Chapter 29
अध्यायः 29
Pūrvabhāga (Part I), Chapter 29
Shlokas (83)
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.1
इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि पुरा दारुवने विभो। प्रवृत्तं तद्वनस्थानां तपसा भावितात्मनाम।।
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi purā dāruvane vibho| pravṛttaṃ tadvanasthānāṃ tapasā bhāvitātmanām||
Sanatkumāra said: O holy lord, now I wish to know what was committed by the dwellers of the Dāruvana, those persons who had purified their souls by means of penance. How did Rudra the naked lord of sublimated sexuality assume a hideous form and go to Dāru forest? What did that great soul do there? Please recount factually the activities of that lord of Devas.
Victory over Death - Verse 2
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.2
कथं दारुवनं प्राप्तो भगवान्नीललोहितः। विकृतं रूपमास्थाय चोर्ध्वरेता दिगम्बरः।।
kathaṃ dāruvanaṃ prāpto bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ| vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthāya cordhvaretā digambaraḥ||
Sanatkumāra said: O holy lord, now I wish to know what was committed by the dwellers of the Dāruvana, those persons who had purified their souls by means of penance. How did Rudra the naked lord of sublimated sexuality assume a hideous form and go to Dāru forest? What did that great soul do there? Please recount factually the activities of that lord of Devas.
Victory over Death - Verse 3
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.3
किं प्रवृत्तं वने तस्मिन रुद्रस्य परमात्मनः। वक्तुमर्हसि तत्त्वेन देवदेवस्य चेष्टितम।।
kiṃ pravṛttaṃ vane tasmin rudrasya paramātmanaḥ| vaktumarhasi tattvena devadevasya ceṣṭitam||
Sanatkumāra said: O holy lord, now I wish to know what was committed by the dwellers of the Dāruvana, those persons who had purified their souls by means of penance. How did Rudra the naked lord of sublimated sexuality assume a hideous form and go to Dāru forest? What did that great soul do there? Please recount factually the activities of that lord of Devas.
Victory over Death - Verse 4
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.4
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा श्रुतिसारविदां वरः। शिलादसूनुर्भगवान प्राह किंचिद्भवं हसन।।
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śrutisāravidāṃ varaḥ| śilādasūnurbhagavān prāha kiṃcidbhavaṃ hasan||
Sūta said: On hearing his words Nandin, the most excellent among the knowers of the Vedas, said after remembering Śiva and smiling a little.
Victory over Death - Verse 5
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.5
मुनयो दारुगहने तपस्तेपुः सुदारुणम। तुष्ट्यर्थं देवदेवस्य सदारतनयाग्नयः।।
munayo dārugahane tapastepuḥ sudāruṇam| tuṣṭyarthaṃ devadevasya sadāratanayāgnayaḥ||
Nandin said: In order to propitiate the lord of Devas, the sages performed a terrible penance in the Dāru forest.[1] They were accompanied by their wives, sons and sacrificial fires.
Victory over Death - Verse 6
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.6
तुष्टो रुद्रो जगन्नाथश चेकितानो वृषध्वजः। धूर्जटिः परमेशानो भगवान्नीललोहितः।।
tuṣṭo rudro jagannāthaś cekitāno vṛṣadhvajaḥ| dhūrjaṭiḥ parameśāno bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ||
Nandin said: Rudra, the lord of the universe, the bull-emblemed omniscient deity known as Nīlalohita, Dhūrjaṭi and Parameśāna was delighted.
Victory over Death - Verse 7
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.7
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं ज्ञानं ज्ञातुं दारुवनौकसाम। परीक्षार्थं जगन्नाथः श्रद्धया क्रीडया च सः।।
pravṛttilakṣaṇaṃ jñānaṃ jñātuṃ dāruvanaukasām| parīkṣārthaṃ jagannāthaḥ śraddhayā krīḍayā ca saḥ||
Nandin said: The lord of the universe, Rudra,[2] wanted to test the sincerity of the dwellers of the Dāru forest in respect of their sacrificial rites. He wanted to turn their minds from the observance of sacrificial rites to the path of renunciation. Thus in order to test their faith, and sportively too, he assumed a deformed but attractive appearance. He had three eyes and two hands. He was nude, and dark in complexion.
Victory over Death - Verse 8
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.8
निवृत्तिलक्षणज्ञान- प्रतिष्ठार्थं च शङ्करः। देवदारुवनस्थानां प्रवृत्तिज्ञानचेतसाम।।
nivṛttilakṣaṇajñāna- pratiṣṭhārthaṃ ca śaṅkaraḥ| devadāruvanasthānāṃ pravṛttijñānacetasām||
Nandin said: The lord of the universe, Rudra,[2] wanted to test the sincerity of the dwellers of the Dāru forest in respect of their sacrificial rites. He wanted to turn their minds from the observance of sacrificial rites to the path of renunciation. Thus in order to test their faith, and sportively too, he assumed a deformed but attractive appearance. He had three eyes and two hands. He was nude, and dark in complexion.
Victory over Death - Verse 9
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.9
विकृतं रूपमास्थाय दिग्वासा विषमेक्षणः। मुग्धो द्विहस्तः कृष्णाङ्गो दिव्यं दारुवनं ययौ।।
vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthāya digvāsā viṣamekṣaṇaḥ| mugdho dvihastaḥ kṛṣṇāṅgo divyaṃ dāruvanaṃ yayau||
Nandin said: The lord of the universe, Rudra,[2] wanted to test the sincerity of the dwellers of the Dāru forest in respect of their sacrificial rites. He wanted to turn their minds from the observance of sacrificial rites to the path of renunciation. Thus in order to test their faith, and sportively too, he assumed a deformed but attractive appearance. He had three eyes and two hands. He was nude, and dark in complexion.
Victory over Death - Verse 10
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.10
मन्दस्मितं च भगवान स्त्रीणां मनसिजोद्भवम। भ्रूविलासं च गानं च चकारातीव सुंदरः।।
mandasmitaṃ ca bhagavān strīṇāṃ manasijodbhavam| bhrūvilāsaṃ ca gānaṃ ca cakārātīva suṃdaraḥ||
Nandin said: Even in this form he was extremely handsome. He was smiling and singing, with seductive play of his eyebrows, thereby creating feelings of love in the hearts of women.
