Glory of Īśāna - Verse 30
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 16.30
Sanskrit Original
ध्यानं ध्येयं दमः शान्तिर विद्याविद्या मतिर्धृतिः। कान्तिर्नीतिः प्रथा मेधा लज्जा दृष्टिः सरस्वती।।
dhyānaṃ dhyeyaṃ damaḥ śāntir vidyāvidyā matirdhṛtiḥ| kāntirnītiḥ prathā medhā lajjā dṛṣṭiḥ sarasvatī||
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.