Glory of Īśāna - Verse 31
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 16.31
Sanskrit Original
तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्रिया चैव प्रसादश च प्रतिष्ठिताः। द्वात्रिंशत्सुगुणा ह्येषा द्वात्रिंशाक्षरसंज्ञया।।
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kriyā caiva prasādaś ca pratiṣṭhitāḥ| dvātriṃśatsuguṇā hyeṣā dvātriṃśākṣarasaṃjñayā||
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.