Victory over Death - Verse 11
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.11
संप्रोक्ष्य नारीवृन्दं वै मुहुर्मुहुरनङ्गहा। अनङ्गवृद्धिम अकरोद अतीव मधुराकृतिः।।
saṃprokṣya nārīvṛndaṃ vai muhurmuhuranaṅgahā| anaṅgavṛddhim akarod atīva madhurākṛtiḥ||
Nandin said: He the destroyer of cupid, the lord of extremely handsome features increased their sexual feelings.
Victory over Death - Verse 12
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.12
वने तं पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा विकृतं नीललोहितम। स्त्रियः पतिव्रताश्चापि तमेवान्वयुरादरात।।
vane taṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtaṃ nīlalohitam| striyaḥ pativratāścāpi tamevānvayurādarāt||
Nandin said: On seeing a man of deformed features, black-red (in colour), even the chaste women followed him with great enthusiasm.
Victory over Death - Verse 13
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.13
वनोटजद्वारगताश च नार्यो विस्रस्तवस्त्राभरणा विचेष्टाः। लब्ध्वा स्मितं तस्य मुखारविन्दाद द्रुमालयस्थास तम अथान्वयुस्ताः।।
vanoṭajadvāragatāś ca nāryo visrastavastrābharaṇā viceṣṭāḥ| labdhvā smitaṃ tasya mukhāravindād drumālayasthās tam athānvayustāḥ||
Nandin said: On receiving the gesture of a smile from his lotuslike face the women who had gathered at the threshold of huts in the forest or who stayed on the huts above trees, stopped all other activities and followed him not caring for their loosened garments and ornaments.
Victory over Death - Verse 14
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.14
दृष्ट्वा काश्चिद्भवं नार्यो मदघूर्णितलोचनाः। विलासबाह्यास्ताश्चापि भ्रूविलासं प्रचक्रिरे।।
dṛṣṭvā kāścidbhavaṃ nāryo madaghūrṇitalocanāḥ| vilāsabāhyāstāścāpi bhrūvilāsaṃ pracakrire||
Nandin said: Some of these women, on seeing him felt their eyes reeling due to excitement. Even the old women who were beyond the age of seductive charms of the eye-brow began to display their amorous gestures.
Victory over Death - Verse 15
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.15
अथ दृष्ट्वापरा नार्यः किंचित प्रहसिताननाः। किंचिद विस्रस्तवसनाः स्रस्तकाञ्चीगुणा जगुः।।
atha dṛṣṭvāparā nāryaḥ kiṃcit prahasitānanāḥ| kiṃcid visrastavasanāḥ srastakāñcīguṇā jaguḥ||
Nandin said: On seeing him some women wore smiling faces. With their garments loosened a little, and with their waist bands dislodged they began to sing.
Victory over Death - Verse 16
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.16
काश्चित्तदा तं विपिने तु दृष्ट्वा विप्राङ्गनाः स्रस्तनवांशुकं वा। स्वान्स्वान्विचित्रान वलयान्प्रविध्य मदान्विता बन्धुजनांश च जग्मुः।।
kāścittadā taṃ vipine tu dṛṣṭvā viprāṅganāḥ srastanavāṃśukaṃ vā| svānsvānvicitrān valayānpravidhya madānvitā bandhujanāṃś ca jagmuḥ||
Nandin said: Some brahmin ladies on seeing him in the forest found that their own fresh silken garments had got loosened. They cast off their bangles of diverse colours and went to their kinsmen.
Victory over Death - Verse 17
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.17
काचित्तदा तं न विवेद दृष्ट्वा विवासना स्रस्तमहांशुका च। शाखाविचित्रान विटपान्प्रसिद्धान मदान्विता बन्धुजनांस्तथान्याः।।
kācittadā taṃ na viveda dṛṣṭvā vivāsanā srastamahāṃśukā ca| śākhāvicitrān viṭapānprasiddhān madānvitā bandhujanāṃstathānyāḥ||
Nandin said: One of them, on seeing him did not know that her upper and lower garments had stripped off. Others in their excitement could not distinguish between their kinsmen and the multi-branched trees though they were familiar.
Victory over Death - Verse 18
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.18
काश्चिज्जगुस्तं ननृतुर निपेतुश च धरातले। निषेदुर्गजवच्चान्या प्रोवाच द्विजपुङ्गवाः।।
kāścijjagustaṃ nanṛtur nipetuś ca dharātale| niṣedurgajavaccānyā provāca dvijapuṅgavāḥ||
Nandin said: Some sang; some danced; some fell and rolled down on the ground. O leading brahmin, another lady sat on the ground like an elephant and began to talk aloud. Looking smilingly they began to embrace one another all round. After stopping Rudra on his way they began to show all shrewd gestures.
Victory over Death - Verse 19
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.19
अन्योन्यं सस्मितं प्रेक्ष्य चालिलिङ्गुः समन्ततः। निरुध्य मार्गं रुद्रस्य नैपुणानि प्रचक्रिरे।।
anyonyaṃ sasmitaṃ prekṣya cāliliṅguḥ samantataḥ| nirudhya mārgaṃ rudrasya naipuṇāni pracakrire||
Nandin said: Some sang; some danced; some fell and rolled down on the ground. O leading brahmin, another lady sat on the ground like an elephant and began to talk aloud. Looking smilingly they began to embrace one another all round. After stopping Rudra on his way they began to show all shrewd gestures.
Victory over Death - Verse 20
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.20
को भवानिति चाहुस्तं आस्यतामिति चापराः। कुत्रेत्यथ प्रसीदेति जजल्पुः प्रीतमानसाः।।
ko bhavāniti cāhustaṃ āsyatāmiti cāparāḥ| kutretyatha prasīdeti jajalpuḥ prītamānasāḥ||
Nandin said: They asked, “who are you?”
Victory over Death - Verse 21
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.21
विपरीता निपेतुर्वै विस्रस्तांशुकमूर्धजाः। पतिव्रताः पतीनां तु संनिधौ भवमायया।।
viparītā nipeturvai visrastāṃśukamūrdhajāḥ| pativratāḥ patīnāṃ tu saṃnidhau bhavamāyayā||
Nandin said: Due to the Māyā of Rudra even the chaste ladies fell down in an awkward posture with their clothes loosened and their tresses dishevelled, in the very presence of their husbands.
