Prayer to Śiva - Verse 53
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 96.53
Sanskrit Original
निद्रापरवशः शेषे स कथं सात्त्विको भवान। त्वदादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं रुद्रशक्तिविजृम्भितम।।
nidrāparavaśaḥ śeṣe sa kathaṃ sāttviko bhavān| tvadādistambaparyantaṃ rudraśaktivijṛmbhitam||
Vīrabhadra said:: O Cakrapāṇi the discus is your favourite weapon, thanks to its exploits. Whence has it been acquired by you? By whom was it made? Even that has been forgotten by you. All your worlds have been seized from you. Overwhelmed by slumber you lie down, in the ocean. How then can you be a Sāttvika? Everything beginning with you and ending with blade of grass is the display of Rudra’s Śakti. The fire-god and you, though powerful all round, were deluded. Both of you were incompetent to realize the greatness of his splendour.