Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) - Verse 177
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 98.177
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Sanskrit Original
नेत्रं च नेता जगतां प्रभुर्वै पद्मसन्निभम। तदाप्रभृति तं प्राहुः पद्माक्षमिति सुव्रतम।।
netraṃ ca netā jagatāṃ prabhurvai padmasannibham| tadāprabhṛti taṃ prāhuḥ padmākṣamiti suvratam||
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Sūta said: The lord, the leader of the worlds, gave him an eye also resembling the lotus. Ever since then they call that deity of good holy rites “Padmākṣa” (lotus-eyed).