Victory over Death - Verse 22
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.22
दृष्ट्वा श्रुत्वा भवस्तासां चेष्टावाक्यानि चाव्ययः। शुभं वाप्यशुभं वापि नोक्तवान्परमेश्वरः।।
dṛṣṭvā śrutvā bhavastāsāṃ ceṣṭāvākyāni cāvyayaḥ| śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi noktavānparameśvaraḥ||
Nandin said: Even after hearing their words and seeing their diverse activities, the unchanging lord Rudra did not utter anything, good or bad.
Victory over Death - Verse 23
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.23
दृष्ट्वा नारीकुलं विप्रास तथाभूतं च शङ्करम। अतीव परुषं वाक्यं जजल्पुस्ते मुनीश्वराः।।
dṛṣṭvā nārīkulaṃ viprās tathābhūtaṃ ca śaṅkaram| atīva paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ jajalpuste munīśvarāḥ||
Nandin said: On seeing the crowd of women and Rudra in this situation the brahmins, the leading sages began to say harsh words.
Victory over Death - Verse 24
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.24
तपांसि तेषां सर्वेषां प्रत्याहन्यन्त शङ्करे। यथादित्यप्रकाशेन तारका नभसि स्थिताः।।
tapāṃsi teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ pratyāhanyanta śaṅkare| yathādityaprakāśena tārakā nabhasi sthitāḥ||
Nandin said: Their powers of austerity were ineffective against Rudra in the same manner as the lustre of the stars in the sky against the refulgence of the sun.
Victory over Death - Verse 25
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.25
श्रूयते ऋषिशापेन ब्रह्मणस्तु महात्मनः। समृद्धश्रेयसां योनिर यज्ञा वै नाशमाप्तवान।।
śrūyate ṛṣiśāpena brahmaṇastu mahātmanaḥ| samṛddhaśreyasāṃ yonir yajñā vai nāśamāptavān||
Nandin said: (Such had been the spiritual prowess of the sages, formerly) that the sacrifice of the great-souled Brahmā perished due to the curse of a sage, even though the sacrifice was meant for general welfare.
Victory over Death - Verse 26
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.26
भृगोर अपि च शापेन विष्णुः परमवीर्यवान। प्रादुर्भावान्दश प्राप्तो दुःखितश च सदा कृतः।।
bhṛgor api ca śāpena viṣṇuḥ paramavīryavān| prādurbhāvāndaśa prāpto duḥkhitaś ca sadā kṛtaḥ||
Nandin said: Due to the curse of Bhṛgu, Viṣṇu of great prowess was compelled to take ten incarnations and undergo suffering in each incarnation.
Victory over Death - Verse 27
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.27
इन्द्रस्यापि च धर्मज्ञ छिन्नं सवृषणं पुरा। ऋषिणा गौतमेनोर्व्यां क्रुद्धेन विनिपातितम।।
indrasyāpi ca dharmajña chinnaṃ savṛṣaṇaṃ purā| ṛṣiṇā gautamenorvyāṃ kruddhena vinipātitam||
Nandin said: O knower of Dharma, Indra’s organ too was cut and cast off by the infuriated sage Gautama.
Victory over Death - Verse 28
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.28
गर्भवासो वसूनां च शापेन विहितस तथा। ऋषीणां चैव शापेन नहुषः सर्पतां गतः।।
garbhavāso vasūnāṃ ca śāpena vihitas tathā| ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva śāpena nahuṣaḥ sarpatāṃ gataḥ||
Nandin said: The Vasus had to prolong their stay in the womb by a brahmin’s curse. Nahuṣa was turned into a serpent by the curse of sages.[3]
Victory over Death - Verse 29
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.29
क्षीरोदश च समुद्रो ऽसौ निवासः सर्वदा हरेः। द्वितीयश्चामृताधारो ह्य अपेयो ब्राह्मणैः कृतः।।
kṣīrodaś ca samudro 'sau nivāsaḥ sarvadā hareḥ| dvitīyaścāmṛtādhāro hy apeyo brāhmaṇaiḥ kṛtaḥ||
Nandin said: The milk ocean was dried by the curse of brahmins though it was the perpetual abode of Viṣṇu. The watery ocean was made unfit for drinking by the brahmins’ curse.
Victory over Death - Verse 30
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.30
अविमुक्तेश्वरं प्राप्य वाराणस्यां जनार्दनः। क्षीरेण चाभिषिच्येशं देवदेवं त्रियंबकम।।
avimukteśvaraṃ prāpya vārāṇasyāṃ janārdanaḥ| kṣīreṇa cābhiṣicyeśaṃ devadevaṃ triyaṃbakam||
Nandin said: In order to atone for this Viṣṇu went to Vārāṇasī[4] and resorted to the lord of Avimukta.[5] He performed the ablution of the three-eyed lord, the lord of Devas, with milk. With unswerving devotion, he, together with Brahmā and the sages, sprinkled Śiva with milk which coming in contact with the body of the lord became nectarlike and filled the ocean wherein lord Viṣṇu made his residential abode.
Victory over Death - Verse 31
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.31
श्रद्धया परया युक्तो देहाश्लेषामृतेन वै। निषिक्तेन स्वयं देवः क्षीरेण मधुसूदनः।।
śraddhayā parayā yukto dehāśleṣāmṛtena vai| niṣiktena svayaṃ devaḥ kṣīreṇa madhusūdanaḥ||
Nandin said: In order to atone for this Viṣṇu went to Vārāṇasī[4] and resorted to the lord of Avimukta.[5] He performed the ablution of the three-eyed lord, the lord of Devas, with milk. With unswerving devotion, he, together with Brahmā and the sages, sprinkled Śiva with milk which coming in contact with the body of the lord became nectarlike and filled the ocean wherein lord Viṣṇu made his residential abode.
