Chapter 46
अध्यायः 46
Uttarabhāga (Part II), Chapter 46
Shlokas (21)
+ Add ShlokaInstallation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 1
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.1
जीवच्छ्राद्धविधिः प्रोक्तस्त्वया सूत महामते। मृर्खाणामपि मोक्षार्थमस्माकं रोमहर्षण।।
jīvacchrāddhavidhiḥ proktastvayā sūta mahāmate| mṛrkhāṇāmapi mokṣārthamasmākaṃ romaharṣaṇa||
The sages said: O Sūta of great intelligence, O Romaharṣaṇa, the mode of performing Śrāddha of living persons has been recounted by you for the sake of our liberation despite the fact that we are foolish.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 2
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.2
रुद्रादित्यवसूनां च शक्रआदीनां च सुव्रत। प्रतिष्ठा कीदृशी शंभोर्लिगमूर्तेश्च शोभना।।
rudrādityavasūnāṃ ca śakraādīnāṃ ca suvrata| pratiṣṭhā kīdṛśī śaṃbhorligamūrteśca śobhanā||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 3
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.3
विष्णोः शक्रस्य देवस्य ब्रह्मणश्च महात्मनः। अग्नेर यस्य निरृतेर वरुणस्य महाद्युतेः।।
viṣṇoḥ śakrasya devasya brahmaṇaśca mahātmanaḥ| agner yasya nirṛter varuṇasya mahādyuteḥ||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 4
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.4
वायोः सोमस्य यक्षस्य कुबेरस्यामितात्मनः। ईशानस्य धरायाश्च श्रीप्रतिष्ठाथ वा कथम।।
vāyoḥ somasya yakṣasya kuberasyāmitātmanaḥ| īśānasya dharāyāśca śrīpratiṣṭhātha vā katham||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 5
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.5
दुर्गाशिवाप्रतिष्ठा च हैमवत्याश्च शोभना। स्कन्दस्य गणराजस्य नन्दिनश्च विशेषतः।।
durgāśivāpratiṣṭhā ca haimavatyāśca śobhanā| skandasya gaṇarājasya nandinaśca viśeṣataḥ||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 6
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.6
तथान्येषां च देवानां गणानामपि वा पुनः। प्रतिष्ठालक्षणं सर्वं विस्तारद्वक्तुमर्हसि।।
tathānyeṣāṃ ca devānāṃ gaṇānāmapi vā punaḥ| pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ vistāradvaktumarhasi||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 7
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.7
भवान्सर्वार्थतत्त्वज्ञो रुद्रभक्तश्च सुव्रत। कृष्णद्वैपायनस्यासि साक्षात्त्वमपरा तनुः।।
bhavānsarvārthatattvajño rudrabhaktaśca suvrata| kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasyāsi sākṣāttvamaparā tanuḥ||
The sages said: O sage of good holy rites, you are conversant with the reality of ail objects. You are another physical form of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 8
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.8
सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिश्चैव पैलश्च परमर्षयः। गुरुभक्तिं तथा कर्तुं समर्थो रोमहर्षणः।।
sumanturjaiminiścaiva pailaśca paramarṣayaḥ| gurubhaktiṃ tathā kartuṃ samartho romaharṣaṇaḥ||
The sages said: “Sumantu, Jaimini and Paila are great sages. Romaharṣaṇa is capable of devoutly serving bis preceptor.” Thus is the great story sung about Vyāsa on the banks of the Bhāgīrathī. You are the chief disciple of that lustrous person, equal to or non-different from him.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 9
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.9
इति व्यासस्य विपुला गाथा भागीरथीतटे। एकः समो वा भिन्नो वा शिष्यस्तस्य महाद्युतेः।।
iti vyāsasya vipulā gāthā bhāgīrathītaṭe| ekaḥ samo vā bhinno vā śiṣyastasya mahādyuteḥ||
The sages said: “Sumantu, Jaimini and Paila are great sages. Romaharṣaṇa is capable of devoutly serving bis preceptor.” Thus is the great story sung about Vyāsa on the banks of the Bhāgīrathī. You are the chief disciple of that lustrous person, equal to or non-different from him.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 10
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.10
वैशंपायनतुल्यो ऽसि व्यासशिष्येषु भूतले। तस्मादस्माकमखिलं वक्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम।।
vaiśaṃpāyanatulyo 'si vyāsaśiṣyeṣu bhūtale| tasmādasmākamakhilaṃ vaktumarhasi sāṃpratam||
