The holy rite of Pāśupata - Verse 53
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 9.53
Sanskrit Original
स होवाचैव याज्ञवल्क्यो यदक्षरं गार्ग्ययोगिनः। अभिवदन्ति स्थूलमनन्तं महाश्चर्यमदीर्घमलोहितममस्तकमासायमत एवो पुनानसमसंगमगन्धमरसमच्क्षुष्कमश्रोत्रमवाङ्मनोतेजस्कमप्रमाणमनुसुखमनामगोत्रममरमजरमनामयममृतमोंशब्दममृतमसंवृतमपूर्वमनपरमनन्तमबाह्यं तदश्राति किञ्चन न ताश्राति किञ्चन।।
sa hovācaiva yājñavalkyo yadakṣaraṃ gārgyayoginaḥ| abhivadanti sthūlamanantaṃ mahāścaryamadīrghamalohitamamastakamāsāyamata evo punānasamasaṃgamagandhamarasamackṣuṣkamaśrotramavāṅmanotejaskamapramāṇamanusukhamanāmagotramamaramajaramanāmayamamṛtamoṃśabdamamṛtamasaṃvṛtamapūrvamanaparamanantamabāhyaṃ tadaśrāti kiñcana na tāśrāti kiñcana||
Śailādi said: Yājñavalkya said: O Gārgī, it is the supreme being that the non-yogins[16] call gross but, in fact, that is eternal and wonderful lord; one that is not long, not red, that has no head that has no setting, hence, that has a lasting taste,[17] that has no contact, no smell, no juice, no eyes, no ears, neither speech nor mind,[18] no brilliance, no proof [or magnitude], no (worldly) happiness, no name, no race, no death, no age, no ailment; that is nectarine, that is expressed by the word Oṃ, that is immortal, that has neither a predecessor nor a successor, that is endless and non-external. It eats something. It does not eat anything (?) One shall know the great lord Paśupati by the Pāśupata yoga. It is by this that there is the most excellent opportunity to realize the lord.