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# Lingapurana 2.5

Liṅgapurāṇa 2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.51) — 1 part
- [2.5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.159) — 1 part

### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.1)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
aikṣvākuraṃbarīṣo vai vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ /  
pālayāmāsa pṛthivīṃ viṣṇorājñāpuraḥ saraḥ //

### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.2)

śrutametanmahābuddhe tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi /  
nityaṃ tasya hareścakraṃ śatrurogabhayādikam //

### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.3)

hantīti śrūyate loke dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ /  
aṃbarīṣasya caritaṃ tatsarvaṃ brūhi sattama //

### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.4)

māhātmyamanubhāvaṃ ca bhaktiyogamanuttamam /  
yathāvacchrotumicchāmaḥ sūta vaktuṃ tvamarhasi //

### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.5)

sūta uvāca  
śrūyatāṃ muniśārdūlāścaritaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ /  
aṃbarīṣasya māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ param //

### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.6)

triśaṅkordayitā bhāryā sarvalakṣaṇaśobhitā /  
aṃbarīṣasya jananī nityaṃ śaucasamanvitā //

### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.7)

yoganidrāsamārūḍhaṃ śeṣaparyaṅkaśāyinam /  
nārāyaṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇḍakamalodbhavam //

### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.8)

tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṇḍajam /  
sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam //

### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.9)

arcayāmāma satataṃ vāṅmanaḥ kāyakarmabhiḥ /  
mālyadānādikaṃ sarvaṃ svayamevamacīkarat //

### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.10)

gandhādiṣeṣaṇaṃ caiva dhūpadravyādikaṃ tathā /  
bhūmerālepanādīni haviṣāṃ pacanaṃ tathā //

### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.11)

tatkautukasamāviṣṭā svayameva cakāra sā /  
śubhā padmāvatī nityaṃ vācā nārāyaṇeti vai //

### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.12)

anantetyeva sā nityaṃ bhāṣamāṇā pativratā /  
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tatpareṇāntarātmanā //

### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.13)

arcayāmāsa govindaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ śuciḥ /  
viṣṇubhaktānmahābhāgān sarvapāpavivarjitān //

### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.14)

dānamānārcanairnityaṃ dhanaratnairatoṣayat /  
tataḥ kadācitsā devī dvādaśīṃ samupoṣya vai //

### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.15)

hareragre mahābhāgā suṣvāpa patinā saha /  
tatra nārāyaṇo devastāmāha puruṣottamaḥ //

### [2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.16)

kim icchasi varaṃ bhadre mattas tvam brūhi bhāmini /  
sā dṛṣṭvā tu varaṃ vavre putro me vaiṣṇavo bhavet //

### [2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.17)

sārvabhaumo mahātejāḥ svakarmanirataḥ śuciḥ /  
tathetyuktvā dadau tasyai phalam ekaṃ janārdanaḥ //

### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.18)

sā prabuddhā phalaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhartre sarvaṃ nyavedayat /  
bhakṣayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭā phalaṃ tadgatamānasā //

### [2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.19)

tataḥ kālena sā devī putraṃ kulavivardhanam /  
asūta sā sadācāraṃ vāsudevaparāyaṇam //

### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.20)

śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ cakraāṅkitatanūruham /  
jātaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitā putraṃ kriyāḥ sarvāścakāra vai //

### [2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.21)

aṃbarīṣa iti khyāto loke samabhavatprabhuḥ /  
pitaryuparate śrīmānabhiṣikto mahāmuniḥ //

### [2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.22)

mantriṣvādhāya rājyaṃ ca tapa ugrañcakāra saḥ /  
saṃvatsarasahasraṃ vai japannārāyaṇaṃ prabhum //

### [2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.23)

hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthaṃ sūryamaṇḍalamadhyataḥ /  
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadhārayantaṃ caturbhujam //

### [2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.24)

śuddhajāṃbūnadanibhaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakam /  
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaṃ pītāṃbaradharaṃ prabhum //

### [2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.25)

śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ devaṃ puruṣaṃ puruṣottamam /  
tato garuḍamāruhya sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ //

### [2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.26)

ājagāma sa viśvātmā sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ /  
airāvatamivācintyaṃ kṛtvā vai garuḍaṃhariḥ //

### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.27)

svayaṃ śakra ivāsīnastamāha nṛpasattamam /  
indro 'hamasmi bhadraṃ te kiṃ dadāmi varaṃ ca te //

### [2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.28)

sarvalokeśvaro 'haṃ tvāṃrakṣituṃ samupāgataḥ /  
aṃbarīṣa uvāca  
nāhaṃ tvamābhisaṃdhāya tapa āsthitavāniha //

### [2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.29)

tvayā dattaṃ ca neṣyāmi gaccha śakra yathāsukham /  
mama nārāyaṇo nāthastaṃ nāmāmi jagatpatim //

### [2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.30)

gacchedra mākṛthāstvatra mama buddhivilopanam /  
tataḥ prahasya bhagavān svarūpamakarodvarīḥ //

### [2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.31)

śārṅgacakragadāpāṇiḥ khaṅgahasto janārdanaḥ /  
garuḍopari sarvātmā nīlācala ivāparaḥ //

### [2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.32)

devagandharvasaṃghaiśca stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ /  
praṇamya sa ca saṃtuṣṭastuṣṭāva garuḍadhvajam //

### [2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.33)

prasīda lokanātheśa mama nātha janārdana /  
kṛṣṇa viṣṇo jagannātha sarvalokanamaskṛta //

### [2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.34)

tvamādistvamanādistvamanantaḥ pūruṣaḥ prabhuḥ /  
aprameyo vibhurviṣṇurgovindaḥ kamalekṣaṇaḥ //

### [2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.35)

maheśvarāṅgajo madhye puṣkaraḥ khagamaḥ khagaḥ /  
kavyavāhaḥ kapālī tvaṃ havyavāhaḥ prabhañjanaḥ //

### [2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.36)

ādidevaḥ kriyānandaḥ paramātmātmanī sthitaḥ /  
tvāṃ prapannosmigovinda jaya devakinandana /  
jaya deva jagannātha pāhi māṃ puṣkarekṣaṇa //

### [2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.37)

nānyā gatistvadanyā me tvameva śaraṇaṃ mama /  
sūta uvāca  
tamāha bhagavānviṣṇuḥ kiṃ te hṛdi cikīrṣitam //

### [2.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.38)

tatsarvaṃ te pradāsyāmi bhaktosi mama suvrata /  
bhaktipriyo 'haṃ satataṃ tasmāddātumihāgataḥ //

### [2.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.39)

aṃbarīṣa uvāca  
lokanātha parānanda nityaṃ me vartate matiḥ /  
vāsudevaparo nityaṃ vāṅmanaḥ kāyakarmabhiḥ //

### [2.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.40)

yathā tvaṃ devadevasya bhavasya paramātmanaḥ /  
tathā bhavāmyahaṃ viṣṇo tava deva janārdana //

### [2.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.41)

pāliyiṣyāmi pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā vai vaiṣṇavaṃ jagat /  
yajñahomārcanaiścaiva tarpayāmi surottamān //

### [2.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.42)

vaiṣṇavānpālayiṣyāmi nihaniṣyāmi śātravān /  
lokatāpabhaye bhīta iti me dhīyate matiḥ //

### [2.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.43)

śrībhagavānuvāca  
evamastu yathecchaṃ vai cakrametatsudarśanam /  
purā rudraprasādena labdhaṃ vai durlabhaṃ mayā //

### [2.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.44)

ṛṣiśāpādikaṃ duḥkhaṃ śatrurogādikaṃ tathā /  
nihaniṣyati te nityamityuktvāntaradhīyata //

### [2.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.45)

sūta uvāca  
tataḥ praṇamya mudito rājā nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum /  
praviśya nagarīṃ ramyāmayodhyāṃ paryapālayat //

### [2.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.46)

brāhmaṇādīṃśca varṇāṃśca svasvakarmaṇy ayojayat /  
nārāyaṇaparo nityaṃ viṣṇubhaktānakalmaṣān //

### [2.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.47)

pālayāmāsa hṛṣṭātmā viśeṣeṇa janādhipaḥ /  
aśvamedhaśatairiṣṭvā vājapeyaśatena ca //

### [2.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.48)

pālayāmāsa pṛthivīṃ sāgarāvaraṇāmimām /  
gṛhegṛhe haristasthau vedaghoṣo gṛhegṛhe //