Victory over Death - Verse 32
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.32
सेचयित्वाथ भगवान ब्रह्मणा मुनिभिः समम। क्षीरोदं पूर्ववच्चक्रे निवासं चात्मनः प्रभुः।।
secayitvātha bhagavān brahmaṇā munibhiḥ samam| kṣīrodaṃ pūrvavaccakre nivāsaṃ cātmanaḥ prabhuḥ||
Nandin said: In order to atone for this Viṣṇu went to Vārāṇasī[4] and resorted to the lord of Avimukta.[5] He performed the ablution of the three-eyed lord, the lord of Devas, with milk. With unswerving devotion, he, together with Brahmā and the sages, sprinkled Śiva with milk which coming in contact with the body of the lord became nectarlike and filled the ocean wherein lord Viṣṇu made his residential abode.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.33
धर्मश्चैव तथा शप्तो माण्डव्येन महात्मना। वृष्णयश्चैव कृष्णेन दुर्वासाद्यैर्महात्मभिः।।
dharmaścaiva tathā śapto māṇḍavyena mahātmanā| vṛṣṇayaścaiva kṛṣṇena durvāsādyairmahātmabhiḥ||
Nandin said: Dharma had been cursed by the noble sage Māṇḍavya. The Vṛṣṇis along with Kṛṣṇa had been cursed by Durvāsas and other noble sages.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.34
राघवः सानुजश चापि दुर्वासेन महात्मना। श्रीवत्सश च मुनेः पाद पतनात्तस्य धीमतः।।
rāghavaḥ sānujaś cāpi durvāsena mahātmanā| śrīvatsaś ca muneḥ pāda patanāttasya dhīmataḥ||
Nandin said: Rāma and his younger brother Lakṣmaṇa had been cursed by the noble sage Durvāsas. Lord Viṣṇu was even kicked by the sage Bhṛgu.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.35
एते चान्ये च बहवो विप्राणां वशमागताः। वर्जयित्वा विरूपाक्षं देवदेवमुमापतिम।।
ete cānye ca bahavo viprāṇāṃ vaśamāgatāḥ| varjayitvā virūpākṣaṃ devadevamumāpatim||
Nandin said: These and many others, except the odd-eyed lord of Umā, the overlord of Devas had been made subservient by the brahmins.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.36
एवं हि मोहितास्तेन नावबुध्यन्त शङ्करम। अत्युग्रवचनं प्रोचुश चोग्रो ऽप्यन्तरधीयत।।
evaṃ hi mohitāstena nāvabudhyanta śaṅkaram| atyugravacanaṃ procuś cogro 'pyantaradhīyata||
Nandin said: Thus deluded the sages of Dāruvana did not understand Rudra[6]. They spoke harsh words to Rudra who thereupon disappeared.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.37
ते ऽपि दारुवनात्तस्मात प्रातः संविग्नमानसाः। पितामहं महात्मानम आसीनं परमासने।।
te 'pi dāruvanāttasmāt prātaḥ saṃvignamānasāḥ| pitāmahaṃ mahātmānam āsīnaṃ paramāsane||
Nandin said: In the morning all those sages with perplexed minds and blurred thinking went from Dāruvana to Brahmā of noble soul who was seated in the highest seat. They informed him about what had happened in that holy Dāru forest.
Victory over Death - Verse 38
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.38
गत्वा विज्ञापयामासुः प्रवृत्तमखिलं विभोः। शुभे दारुवने तस्मिन मुनयः क्षीणचेतसः।।
gatvā vijñāpayāmāsuḥ pravṛttamakhilaṃ vibhoḥ| śubhe dāruvane tasmin munayaḥ kṣīṇacetasaḥ||
Nandin said: In the morning all those sages with perplexed minds and blurred thinking went from Dāruvana to Brahmā of noble soul who was seated in the highest seat. They informed him about what had happened in that holy Dāru forest.
Victory over Death - Verse 39
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.39
सो ऽपि संचिन्त्य मनसा क्षणादेव पितामहः। तेषां प्रवृत्तमखिलं पुण्ये दारुवने पुरा।।
so 'pi saṃcintya manasā kṣaṇādeva pitāmahaḥ| teṣāṃ pravṛttamakhilaṃ puṇye dāruvane purā||
Nandin said: Pondering over everything in his mind Brahmā understood what they did in the holy Dāru forest. He stood up with palms joined in reverence and bowed to Rudra. He then spoke hurriedly to the sages who had their abodes in Dāru forest.
Victory over Death - Verse 40
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.40
उत्थाय प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा प्रणिपत्य भवाय च। उवाच सत्वरं ब्रह्मा मुनीन्दारुवनालयान।।
utthāya prāñjalirbhūtvā praṇipatya bhavāya ca| uvāca satvaraṃ brahmā munīndāruvanālayān||
Nandin said: Pondering over everything in his mind Brahmā understood what they did in the holy Dāru forest. He stood up with palms joined in reverence and bowed to Rudra. He then spoke hurriedly to the sages who had their abodes in Dāru forest.
Victory over Death - Verse 41
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.41
धिग युष्मान प्राप्तनिधनान महानिधिम अनुत्तमम। वृथाकृतं यतो विप्रा युष्माभिर भाग्यवर्जितैः।।
dhig yuṣmān prāptanidhanān mahānidhim anuttamam| vṛthākṛtaṃ yato viprā yuṣmābhir bhāgyavarjitaiḥ||
Nandin said: Fie upon you all who had attained excellent treasure,[7] O brahmins, but had unluckily wasted it.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.42
यस्तु दारुवने तस्मिंल लिङ्गी दृष्टो ऽप्यलिङ्गिभिः। युष्माभिर विकृताकारः स एव परमेश्वरः।।
yastu dāruvane tasmiṃl liṅgī dṛṣṭo 'pyaliṅgibhiḥ| yuṣmābhir vikṛtākāraḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ||
Nandin said: The man with a Liṅga who had been seen by you all without Liṅgas, the person of deformed features was the supreme lord himself
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.43
गृहस्थैश च न निन्द्यास्तु सदा ह्यतिथयो द्विजाः। विरूपाश च सुरूपाश च मलिनाश्चाप्यपण्डिताः।।
gṛhasthaiś ca na nindyāstu sadā hyatithayo dvijāḥ| virūpāś ca surūpāś ca malināścāpyapaṇḍitāḥ||
Nandin said: O brahmins, never should the guests be dishonoured by the householder even if they happen to be deformed, dirty or illiterate.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.44
सुदर्शनेन मुनिना कालमृत्युरपि स्वयम। पुरा भूमौ द्विजाग्र्येण जितो ह्यतिथिपूजया।।
sudarśanena muninā kālamṛtyurapi svayam| purā bhūmau dvijāgryeṇa jito hyatithipūjayā||
Nandin said: Formerly, on this very same earth even Kala the God of death was defeated by the excellent brahmin sage Sudarśana through the adoration of a guest.