The sages said: You are equal to Vaiśampāyana among the disciples of Vyāsa on the earth. Hence, it behoves you now to mention everything to us.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 11
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.11
एवमुक्त्वा स्थितेष्वेव तेषु सर्वेषु तत्र च। बभूव विस्मयो ऽतीव मुनीनां तस्य चाग्रतः।।
evamuktvā sthiteṣveva teṣu sarveṣu tatra ca| babhūva vismayo 'tīva munīnāṃ tasya cāgrataḥ||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 12
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.12
अथान्तरिक्षे विपुला साक्षाद्देवी सरस्वती। अलं मुनीनां प्रश्रो ऽयमिति वाचा बभूव ह।।
athāntarikṣe vipulā sākṣāddevī sarasvatī| alaṃ munīnāṃ praśro 'yamiti vācā babhūva ha||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 13
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.13
सर्वं लिङ्गमयं लोकं सर्वं लिङ्गे प्रतिष्ठितम। तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य स्थापयेत्पूजयेच्च तत।।
sarvaṃ liṅgamayaṃ lokaṃ sarvaṃ liṅge pratiṣṭhitam| tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya sthāpayetpūjayecca tat||
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Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 14
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.14
लिङ्गस्थापनसन्मार्गनिहितस्वायतासिना। आशु ब्रह्माण्डमुद्भिद्य निर्गच्छेदविशङ्कया।।
liṅgasthāpanasanmārganihitasvāyatāsinā| āśu brahmāṇḍamudbhidya nirgacchedaviśaṅkayā||
The sages said: One shall pierce the cosmic egg instantaneously by performing the rite of installing the Liṅga (liṅgasthāpana) which acts like a large sword fixed to the path of the good. The devotee shall then unhesitatingly go out.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 15
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.15
उपेद्रांभोजगर्भेन्द्रयमांबुधनदेश्वराः। तथान्ये च शिवं स्थाप्य लिङ्गमूर्ति महेश्वरम।।
upedrāṃbhojagarbhendrayamāṃbudhanadeśvarāḥ| tathānye ca śivaṃ sthāpya liṅgamūrti maheśvaram||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 16
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.16
स्वेषुस्वेषु च पक्षेषु प्रधानास्ते यथा द्विजाः। ब्रह्मा हरश्च भगवान्विष्णुर्देवी रमा धरा।।
sveṣusveṣu ca pakṣeṣu pradhānāste yathā dvijāḥ| brahmā haraśca bhagavānviṣṇurdevī ramā dharā||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 17
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.17
लक्ष्मीर्धृतिः स्मृतिः प्रज्ञा धरा दुर्गा शची तथा। रुद्राश्च वसवः स्कन्दो विशाखः शाख एव च।।
lakṣmīrdhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ prajñā dharā durgā śacī tathā| rudrāśca vasavaḥ skando viśākhaḥ śākha eva ca||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 18
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.18
नैगमेशश्च भगवांल्लोकपाला ग्रहास्तथा। सर्वे नन्दिपुरोगाश्च गणा गणपतिः प्रभुः।।
naigameśaśca bhagavāṃllokapālā grahāstathā| sarve nandipurogāśca gaṇā gaṇapatiḥ prabhuḥ||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 19
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.19
पितरो मुनयः सर्वे कुबेराद्याश्च सुप्रभाः। आदित्य वसवः सांख्या अश्विनौ च भिषग्वरौ।।
pitaro munayaḥ sarve kuberādyāśca suprabhāḥ| āditya vasavaḥ sāṃkhyā aśvinau ca bhiṣagvarau||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 20
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.20
विश्वेदेवाश्च साध्याश्च पशवः पक्षिणो मृगाः। ब्रह्मादिस्थावरान्तं च सर्वं लिङ्गे प्रतिष्ठितम।।
viśvedevāśca sādhyāśca paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ| brahmādisthāvarāntaṃ ca sarvaṃ liṅge pratiṣṭhitam||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.
Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 21
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46.21
तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य स्थापयेल्लिङ्गमव्ययम। यत्नेन स्तापितं सर्वं पूजितं पूजयेद्यदि।।
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya sthāpayelliṅgamavyayam| yatnena stāpitaṃ sarvaṃ pūjitaṃ pūjayedyadi||
The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.