Chapter 22
अध्यायः 22
Pūrvabhāga (Part I), Chapter 22
Shlokas (28)
+ Add ShlokaCreation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 1
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.1
अत्यन्तावनतौ दृष्ट्वा मधुपिङ्गायतेक्षणः। प्रहृष्टवदनो ऽत्यर्थम अभवत्सत्यकीर्तनात।।
atyantāvanatau dṛṣṭvā madhupiṅgāyatekṣaṇaḥ| prahṛṣṭavadano 'tyartham abhavatsatyakīrtanāt||
Sūta said: On seeing both of them extremely humble, the lord of Umā with eyes tawny as honey, was much delighted, thanks to the exposition of truth. The three-eyed, the pināka-bearing, and the trident-holder lord Śiva, the destroyer of Dakṣa’s sacrifice became very glad.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 2
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.2
उमापतिर्विरूपाक्षो दक्षयज्ञविनाशनः। पिनाकी खण्डपरशुः सुप्रीतस्तु त्रिलोचनः।।
umāpatirvirūpākṣo dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ| pinākī khaṇḍaparaśuḥ suprītastu trilocanaḥ||
Sūta said: On seeing both of them extremely humble, the lord of Umā with eyes tawny as honey, was much delighted, thanks to the exposition of truth. The three-eyed, the pināka-bearing, and the trident-holder lord Śiva, the destroyer of Dakṣa’s sacrifice became very glad.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 3
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.3
ततः स भगवान्देवः श्रुत्वा वागमृतं तयोः। जानन्नपि महादेवः क्रीडापूर्वमथाब्रवीत।।
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ śrutvā vāgamṛtaṃ tayoḥ| jānannapi mahādevaḥ krīḍāpūrvamathābravīt||
Sūta said: On hearing their nectar like words lord Śiva sportingly asked them though he knew their intentions.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 4
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.4
कौ भवन्तौ महात्मानौ परस्परहितैषिणौ। समेतावंबुजाभक्षाव अस्मिन घोरे महाप्लवे।।
kau bhavantau mahātmānau parasparahitaiṣiṇau| sametāvaṃbujābhakṣāv asmin ghore mahāplave||
Sūta said: “Who are you noble souls eagerly yearning for each other’s welfare? You lotus-eyed ones have somehow met together in this terribly extensive flood.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 5
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.5
तावूचतुर्महात्मानौ संनिरीक्ष्य परस्परम। भगवान किं तु यत्ते ऽद्य न विज्ञानं त्वया विभो।।
tāvūcaturmahātmānau saṃnirīkṣya parasparam| bhagavān kiṃ tu yatte 'dya na vijñānaṃ tvayā vibho||
Sūta said: “Who are you noble souls eagerly yearning for each other’s welfare? You lotus-eyed ones have somehow met together in this terribly extensive flood.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 6
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.6
विभो रुद्र महामाय इच्छया वां कृतौ त्वया। तयोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा अभिनन्द्याभिमान्य च।।
vibho rudra mahāmāya icchayā vāṃ kṛtau tvayā| tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā abhinandyābhimānya ca||
Sūta said: “Who are you noble souls eagerly yearning for each other’s welfare? You lotus-eyed ones have somehow met together in this terribly extensive flood.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 7
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.7
उवाच भगवान्देवो मधुरं श्लक्ष्णया गिरा। भो भो हिरण्यगर्भ त्वां त्वां च कृष्ण ब्रवीम्यहम।।
uvāca bhagavāndevo madhuraṃ ślakṣṇayā girā| bho bho hiraṇyagarbha tvāṃ tvāṃ ca kṛṣṇa bravīmyaham||
Sūta said: “Who are you noble souls eagerly yearning for each other’s welfare? You lotus-eyed ones have somehow met together in this terribly extensive flood.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 8
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.8
प्रीतो ऽहमनया भक्त्या शाश्वताक्षरयुक्तया। भवन्तौ हृदयस्यास्य मम हृद्यतरावुभौ।।
prīto 'hamanayā bhaktyā śāśvatākṣarayuktayā| bhavantau hṛdayasyāsya mama hṛdyatarāvubhau||
Sūta said: I am delighted by your devotion couched in words of perpetual value. Both of you are endearing to my heart.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 9
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.9
युवाभ्यां किं ददाम्यद्य वराणां वरमीप्सितम। अथोवाच महाभागो विष्णुर्भवमिदं वचः।।
yuvābhyāṃ kiṃ dadāmyadya varāṇāṃ varamīpsitam| athovāca mahābhāgo viṣṇurbhavamidaṃ vacaḥ||
Sūta said: What shall I give you now? Which is sweeter boon you desire?” Then the blessed lord Viṣṇu spoke to lord Śiva:
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 10
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.10