Victory over Death - Verse 45
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.45
अन्यथा नास्ति संतर्तुं गृहस्थैश च द्विजोत्तमैः। त्यक्त्वा चातिथिपूजां ताम आत्मनो भुवि शोधनम।।
anyathā nāsti saṃtartuṃ gṛhasthaiś ca dvijottamaiḥ| tyaktvā cātithipūjāṃ tām ātmano bhuvi śodhanam||
Nandin said: Excepting the adoration of the guests there is no mode of self-expiation in this world, for excellent brahmin householders; there is no other way to cross the ocean, of worldly existence.
Victory over Death - Verse 46
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.46
गृहस्थो ऽपि पुरा जेतुं सुदर्शन इति श्रुतः। प्रतिज्ञामकरोज्जायां भार्यामाह पतिव्रताम।।
gṛhastho 'pi purā jetuṃ sudarśana iti śrutaḥ| pratijñāmakarojjāyāṃ bhāryāmāha pativratām||
Nandin said: Formerly, a householder known as Sudarśana, vowed to conquer the God of Death.[8] He said to his chaste wife.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.47
सुव्रते सुभ्रु सुभगे शृणु सर्वं प्रयत्नतः। त्वया वै नावमन्तव्या गृहे ह्यतिथयः सदा।।
suvrate subhru subhage śṛṇu sarvaṃ prayatnataḥ| tvayā vai nāvamantavyā gṛhe hyatithayaḥ sadā||
Nandin said: “O lady of good holy rites, fine eye-brows and good fortune, listen to what I say, assiduously. Never should you dishonour the guests who visit your house.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.48
सर्व एव स्वयं साक्षाद अतिथिर्यत्पिनाकधृक। तस्मादतिथये दत्त्वा आत्मानमपि पूजय।।
sarva eva svayaṃ sākṣād atithiryatpinākadhṛk| tasmādatithaye dattvā ātmānamapi pūjaya||
Nandin said: Since everyone of the guests is the Pināka-bearing lord, you should dedicate even your self to the guest and adore him.
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.49
एवमुक्त्वाथ संतप्ता विवशा सा पतिव्रता। पतिमाह रुदन्ती च किमुक्तं भवता प्रभो।।
evamuktvātha saṃtaptā vivaśā sā pativratā| patimāha rudantī ca kimuktaṃ bhavatā prabho||
Nandin said: That chaste lady, on being urged thus, became extremely dejected. Helpless that she was, she wept and said to her husband—“O lord! please explain what you have just said.”
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.50
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा पुनः प्राह सुदर्शनः। देयं सर्वं शिवायार्ये शिव एवातिथिः स्वयम।।
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā punaḥ prāha sudarśanaḥ| deyaṃ sarvaṃ śivāyārye śiva evātithiḥ svayam||
Nandin said: On hearing her words Sudarśana said again—“O noble lady everything belongs to lord Śiva and since the Guest is lord Śiva himself, everything is his. Hence the guest should always be adored.”
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.51
तस्मात्सर्वे पूजनीयाः सर्वे ऽप्यतिथयः सदा। एवमुक्ता तदा भर्त्रा भार्या तस्य पतिव्रता।।
tasmātsarve pūjanīyāḥ sarve 'pyatithayaḥ sadā| evamuktā tadā bhartrā bhāryā tasya pativratā||
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.52
शेषामिवाज्ञामादाय मूर्ध्ना सा प्राचरत्तदा। परीक्षितुं तथा श्रद्धां तयोः साक्षाद द्विजोत्तमाः।।
śeṣāmivājñāmādāya mūrdhnā sā prācarattadā| parīkṣituṃ tathā śraddhāṃ tayoḥ sākṣād dvijottamāḥ||
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.53
धर्मो द्विजोत्तमो भूत्वा जगामाथ मुनेर्गृहम। तं दृष्ट्वा चार्चयामास सार्घ्याद्यैरनघा द्विजम।।
dharmo dvijottamo bhūtvā jagāmātha munergṛham| taṃ dṛṣṭvā cārcayāmāsa sārghyādyairanaghā dvijam||
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.54
सम्पूजितस्तया तां तु प्राह धर्मो द्विजः स्वयम। भद्रे कुतः पतिर्धीमांस तव भर्ता सुदर्शनः।।
sampūjitastayā tāṃ tu prāha dharmo dvijaḥ svayam| bhadre kutaḥ patirdhīmāṃs tava bhartā sudarśanaḥ||
Nandin said: Thus worshipped by her, Dharma disguised as a brahmin said—“O gentle lady where has your noble husband Sudarśana gone?
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.55
अन्नाद्यैरलमद्यार्ये स्वं दातुमिह चार्हसि। सा च लज्जावृता नारी स्मरन्ती कथितं पुरा।।
annādyairalamadyārye svaṃ dātumiha cārhasi| sā ca lajjāvṛtā nārī smarantī kathitaṃ purā||
Nandin said: O noble lady, enough of this cooked rice and other eatables! I say, you should dedicate yourself (to me)” Remembering what had been previously mentioned by her husband that chaste lady full of bashfulness and with closed eyes, began to move (towards him). Again she began saying. But then, all the same, she made up her mind to dedicate herself to Dharma[9] there itself at the behest of her own husband. In the meantime, Sudarśana, the husband of that lady, came to the threshold and called to her—“Come, come, O gentle lady? Where have you been?”
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Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.56
भर्त्रा न्यमीलयन्नेत्रे चचाल च पतिव्रता। किंचेत्याह पुनस्तं वै धर्मे चक्रे च सा मतिम।।
bhartrā nyamīlayannetre cacāla ca pativratā| kiṃcetyāha punastaṃ vai dharme cakre ca sā matim||
Nandin said: O noble lady, enough of this cooked rice and other eatables! I say, you should dedicate yourself (to me)” Remembering what had been previously mentioned by her husband that chaste lady full of bashfulness and with closed eyes, began to move (towards him). Again she began saying. But then, all the same, she made up her mind to dedicate herself to Dharma[9] there itself at the behest of her own husband. In the meantime, Sudarśana, the husband of that lady, came to the threshold and called to her—“Come, come, O gentle lady? Where have you been?”