### [2.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.49)

nāmaghoṣo hareścaiva yajñaghoṣastathaiva ca /  
abhavannṛpaśārdūle tasmin rājyaṃ praśāsati //

### [2.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.50)

nāsasyā nātṛṇā bhūmirna durbhikṣādibhiryutā /  
rāgahīnāḥ prajā nityaṃ sarvopadravavarjitāḥ //

### [2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.51)

aṃbarīṣo mahātejāḥ pālayāmāsa medinīm /  
tasyaivaṃvartamānasya kanyā kamalalocanā //

### [2.5.51.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.51.p1)

śrīmatī nāma vikhyātā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā //

### [2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.52)

pradānasamayaṃ prāptā devamāyeva śobhanā //

### [2.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.53)

tasminkāle muniḥ śrīmānnārado 'bhyāgataścavai /  
aṃbarīṣasya rājño vai parvataśca mahāmatiḥ //

### [2.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.54)

tāvubhāvāgatau dṛṣṭvā praṇipatya yathāvidhi /  
aṃbarīṣo mahātejāḥ pūjayāmāsa tāv ṛṣī //

### [2.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.55)

kanyāṃ tāṃ ramamāṇāṃ vai meghamadhye śatahradām /  
prāha tāṃ prekṣya bhagavān nāradaḥ sasmitas tadā //

### [2.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.56)

keyaṃ rājanmahābhāgā kanyā surasutopamā /  
brūhi dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha sarvalakṣaṇaśobhitā //

### [2.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.57)

rājovāca  
duhiteyaṃ mama vibho śrīmatī nāma nāmataḥ /  
pradānasamayaṃ prāptā varamanveṣate śubhā //

### [2.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.58)

ityukto muniśārdūlastāmaicchannārado dvijāḥ /  
parvatopi munistāṃ vai cakame munisattamāḥ //

### [2.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.59)

anujñāpya ca rājānaṃ nārado vākyamabravīt /  
rahasyāhūya dharmātmāmama dehi sutāmimām //

### [2.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.60)

parvato hi tathā prāha rājānaṃ rahasi prabhuḥ /  
tāvubhau saha dharmātmā praṇipatya bhayārditaḥ //

### [2.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.61)

ubhau bhavantau kanyāṃ me pārthayānau kathaṃ tvaham /  
kariṣyāmi mahāprājña śṛṇu nārada me vacaḥ //

### [2.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.62)

tvaṃ ca parvata me vākyaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yatprabho /  
kanyeyaṃ yuvayorekaṃ varayiṣyati cecchubhā //

### [2.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.63)

tasmai kanyāṃ prayacchāmi nānyathā śaktirasti me /  
tathetyuktvā tato bhūyaḥ śvo yāsyāva iti sma ha //

### [2.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.64)

ityuktvā munisārdūlau jagmatuḥ prītimānasau /  
vāsudevaparau nityamubhau jñānavidāṃvarau //

### [2.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.65)

viṣṇu lokaṃ tato gatvā nārado munisattamaḥ /  
praṇipatya hṛṣīkeśaṃ vākyametaduvāca ha //

### [2.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.66)

śrotavyamasti bhagavannātha nārāyaṇa prabho /  
rahasi tvāṃ pravakṣyāmi namaste bhuvaneśvara //

### [2.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.67)

tataḥ prahasya govindaḥ sarvānutsārya taṃ munim /  
brūhītyāha ca viśvātmā munirāha ca keśavam //

### [2.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.68)

tvadīyo nṛpatiḥ śrīmānaṃbarīṣo mahīpatiḥ /  
tasya kanyā viśālākṣī śrīmatī nāma nāmataḥ //

### [2.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.69)

pariṇetumanāstatra gato 'smi vacanaṃ śṛṇu /  
parvato 'yaṃ muniḥ śrīmāṃstava bhṛtyastaponidhiḥ //

### [2.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.70)

tāmaicchatsopi bhagavannāvāmāha janādhipaḥ /  
aṃbarīṣo mahātejāḥ kanyeyaṃ yuvayorvaram //

### [2.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.71)

lāvaṇyayuktaṃ vṛṇuyādyadi tasmai dadāmyaham /  
ityāhāvāṃ nṛpastatra tathetyuktvāhamāgataḥ //

### [2.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.72)

āgamiṣyāmi te rājan śvaḥ prabhāte gṛhaṃ tviti /  
āgatohaṃ jagannātha kartumarhasi me priyam //

