarāgamya mādhavam //

### [2.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.98)

praṇipatyāgratastasthau punarāha sa keśavaḥ /  
satyāṃ samīpamāgaccha śikṣayasva yathāvidhi //

### [2.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.99)

tathetyuktvā satyabhāmāṃ praṇipatyajagau muniḥ /  
tayā sa sikṣito vidvān pūrṇe saṃvatsare punaḥ //

### [2.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.100)

vāsudevamiyukto 'sau rukmiṇīsadanaṃ gataḥ /  
aṅganābhistatastābhirdāsībhirmunisattamaḥ //

### [2.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.101)

ukto 'sau gāyamānopi na svaraṃ vetsi vai mune /  
tataḥ śrameṇa mahatā vatsaratrayasaṃyutam //

### [2.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.102)

śikṣitosau tadā devyā rukmiṇyāpi jagau muniḥ /  
tataḥ svarāṅganāḥ prāpyaḥ tantrīyogaṃ mahāmuneḥ //

### [2.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.103)

āhūya kṛṣṇo bhagavān svayameva mahāmunim /  
aśikṣayadameyātmā gānayogamanuttamam //

### [2.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.104)

tato 'tiśayamāpannastuṃbarormunisattamaḥ /  
tato nanarta devarṣiḥ praṇipatya janārdanam //

### [2.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.105)

uvāca ca hṛṣīkeśaḥ sarvajñastvaṃ mahāmune /  
prahasya gānayogena gāyasva mama sannidhau //

### [2.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.106)

etatte prārthitaṃ prāptaṃ mama loke tathaiva ca /  
nityaṃ tuṃbaruṇā sārdhaṃ gāyasva ca yathātatham //

### [2.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.107)

evamukto munistatra yathāyogaṃ cacāra saḥ /  
yadā saṃpūjayan kṛṣṇo rudraṃ bhuvananāyakam //

### [2.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.108)

tadā jagai harestasya niyogācchaṅkarāya vai /  
rukmiṇyā saha satyā ca jāṃbavatyā mahāmuniḥ //

### [2.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.109)

kṛṣṇena ca nṛpaśreṣṭha śrutijātiviśāradaḥ /  
eṣa vo muniśārdūlāḥ prokto gītakramo muneḥ //

### [2.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.110)

brāhmaṇo vāsudevākhyāṃ gāyamāno bhṛśaṃ nṛpa /  
hareḥ sālokyamāpnoti rudragāno 'dhiko bhavet //

### [2.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.111)

anyathā narakaṃ gacchedgāyamānonyadeva hi /  
karmaṇā manasā vācā vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ //

### [2.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.112)

gāyan śṛṇvaṃstamāpnoti tasmādgeyaṃ paraṃ viduḥ //

### [2.3.112.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.3.112.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge vaiṣṇavagītakathanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatoṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa-ballala-natu.135.41) — Gaṇeśa Ballāla Nātū, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Himavatkhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.himalaya.himavatkhanda.88.15-2) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1940.c7.s9.10) — Hazra 1940, English

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