Victory over Death - Verse 57
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.57
निवेदितुं किलात्मानं तस्मै पत्युरिहाज्ञया। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भर्ता तस्या नार्याः सुदर्शनः।।
nivedituṃ kilātmānaṃ tasmai patyurihājñayā| etasminnantare bhartā tasyā nāryāḥ sudarśanaḥ||
Nandin said: O noble lady, enough of this cooked rice and other eatables! I say, you should dedicate yourself (to me)” Remembering what had been previously mentioned by her husband that chaste lady full of bashfulness and with closed eyes, began to move (towards him). Again she began saying. But then, all the same, she made up her mind to dedicate herself to Dharma[9] there itself at the behest of her own husband. In the meantime, Sudarśana, the husband of that lady, came to the threshold and called to her—“Come, come, O gentle lady? Where have you been?”
Victory over Death - Verse 58
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.58
गृहद्वारं गतो धीमांस तामुवाच महामुनिः। एह्येहि क्व गता भद्रे तमुवाचातिथिः स्वयम।।
gṛhadvāraṃ gato dhīmāṃs tāmuvāca mahāmuniḥ| ehyehi kva gatā bhadre tamuvācātithiḥ svayam||
Nandin said: O noble lady, enough of this cooked rice and other eatables! I say, you should dedicate yourself (to me)” Remembering what had been previously mentioned by her husband that chaste lady full of bashfulness and with closed eyes, began to move (towards him). Again she began saying. But then, all the same, she made up her mind to dedicate herself to Dharma[9] there itself at the behest of her own husband. In the meantime, Sudarśana, the husband of that lady, came to the threshold and called to her—“Come, come, O gentle lady? Where have you been?”
Victory over Death - Verse 59
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.59
भार्यया त्वनया सार्धं मैथुनस्थो ऽहमद्य वै। सुदर्शन महाभाग किं कर्तव्यमिहोच्यताम।।
bhāryayā tvanayā sārdhaṃ maithunastho 'hamadya vai| sudarśana mahābhāga kiṃ kartavyamihocyatām||
Nandin said: “O Sudarśana, O highly blessed one, I am now engaged in sexual intercourse with this wife of yours. What should be done here may kindly be mentioned. O leading brahmin, the sexual intercourse is concluded. O excellent brahmin, I am satisfied.”
Victory over Death - Verse 60
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.60
सुरतान्तस्तु विप्रेन्द्र संतुष्टो ऽहं द्विजोत्तम। सुदर्शनस्ततः प्राह सुप्रहृष्टो द्विजोत्तमः।।
suratāntastu viprendra saṃtuṣṭo 'haṃ dvijottama| sudarśanastataḥ prāha suprahṛṣṭo dvijottamaḥ||
Nandin said: “O Sudarśana, O highly blessed one, I am now engaged in sexual intercourse with this wife of yours. What should be done here may kindly be mentioned. O leading brahmin, the sexual intercourse is concluded. O excellent brahmin, I am satisfied.”
Victory over Death - Verse 61
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.61
भुङ्क्ष्व चैनां यथाकामं गमिष्ये ऽहं द्विजोत्तम। हृष्टो ऽथ दर्शयामास स्वात्मानं धर्मराट स्वयम।।
bhuṅkṣva caināṃ yathākāmaṃ gamiṣye 'haṃ dvijottama| hṛṣṭo 'tha darśayāmāsa svātmānaṃ dharmarāṭ svayam||
Nandin said: “O Sudarśana, O highly blessed one, I am now engaged in sexual intercourse with this wife of yours. What should be done here may kindly be mentioned. O leading brahmin, the sexual intercourse is concluded. O excellent brahmin, I am satisfied.”
Victory over Death - Verse 62
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.62
प्रददौ चेप्सितं सर्वं तमाह च महाद्युतिः। एषा न भुक्ता विप्रेन्द्र मनसापि सुशोभना।।
pradadau cepsitaṃ sarvaṃ tamāha ca mahādyutiḥ| eṣā na bhuktā viprendra manasāpi suśobhanā||
Nandin said: “O Sudarśana, O highly blessed one, I am now engaged in sexual intercourse with this wife of yours. What should be done here may kindly be mentioned. O leading brahmin, the sexual intercourse is concluded. O excellent brahmin, I am satisfied.”
Victory over Death - Verse 63
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.63
मया चैषा न संदेहः श्रद्धां ज्ञातुमिहागतः। जितो वै यस्त्वया मृत्युर धर्मेणैकेन सुव्रत।।
mayā caiṣā na saṃdehaḥ śraddhāṃ jñātumihāgataḥ| jito vai yastvayā mṛtyur dharmeṇaikena suvrata||
Nandin said: “O Sudarśana, O highly blessed one, I am now engaged in sexual intercourse with this wife of yours. What should be done here may kindly be mentioned. O leading brahmin, the sexual intercourse is concluded. O excellent brahmin, I am satisfied.”
Victory over Death - Verse 64
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.64
अहो ऽस्य तपसो वीर्यम इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ च सः। तस्मात्तथा पूजनीयाः सर्वे ह्यतिथयः सदा।।
aho 'sya tapaso vīryam ityuktvā prayayau ca saḥ| tasmāttathā pūjanīyāḥ sarve hyatithayaḥ sadā||
Nandin said: “O Sudarśana, O highly blessed one, I am now engaged in sexual intercourse with this wife of yours. What should be done here may kindly be mentioned. O leading brahmin, the sexual intercourse is concluded. O excellent brahmin, I am satisfied.”
Victory over Death - Verse 65
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.65
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन भाग्यहीना द्विजोत्तमाः। तमेव शरणं तूर्णं गन्तुमर्हथ शङ्करम।।
bahunātra kimuktena bhāgyahīnā dvijottamāḥ| tameva śaraṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ gantumarhatha śaṅkaram||
Nandin said: O unfortunate noble brahmins, of what avail is much talk. All of you should seek refuge in the very same Rudra immediately.