### [2.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.73)

vānarānanavadbhāti parvatasya mukhaṃ yathā /  
tathā kuru jagannātha mama cedicchasi priyam //

### [2.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.74)

tathetyuktvā sa govindaḥ prahasta madhusūdanaḥ /  
tvayoktaṃ ca kariṣyāmi gaccha saumya yathāgatam //

### [2.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.75)

evamuktvā munirhṛṣṭaḥ praṇipatya janārdanam /  
manyamānaḥ kṛtātmānaṃ tathāyodhyāṃ jagāma saḥ //

### [2.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.76)

gate munivare tasminparvato 'pi mahāmuniḥ /  
praṇamya mādhavaṃ hṛṣṭo rahasyenamuvāca ha //

### [2.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.77)

vṛttaṃ tasya nivedyāgre nāradasya jagatpateḥ /  
golāṅgūlamukhaṃ yadvanmukhaṃ bhāti tathā kuru //

### [2.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.78)

tacchrutvā bhagavānviṣṇustvayoktaṃ ca karomi vai /  
gaccha śīghramayodhyāṃ vai māvedīrnāradasya vai //

### [2.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.79)

tvayā me saṃvidaṃ tatra tathetyuktvā jagāma saḥ /  
tato rājā samājñāya prāptau munivarau tadā //

### [2.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.80)

māṅgalyairvividhaiḥ sarvāmayodhyāṃ dhvajamālinīm /  
maḍaṃyāmāsa puṣpaiśca lājairścaiva samantataḥ //

### [2.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.81)

aṃbusiktagṛhadvārāṃ siktāpaṇamahāpathām /  
divyagandharasopetāṃ dhūpitāṃ divyadhūpakaiḥ //

### [2.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.82)

kṛtvā ca nagarīṃ rājā maṇḍayāmāsa tāṃ sabhām /  
divyairgandhaistathā dhūpai ratnaiśca vividhaistathā //

### [2.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.83)

alaṅkṛtāṃ maṇistaṃbhairnānāmālyopaśobhitām /  
parārdhyāstaraṇopetairdivyairbhadrāsanairvṛtām //

### [2.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.84)

kṛtvā nṛpendrastāṃ kanyāṃ hyādāya praviveśa ha /  
sarvābharaṇasaṃpannāṃ śrīrivāyatalojanām //

### [2.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.85)

karasaṃmitamadhyāṅgīṃ pañcasnigdhāṃ śubhānanām /  
strībhiḥ parivṛtāṃ divyāṃ śrīmatīṃ saṃśritāṃ tadā //

### [2.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.86)

sabhā ca sā bhūpapeḥ samṛddhā maṇipravekottamaratnacitrā /  
nyastā sanā mālyavatī subaddhā tāmāyayuste nararājavargāḥ //

### [2.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.87)

athāparo brahmavarātmajo hi traividyavidyo bhagavānmahātmā /  
saparvato brahmavidāṃva riṣṭho mahāmunirnārada ājagāma //

### [2.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.88)

tāvagatau samīkṣyātha rājā saṃbhrāntamānasaḥ /  
divyamāsanāmādāya pūjayāmāsa tāvubhau //

### [2.5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.89)

ubhau devarṣisiddhau tau ubhau jñānavidāṃ varau /  
samāsīnau mahātmānau kanyārthaṃ munisattamau //

### [2.5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.90)

tāvubhau praṇipatyāgre kanyāṃ tāṃ śrīmatīṃ śubhām /  
sutāṃ kamalapatrākṣīṃ prāha rājā yaśasvinīm //

### [2.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.91)

anayoryaṃ varaṃ bhadre manasā tmavihecchasi /  
tasmai mālāmimāndehi praṇipatya yathāvidhi //

### [2.5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.92)

evamuktā tu sā kanyā strībhiḥ parivṛtā tadā /  
mālāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ divyāmādāya subhalocanā //

### [2.5.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.93)

yatrāsīnau mahātmānau tatrāgamyasthitā tadā /  
vīkṣamāṇā muniśreṣṭhau nāradaṃ parvataṃ tathā //

### [2.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.94)

muniśreṣṭhaṃ na paśyāmi nāradaṃ parvataṃ tathā /  
anayormadhyatastvekamūnaṣoḍaśavārṣikam //