सर्वं मम कृतं देव परितुष्टो ऽसि मे यदि। त्वयि मे सुप्रतिष्ठा तु भक्तिर्भवतु शङ्करः।।
sarvaṃ mama kṛtaṃ deva parituṣṭo 'si me yadi| tvayi me supratiṣṭhā tu bhaktirbhavatu śaṅkaraḥ||
Sūta said: O lord! everything has been granted by you. If you are so pleased with me, O lord! grant that my devotion for you remains stable.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 11
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.11
एवमुक्तस्तु विज्ञाय संभावयत केशवम। प्रददौ च महादेवो भक्तिं निजपदांबुजे।।
evamuktastu vijñāya saṃbhāvayata keśavam| pradadau ca mahādevo bhaktiṃ nijapadāṃbuje||
Sūta said: On being requested thus lord Śiva realised it. He honoured Viṣṇu and granted him devotion to his lotus-feet.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 12
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.12
भवान्सर्वस्य लोकस्य कर्ता त्वमधिदैवतम। तदेवं स्वस्ति ते वत्स गमिष्याम्यंबुजेक्षण।।
bhavānsarvasya lokasya kartā tvamadhidaivatam| tadevaṃ svasti te vatsa gamiṣyāmyaṃbujekṣaṇa||
Sūta said: “You are the creator of this world. You are its presiding deity. Hail unto you, O dear, O lotus-eyed lord, I shall go (now)
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 13
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.13
एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान ब्रह्माणं चापि शङ्करः। अनुगृह्यास्पृशद्देवो ब्रह्माणं परमेश्वरः।।
evamuktvā tu bhagavān brahmāṇaṃ cāpi śaṅkaraḥ| anugṛhyāspṛśaddevo brahmāṇaṃ parameśvaraḥ||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 14
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.14
कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च प्राह हृष्टतरः स्वयम। मत्समस्त्वं न संदेहो वत्स भक्तश च मे भवान।।
karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca prāha hṛṣṭataraḥ svayam| matsamastvaṃ na saṃdeho vatsa bhaktaś ca me bhavān||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 15
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.15
स्वस्त्यस्तु ते गमिष्यामि संज्ञा भवतु सुव्रत। एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवांस ततो ऽन्तर्धानमीश्वरः।।
svastyastu te gamiṣyāmi saṃjñā bhavatu suvrata| evamuktvā tu bhagavāṃs tato 'ntardhānamīśvaraḥ||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 16
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.16
गतवान गणपो देवः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः। अवाप्य संज्ञां गोविन्दात पद्मयोनिः पितामहः।।
gatavān gaṇapo devaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ| avāpya saṃjñāṃ govindāt padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 17
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.17
प्रजाः स्रष्टुमनाश्चक्रे तप उग्रं पितामहः। तस्यैवं तप्यमानस्य न किंचित समवर्तत।।
prajāḥ sraṣṭumanāścakre tapa ugraṃ pitāmahaḥ| tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya na kiṃcit samavartata||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 18
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.18
ततो दीर्घेण कालेन दुःखात्क्रोधो ह्यजायत। क्रोधाविष्टस्य नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रुबिन्दवः।।
tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥkhātkrodho hyajāyata| krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubindavaḥ||
Sūta said: After a great deal of time his misery turned into anger. From the eyes overwhelmed with anger drops of tears fell down.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 19
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.19
ततस्तेभ्यो ऽश्रुबिन्दुभ्यो वातपित्तकफात्मकाः। महाभागा महासत्त्वाः स्वस्तिकैरप्यलंकृताः।।
tatastebhyo 'śrubindubhyo vātapittakaphātmakāḥ| mahābhāgā mahāsattvāḥ svastikairapyalaṃkṛtāḥ||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 20
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.20
प्रकीर्णकेशाः सर्पास्ते प्रादुर्भूता महाविषाः। सर्पांस्तानग्रजान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मात्मानम अनिन्दयत।।
prakīrṇakeśāḥ sarpāste prādurbhūtā mahāviṣāḥ| sarpāṃstānagrajāndṛṣṭvā brahmātmānam anindayat||
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Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 21
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.21
अहो धिक तपसो मह्यं फलमीदृशकं यदि। लोकवैनाशिकी जज्ञे आदावेव प्रजा मम।।
aho dhik tapaso mahyaṃ phalamīdṛśakaṃ yadi| lokavaināśikī jajñe ādāveva prajā mama||
Sūta said: O fie upon the fruit of my penance of this sort, if it were to be like this. Even in the beginning, my progeny has become the destroyer of the world.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 22