Victory over Death - Verse 66
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.66
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो ब्राह्मणर्षभाः। ब्रह्माणमभिवन्द्यार्ताः प्रोचुराकुलितेक्षणाः।।
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaṇo brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ| brahmāṇamabhivandyārtāḥ procurākulitekṣaṇāḥ||
Nandin said: On hearing the words of Brahmā the leading brahmins became distressed. With eyes blinded by tears they saluted Brahmā and said:
Victory over Death - Verse 67
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.67
नापेक्षितं महाभाग जीवितं विकृताः स्त्रियः। दृष्टो ऽस्माभिर महादेवो निन्दितो यस्त्वनिन्दितः।।
nāpekṣitaṃ mahābhāga jīvitaṃ vikṛtāḥ striyaḥ| dṛṣṭo 'smābhir mahādevo nindito yastvaninditaḥ||
The Brahmins said: O blessed one, we do not care even slightly for our lives or for our woman folk who have become deformed. But that irreproachable omnipresent trident-bearing and pināka-holding lord has been censured and cursed by us out of ignorance, though our power to curse was rendered ineffective by his mere looking at us. O lord of Devas, you should now tell us the procedure for renunciation in order to see the terrible lord, the chief of Devas, the god with the matted hair.
Victory over Death - Verse 68
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.68
शप्तश च सर्वगः शूली पिनाकी नीललोहितः। अज्ञानाच्छापजा शक्तिः कुण्ठितास्यनिरीक्षणात।।
śaptaś ca sarvagaḥ śūlī pinākī nīlalohitaḥ| ajñānācchāpajā śaktiḥ kuṇṭhitāsyanirīkṣaṇāt||
The Brahmins said: O blessed one, we do not care even slightly for our lives or for our woman folk who have become deformed. But that irreproachable omnipresent trident-bearing and pināka-holding lord has been censured and cursed by us out of ignorance, though our power to curse was rendered ineffective by his mere looking at us. O lord of Devas, you should now tell us the procedure for renunciation in order to see the terrible lord, the chief of Devas, the god with the matted hair.
Victory over Death - Verse 69
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.69
वक्तुमर्हसि देवेश संन्यासं वै क्रमेण तु। द्रष्टुं वै देवदेवेशम उग्रं भीमं कपर्दिनम।।
vaktumarhasi deveśa saṃnyāsaṃ vai krameṇa tu| draṣṭuṃ vai devadeveśam ugraṃ bhīmaṃ kapardinam||
The Brahmins said: O blessed one, we do not care even slightly for our lives or for our woman folk who have become deformed. But that irreproachable omnipresent trident-bearing and pināka-holding lord has been censured and cursed by us out of ignorance, though our power to curse was rendered ineffective by his mere looking at us. O lord of Devas, you should now tell us the procedure for renunciation in order to see the terrible lord, the chief of Devas, the god with the matted hair.
Victory over Death - Verse 70
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.70
आदौ वेदानधीत्यैव श्रद्धया च गुरोः सदा। विचार्यार्थं मुनेर्धर्मान प्रतिज्ञाय द्विजोत्तमाः।।
ādau vedānadhītyaiva śraddhayā ca guroḥ sadā| vicāryārthaṃ munerdharmān pratijñāya dvijottamāḥ||
Brahmā said: O excellent brahmins, the devotee shall, at first, learn the Vedas with great devotion from his preceptor. He shall always ponder over their meanings and understand Dharma. He shall remain a disciple till he completes all learning or upto twelve years.
Victory over Death - Verse 71
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.71
ग्रहणान्तं हि वा विद्वान अथ द्वादशवार्षिकम। स्नात्वाहृत्य च दारान्वै पुत्रानुत्पाद्य सुव्रतान।।
grahaṇāntaṃ hi vā vidvān atha dvādaśavārṣikam| snātvāhṛtya ca dārānvai putrānutpādya suvratān||
Brahmā said: O excellent brahmins, the devotee shall, at first, learn the Vedas with great devotion from his preceptor. He shall always ponder over their meanings and understand Dharma. He shall remain a disciple till he completes all learning or upto twelve years.
Victory over Death - Verse 72
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.72
वृत्तिभिश्चानुरूपाभिस तान विभज्य सुतान्मुनिः। अग्निष्टोमादिभिश्चेष्ट्वा यज्ञैर्यज्ञेश्वरं विभुम।।
vṛttibhiścānurūpābhis tān vibhajya sutānmuniḥ| agniṣṭomādibhiśceṣṭvā yajñairyajñeśvaraṃ vibhum||
Brahmā said: O excellent brahmins, the devotee shall, at first, learn the Vedas with great devotion from his preceptor. He shall always ponder over their meanings and understand Dharma. He shall remain a disciple till he completes all learning or upto twelve years.
Victory over Death - Verse 73
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.73
पूजयेत परमात्मानं प्राप्यारण्यं विभावसौ। मुनिर्द्वादशवर्षं वा वर्षमात्रम अथापि वा।।
pūjayet paramātmānaṃ prāpyāraṇyaṃ vibhāvasau| munirdvādaśavarṣaṃ vā varṣamātram athāpi vā||
Brahmā said: O excellent brahmins, the devotee shall, at first, learn the Vedas with great devotion from his preceptor. He shall always ponder over their meanings and understand Dharma. He shall remain a disciple till he completes all learning or upto twelve years.
Victory over Death - Verse 74
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.74
पक्षद्वादशकं वापि दिनद्वादशकं तु वा। क्षीरभुक संयुतः शान्तः सर्वान सम्पूजयेत्सुरान।।
pakṣadvādaśakaṃ vāpi dinadvādaśakaṃ tu vā| kṣīrabhuk saṃyutaḥ śāntaḥ sarvān sampūjayetsurān||
Brahmā said: O excellent brahmins, the devotee shall, at first, learn the Vedas with great devotion from his preceptor. He shall always ponder over their meanings and understand Dharma. He shall remain a disciple till he completes all learning or upto twelve years.
Victory over Death - Verse 75
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.75
इष्ट्वैवं जुहुयादग्नौ यज्ञपात्राणि मन्त्रतः। अप्सु वै पार्थिवं न्यस्य गुरवे तैजसानि तु।।
iṣṭvaivaṃ juhuyādagnau yajñapātrāṇi mantrataḥ| apsu vai pārthivaṃ nyasya gurave taijasāni tu||
Brahmā said: Then he shall offer in the same fire all vessels used for the sacrifice. He shall consign all the earthen and wooden vessels to the waters and the metallic ones to his preceptor. He shall distribute all his belongings to the brahmins without hesitation. He shall prostrate on the ground and make obeisance to the preceptor. Becoming detached he shall then, renounce everything and become an ascetic.