### [2.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.95)

saṃbhrāntamānasā tatra pravātakadalī yathā /  
tasthau tāmahā rājāsau vatse kiṃ tvaṃ kariṣyasi //

### [2.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.96)

anayoreka muddiśya dehi mālāmimāṃ śubhe /  
sā prāha pitaraṃ trastā imau tau naravānarau //

### [2.5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.97)

muniśreṣṭhaṃ na paśyāmi nāradaṃ parvataṃ tathā /  
anayormadhyatastvekamūnaṣoḍaśavārṣikam //

### [2.5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.98)

sarvābharaṇasaṃpannamatasīpuṣpasaṃnibham /  
dīrghabāhuṃ viśālākṣaṃ tuṅgīrasthalam uttamam //

### [2.5.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.99)

rekhāṅkitakaṭigrīvaṃ raktāntāyatalocanam /  
namracāpānukaraṇapaṭubhrūyugaśobhitam //

### [2.5.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.100)

vibhaktatrivalīvyaktaṃ nābhivyaktaśubhodaram /  
hiraṇyāṃbarasaṃvītaṃ tuṅgaratnanakhaṃ śubham /  
padmākārakaraṃ tvenaṃ padmāsyaṃ padmalocanam //

### [2.5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.101)

sunāsaṃ padmahṛdayaṃ padmanābhaṃ śriyā vṛtam /  
dantapaṅktibhiratyarthaṃ kundakuḍmalasannibhaiḥ //

### [2.5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.102)

hasaṃtaṃ māṃ samālokya dakṣiṇaṃ ca prasārya vai /  
pāṇiṃ sthitamamuṃ tatra paśyāmi śubhamūrdhajam //

### [2.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.103)

saṃbhrāntamānasāṃ tatra vepatīṃ kadalīmiva /  
sthitāṃ tāmāha rājāsau vatse kiṃ tvaṃ kariṣyasi //

### [2.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.104)

evamukte muniḥ prāha nāradaḥ saṃśayaṅgataḥ /  
kiyanto bāhavastasya kanye brūhi yathātatham //

### [2.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.105)

bāhudvayaṃ ca paśyāmītyāha kanyā śucismitā /  
prāha tāṃ parvatastatra tasya vakṣaḥsthale śubhe //

### [2.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.106)

kiṃ paśyasi ca me brūhi kare kiṃ vāsya paśyasi /  
kanyā tamāha mālāṃ vai pañcarūpāmanuttamām //

### [2.5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.107)

vakṣaḥsthale 'sya paśyāmi kare kārmukasāyakān /  
evamuktau muniśreṣṭhau parasparamanuttamau //

### [2.5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.108)

manasā cintayantau tau māyeyaṃ kasyacid bhavet /  
māyāvī taskaro nūnaṃ svayameva janārdanaḥ //

### [2.5.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.109)

āgato na yatā kuryātkathamasmanmukhaṃ tvidam /  
golāṅgūlatvamityevaṃ cintayā māsa nāradaḥ //

### [2.5.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.110)

parvatopi yathānyāyaṃ vānaratvaṃ kathaṃ mama /  
prāptamityeva manasā cintāmāpedivāṃstathā //

### [2.5.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.111)

tato rājā praṇamyāsau nāradaṃ parvataṃ tathā /  
bhavadbhyāṃ kimidaṃ tatra kṛtaṃ buddhivimohajam //

### [2.5.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.112)

svasthau bhavantau tiṣṭhetāṃ yathā kanyārtha mudyatau /  
evamuktau muniśreṣṭhau nṛpamūcaturulbaṇau //

### [2.5.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.113)

tvameva mohaṃ kuruṣe nāvāmiha kathañcana /  
āvayorekameṣā te varayatveva māciram //

### [2.5.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.114)

tataḥ sā kanyakā bhūyaḥ praṇiptayeṣṭadevatām /  
māyāmādāya tiṣṭhantaṃ tayormadhye samāhitam //

### [2.5.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.115)

sarvābharaṇasaṃyukta matasīpuṣpasannibham /  
dīrghabāhuṃ supuṣṭāṅgaṃ karṇāntāyatalocanam //

### [2.5.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.116)

pūrvavatpuruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā mālāṃ tasmai dadau hi sā /  
anantaraṃ hi sā kanyā na dṛṣṭā manujaiḥ punaḥ //