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.22
तस्य तीव्राभवन्मूर्च्छा क्रोधामर्षसमुद्भवा। मूर्च्छाभिपरितापेन जहौ प्राणान्प्रजापतिः।।
tasya tīvrābhavanmūrcchā krodhāmarṣasamudbhavā| mūrcchābhiparitāpena jahau prāṇānprajāpatiḥ||
Sūta said: Originating from anger and fury a severe loss of sense overwhelmed him. Out of the distress resulting from his loss of sense, he lost his life.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 23
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.23
तस्याप्रतिमवीर्यस्य देहात्कारुण्यपूर्वकम। अथैकादश ते रुद्रा रुदन्तो ऽभ्यक्रमंस तथा।।
tasyāpratimavīryasya dehātkāruṇyapūrvakam| athaikādaśa te rudrā rudanto 'bhyakramaṃs tathā||
Sūta said: From the body of Brahmā of unequalled valour, the eleven Rudras[1] sprang up crying, out of sympathy and mercy.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 24
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.24
रोदनात्खलु रुद्रत्वं तेषु वै समजायत। ये रुद्रास्ते खलु प्राणा ये प्राणास्ते तदात्मकाः।।
rodanātkhalu rudratvaṃ teṣu vai samajāyata| ye rudrāste khalu prāṇā ye prāṇāste tadātmakāḥ||
Sūta said: They became known as Rudras due to their crying. The Rudras and the prāṇas are identical with each other.
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 25
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.25
प्राणाः प्राणवतां ज्ञेयाः सर्वभूतेष्ववस्थिताः। अत्युग्रस्य महत्त्वस्य साधुराचरितस्य च।।
prāṇāḥ prāṇavatāṃ jñeyāḥ sarvabhūteṣvavasthitāḥ| atyugrasya mahattvasya sādhurācaritasya ca||
Sūta said: The prāṇas are stationed in all living beings. The trident-bearing lord Śiva who enforces strict discipline granted him life again. After obtaining life, lord Brahmā saluted lord Śiva, the lord of Devas. By means of Gāyatrī he perceived him as identical with the universe. On seeing and eulogizing him as such, Brahmā was struck with wonder. Bowing to him again and again, he proclaimed: “O lord! how is it that you have assumed such forms as Sadyojāta and others.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 26
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.26
प्राणांस्तस्य ददौ भूयस त्रिशूली नीललोहितः। लब्ध्वासून भगवान्ब्रह्म देवदेवमुमापतिम।।
prāṇāṃstasya dadau bhūyas triśūlī nīlalohitaḥ| labdhvāsūn bhagavānbrahma devadevamumāpatim||
Sūta said: The prāṇas are stationed in all living beings. The trident-bearing lord Śiva who enforces strict discipline granted him life again. After obtaining life, lord Brahmā saluted lord Śiva, the lord of Devas. By means of Gāyatrī he perceived him as identical with the universe. On seeing and eulogizing him as such, Brahmā was struck with wonder. Bowing to him again and again, he proclaimed: “O lord! how is it that you have assumed such forms as Sadyojāta and others.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 27
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.27
प्रणम्य संस्थितो ऽपश्यद गायत्र्या विश्वमीश्वरम। सर्वलोकमयं देवं दृष्ट्वा स्तुत्वा पितामहः।।
praṇamya saṃsthito 'paśyad gāyatryā viśvamīśvaram| sarvalokamayaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā stutvā pitāmahaḥ||
Sūta said: The prāṇas are stationed in all living beings. The trident-bearing lord Śiva who enforces strict discipline granted him life again. After obtaining life, lord Brahmā saluted lord Śiva, the lord of Devas. By means of Gāyatrī he perceived him as identical with the universe. On seeing and eulogizing him as such, Brahmā was struck with wonder. Bowing to him again and again, he proclaimed: “O lord! how is it that you have assumed such forms as Sadyojāta and others.”
Creation of Rudras (rudrotpatti) - Verse 28
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22.28
ततो विस्मयमापन्नः प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः। उवाच वचनं शर्वं सद्यादित्वं कथं विभो।।
tato vismayamāpannaḥ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ| uvāca vacanaṃ śarvaṃ sadyāditvaṃ kathaṃ vibho||
Sūta said: The prāṇas are stationed in all living beings. The trident-bearing lord Śiva who enforces strict discipline granted him life again. After obtaining life, lord Brahmā saluted lord Śiva, the lord of Devas. By means of Gāyatrī he perceived him as identical with the universe. On seeing and eulogizing him as such, Brahmā was struck with wonder. Bowing to him again and again, he proclaimed: “O lord! how is it that you have assumed such forms as Sadyojāta and others.”