Victory over Death - Verse 76
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.76
स्वधनं सकलं चैव ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशङ्कया। प्रणिपत्य गुरुं भूमौ विरक्तः संन्यसेद्यतिः।।
svadhanaṃ sakalaṃ caiva brāhmaṇebhyo viśaṅkayā| praṇipatya guruṃ bhūmau viraktaḥ saṃnyasedyatiḥ||
Brahmā said: Then he shall offer in the same fire all vessels used for the sacrifice. He shall consign all the earthen and wooden vessels to the waters and the metallic ones to his preceptor. He shall distribute all his belongings to the brahmins without hesitation. He shall prostrate on the ground and make obeisance to the preceptor. Becoming detached he shall then, renounce everything and become an ascetic.
Victory over Death - Verse 77
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.77
निकृत्य केशान सशिखान उपवीतं विसृज्य च। पञ्चभिर जुहुयाद अप्सु भूः स्वाहेति विचक्षणः।।
nikṛtya keśān saśikhān upavītaṃ visṛjya ca| pañcabhir juhuyād apsu bhūḥ svāheti vicakṣaṇaḥ||
Brahmā said: He shall have off his hairs along with the tuft and cast off his sacred thread. He shall perforin five offerings in the waters saying “Bhūḥ svāhā”.
Victory over Death - Verse 78
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.78
ततश्चोर्ध्वं चरेदेवं यतिः शिवविमुक्तये। व्रतेनानशनेनापि तोयवृत्त्यापि वा पुनः।।
tataścordhvaṃ caredevaṃ yatiḥ śivavimuktaye| vratenānaśanenāpi toyavṛttyāpi vā punaḥ||
Brahmā said: Thereafter he shall roam about for attaining complete[11] liberation, observing the sacred rite of refraining from taking food, and maintaining himself either on water, or leaves, or milk or fruits. If living thus, the ascetic does not die within six months or a year he shall strain his body by undertaking hazardous journeys. By these activities he attains identity with Śiva.
Victory over Death - Verse 79
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.79
पर्णवृत्त्या पयोवृत्त्या फलवृत्त्यापि वा यतिः। एवं जीवन्मृतो नो चेत षण्मासाद्वत्सरात्तु वा।।
parṇavṛttyā payovṛttyā phalavṛttyāpi vā yatiḥ| evaṃ jīvanmṛto no cet ṣaṇmāsādvatsarāttu vā||
Brahmā said: Thereafter he shall roam about for attaining complete[11] liberation, observing the sacred rite of refraining from taking food, and maintaining himself either on water, or leaves, or milk or fruits. If living thus, the ascetic does not die within six months or a year he shall strain his body by undertaking hazardous journeys. By these activities he attains identity with Śiva.
Victory over Death - Verse 80
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.80
प्रस्थानादिकमायासं स्वदेहस्य चरेद्यतिः। शिवसायुज्यमाप्नोति कर्मणाप्येवमाचरन।।
prasthānādikamāyāsaṃ svadehasya caredyatiḥ| śivasāyujyamāpnoti karmaṇāpyevamācaran||
Brahmā said: Thereafter he shall roam about for attaining complete[11] liberation, observing the sacred rite of refraining from taking food, and maintaining himself either on water, or leaves, or milk or fruits. If living thus, the ascetic does not die within six months or a year he shall strain his body by undertaking hazardous journeys. By these activities he attains identity with Śiva.
Victory over Death - Verse 81
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.81
सद्यो ऽपि लभते मुक्तिं भक्तियुक्तो दृढव्रताः।।
sadyo 'pi labhate muktiṃ bhaktiyukto dṛḍhavratāḥ||
Brahmā said: O men of steadfast holy rites, one endowed with devotion[12] may even attain liberation immediately—.Of what avail are these to a devotee of Rudra? Neither the holy rites nor renunciation, in accordance with the injunctions, nor sacrifices, nor charitable gifts, nor the different sorts of Homas nor the acquisition of all kinds of Sāstras and Vedas are of any avail to him. By means of devotion to Rudra, death was conquered by Śveta.[13] May you too have such devotion to the great lord, the benefactor and the Supreme Soul.
Victory over Death - Verse 82
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.82
त्यागेन वा किं विधिनाप्य अनेन भक्तस्य रुद्रस्य शुभैर्व्रतैश्च। यज्ञैश च दानैर्विविधैश च होमैर लब्धैश्चशास्त्रैर्विविधैश च वेदैः।।
tyāgena vā kiṃ vidhināpy anena bhaktasya rudrasya śubhairvrataiśca| yajñaiś ca dānairvividhaiś ca homair labdhaiścaśāstrairvividhaiś ca vedaiḥ||
Brahmā said: O men of steadfast holy rites, one endowed with devotion[12] may even attain liberation immediately—.Of what avail are these to a devotee of Rudra? Neither the holy rites nor renunciation, in accordance with the injunctions, nor sacrifices, nor charitable gifts, nor the different sorts of Homas nor the acquisition of all kinds of Sāstras and Vedas are of any avail to him. By means of devotion to Rudra, death was conquered by Śveta.[13] May you too have such devotion to the great lord, the benefactor and the Supreme Soul.
Victory over Death - Verse 83
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29.83
श्वेतेनैवं जितो मृत्युर भवभक्त्या महात्मना। वो ऽस्तु भक्तिर्महादेवे शङ्करे परमात्मनि।।
śvetenaivaṃ jito mṛtyur bhavabhaktyā mahātmanā| vo 'stu bhaktirmahādeve śaṅkare paramātmani||
Brahmā said: O men of steadfast holy rites, one endowed with devotion[12] may even attain liberation immediately—.Of what avail are these to a devotee of Rudra? Neither the holy rites nor renunciation, in accordance with the injunctions, nor sacrifices, nor charitable gifts, nor the different sorts of Homas nor the acquisition of all kinds of Sāstras and Vedas are of any avail to him. By means of devotion to Rudra, death was conquered by Śveta.[13] May you too have such devotion to the great lord, the benefactor and the Supreme Soul.