### [2.5.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.117)

tato nādaḥ samabhavat kimetaditi vismitau /  
tāmādāya gato viṣṇuḥ svasthānaṃ puruṣottamaḥ //

### [2.5.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.118)

purā tadarthamaniśaṃ tapastaptvā varāṅganā /  
śrīmatī sā samutpannā sā gatā ca tathā harim //

### [2.5.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.119)

tāvubhau muniśārdūlau dhikkṛtāvati duḥkhitau /  
vāsudevaṃ prati tadā jagmaturbhavanaṃ hareḥ //

### [2.5.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.120)

tāvāgatau samīkṣyāha śrīmatiṃ bhagavānhariḥ /  
muniśreṣṭhau samāyātau gūhasvātmānamatra vai //

### [2.5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.121)

tathetyuktvā ca sā devī prahasaṃtī cakāra ha /  
nāradaḥ praṇipatyāgre prāha dāmodaraṃ harim //

### [2.5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.122)

priyaṃ hi kṛtavānadya mama tvaṃ parvatasya hi /  
tvameva nūnaṃ govinda kanyāṃ tāṃ hṛtavānāsi //

### [2.5.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.123)

vimohyāvāṃ svayaṃ buddhyā pratārya surasattama /  
ityuktaḥ puraṣo viṣṇuḥ pidhāya śrotramacyutaḥ /  
pāṇibhyāṃ prāha bhagavān bhavadbhyāṃ kimudīritam //

### [2.5.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.124)

kāmavānapi bhāvoyaṃ munivṛttiraho kila /  
evamukto muniḥ prāha vāsudevaṃ sa nāradaḥ //

### [2.5.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.125)

karṇamūle mama kathaṃ golāṅgūlamukhaṃ tviti /  
karṇamūle tamāhedaṃ vānaratvaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā //

### [2.5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.126)

parvatasya mayā vidvan golāṅgūlamukhaṃ tava /  
mayā tava kṛtaṃ tatra priyārthaṃ nānyathā tviti //

### [2.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.127)

parvato 'pi tathā prāha tasyāpyevaṃ jagādasaḥ /  
śṛṇvatorubhayostatra prāha dāmodaro vacaḥ //

### [2.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.128)

priyaṃ bhavadbhyāṃ kṛtavān satyenātmānamālabhe /  
nāradaḥ prāha dharmātmā āvayormadhyataḥ sthitaḥ //

### [2.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.129)

dhanuṣmān puruṣaḥ ko ḥtra tāṃ hṛtvā gatavānkila /  
tac chrutvā vāsudevo 'sau prāha tau munisattamau //

### [2.5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.130)

māyāvino mahātmano bahavaḥ saṃti sattamāḥ /  
tatra sā śrīmatī nūnamadṛṣṭvā munisattamau //

### [2.5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.131)

cakrapāṇirahaṃ nityaṃ caturbāhuriti sthitaḥ /  
tāṃ tathā nāhamaicchaṃ vai bhavadbhyāṃ viditaṃ hi tat //

### [2.5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.132)

ityuktau praṇipatyainamūcatuḥ prītimānasau /  
ko 'tra doṣastava vibho nārāyaṇa jagatpate //

### [2.5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.133)

daurātmyaṃ tannṛpasyaiva māyāṃ hi kṛtavānasau /  
ityuktvā jagmatustasmānmunīnāradaparvatau //

### [2.5.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.134)

aṃbarīṣaṃ samāsādya śāpenainamayojayat /  
nāradaḥ parvataścaiva yasmādāvāmihāgatau //

### [2.5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.135)

āhūya paścādanyasmai kanyāṃ tvaṃ dattavānasi /  
māyāyogena tasmāttvaṃ tamo hyabhibhaviṣyati //

### [2.5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.136)

tena cātmānamatyarthaṃ yathāvattvaṃ ca vetsyasi /  
evaṃ śāpepradatte tu tamorāśirathotthitaḥ //

### [2.5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.137)

nṛpaṃ prati tataścakraṃ viṣṇoḥ prādurabhūt kṣaṇāt /  
cakravitrāsitaṃ ghoraṃ tāvubhau tama abhyagāt //

### [2.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.138)

tataḥ saṃtrastasarvāṅgau dhāvamānau mahāmunī /  
pṛṣṭhataścakramālokya tamorāśiṃ durāsadam //

