Glory of Īśāna - Verse 29
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 16.29
Sanskrit Original
त्वयि योगं च सांख्यं च तपोविद्याविधिक्रियाः। ऋतं सत्यं दया ब्रह्म अहिंसा सन्मतिः क्षमा।।
tvayi yogaṃ ca sāṃkhyaṃ ca tapovidyāvidhikriyāḥ| ṛtaṃ satyaṃ dayā brahma ahiṃsā sanmatiḥ kṣamā||
Sūta said: O lord, you are characterized by the following qualities: (1) Yoga, (2) Sāṅkhya, (3) penance, (4) learning (5) Shastric injunctions, (6) holy rites (7) pleasant speech, (8) truth, (9) mercifulness, (10) Vedic knowledge, (11) nonviolence, (12) wisdom, (13) forbearance, (14) meditation, (15) proximity with the lord, (16)control of the senses, (17) quiescence, (18) intelligence, (19) illusion, (20) intellect, (21) fortitude, (22) splendour, (23) ethics, (24) fame, (25) intelligence, (26) modesty, (27) vision, (28) auspicious speech, (29) satisfaction, (30) skill in the exercise of sense-organs, (31) performance of Vedic rites, and (32) pleasure. While she, the goddess, has these thirty-two qualities recognizable in her appellation of thirty-two syllables.