### [2.5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.139)

kanyāsiddhiraho prāptā hyāvayoriti vegitau /  
lokālokāntamaniśaṃ dhāvamānau bhayārditau //

### [2.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.140)

trāhitrāhīti govindaṃ bhāṣamāṇau bhayārditau /  
viṣṇulokaṃ tato gatvā nārāyaṇa jagatpate //

### [2.5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.141)

vāsudeva hṛṣīkeśa padmanābha janārdana /  
trāhyāvāṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa nātho 'si puruṣottama //

### [2.5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.142)

tato nārāyaṇaścintya śrīmāñchrīvatsalāñchanaḥ /  
nivārya cakraṃ dhvāntaṃ ca bhaktānugrahakāmyayā //

### [2.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.143)

aṃbarīṣaśca madbhaktastathaitau munisattamau /  
anayorasya ca tathā hitaṃ kāryaṃ mayādhunā //

### [2.5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.144)

āhūya tattamaḥ śrīmān girā prahlādayan hariḥ /  
provāca bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śṛṇutāṃ ma idaṃvacaḥ //

### [2.5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.145)

ṛṣiśāpo na caivāsīdanyathā ca varo mama /  
datto nṛpāya rakṣārthaṃ nāsti tasyānyathā punaḥ //

### [2.5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.146)

aṃbarīṣasya putrasyanaptuḥ putro mahāyaśāḥ /  
śrīmāndasaratho nāma rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ //

### [2.5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.147)

tasyāhamagrajaḥ putro rāmanāmā bhavāmyaham /  
tatra me dakṣiṇobāhurbharato nāma vai bhavet //

### [2.5.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.148)

śatrughno nāma savyaśca śeṣo 'sau lakṣmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /  
tatra māṃ samupāgaccha gacchedānīṃ nṛpaṃ vinā //

### [2.5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.149)

muniśreṣṭhau ca hitvā tvamiti smāha ca mādhavaḥ /  
evam uktaṃ tamo nāśaṃ tatkṣaṇāc ca jagāma vai //

### [2.5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.150)

nivāritaṃ hareścakraṃ yathāpūrvamatiṣṭhata /  
muniśreṣṭhau bhayānmuktau praṇipatya janārdanam //

### [2.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.151)

nirgatau śokasaṃtaptau ūcatustau parasparam /  
adyaprabhṛti dehāntamāvāṃ kanyāparigraham //

### [2.5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.152)

na kariṣyāva ityuktvā pratijñāya ca tāvṛṣī /  
yogadhyānaparau śuddhau yathāpūrvaṃ vyavasthitau //

### [2.5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.153)

aṃbarīṣaśca rājāsau paripālya ca medinīm /  
sabhṛtyajñātisaṃpanno viṣṇulokaṃ jagāma vai //

### [2.5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.154)

mānārthamaṃbarīṣasya tathaiva munisiṃhayoḥ /  
rāmo dāśarathir bhūtvā nātmavedīśvaro 'bhavat //

### [2.5.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.155)

munayaśca tathā sarve bhṛgvādyā munisattamāḥ /  
māyā na kāryā vidvadbhirityāhuḥ prekṣyataṃ harim //

### [2.5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.156)

nāradaḥ parvataścaiva ciraṃ jñātvā viceṣṭitam /  
māyāṃ viṣṇorvinindyaiva rudrabhaktau babhūvatuḥ //

### [2.5.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.157)

etaddhi kathitaṃsarva mayā yuṣmākamadya vai /  
aṃbarīṣasya māhātmyaṃ māyāvitvaṃ ca vai hareḥ //

### [2.5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.158)

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi śrāvayedvāpi mānavaḥ /  
māyāṃ visṛjya puṇyātmā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati //

### [2.5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.159)

idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ vedairudīritam /  
sāyaṃ prātaḥ paṭhennityaṃ viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnuyāt //

### [2.5.159.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.5.159.p1)

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge śrīmatyākhyānaṃ nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śivatosaṇī Liṅgapurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga!ganesa.137.84) — Gaṇeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika.3.2658) — Sanskrit
- [Adbhutarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.adbhuta.2.4) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit
- [Puruṣārthasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.purusarthasudhanidhi.63.3) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- [Ānandarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.ananda.108.94) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit

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