Kurma Purana

ततो ऽहं स्वात्मनो मूलं ज्ञापयन् पूजयामि तम्

Therefore, realizing him as the root of my own self, I worship him.

तथा लिङ्गे हितायैषां लोकानां पूजयेच्छिवम्

Thus, for the welfare of the worlds, one should worship Śiva in the liṅga.

ततो ऽहमात्ममीशानं पूजयाम्यात्मनैव तु

Therefore, I worship the Lord of self with my own self.

नावयोर्द्यिते भेदो वेदेष्वेवं विनिश्चयः

O shining one, there is no difference between us; this is the conclusion of the Vedas.

ध्येयः पूज्यश्च वन्द्यश्च ज्ञेयो लिङ्गे महेश्वरः

Maheśvara, in the liṅga, is to be meditated upon, worshipped, honored, and known.

ब्रूहि कृष्ण विशालाक्ष गहनं ह्येतदुत्तमम्

Tell me, O Krishna of wide eyes, for this profound matter is truly supreme.

वेदा महेस्वरं देवमाहुर्लिङ्गिनमव्ययम्

The Vedas declare the great Lord, the imperishable God, as the one who bears the liṅga.

प्रबोधार्थं ब्रह्मणो मे प्रादुर्भूतः स्वयं शिवः

For the sake of awakening Brahma, Shiva himself manifested from me.

पूजयावो महादेवं लोकानां हितकाम्यया

Let us worship the great Lord, desiring the welfare of all worlds.

प्रबोधार्थं स्वयं कृष्ण वक्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम्

For the sake of understanding, O Krishna, you should now speak yourself.

मध्ये चैकार्णवे तस्मिन् शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः

In the midst of that single ocean, I lay, eternal, bearing the conch, discus, and mace.

सहस्त्रबाहुर्युक्तात्मा शयितो ऽहं सनातनः

Endowed with a thousand arms and united with my own self, I, the ancient one, was lying there.

कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं भ्राजमानं श्रियावृतम्

Radiant like millions of suns, shining forth, enveloped in splendor.

कृष्णाजिरधरं देवमृग्यजुः सामभिः स्तुतम्

The god with dark blue throat, praised by the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas.

व्याजहार स्वयं ब्रह्मा स्मयमानो महाद्युतिः

Then Brahma himself, of great brilliance, smiling, spoke.

अहं कर्ता हि लोकानां स्वयंभूः प्रपितामहः

I am the creator of the worlds, the self-born, the grandsire.

अहं कर्तास्मि लोकानां संहर्ता च पुनः पुनः

I am the creator of the worlds, and again and again, I am their destroyer.

प्रबोधार्थं परं लिङ्गं प्रादुर्भूतं शिवात्मकम्

For the sake of understanding, the supreme liṅga, of the nature of Shiva, appeared.

क्षयवृद्धिविनिर्मुक्तमादिमध्यान्तवर्जितम्

Free from decay and growth, devoid of beginning, middle, and end.

अन्तमस्य विजानीम ऊर्ध्वं गच्छे ऽहमित्यजः

Let me know its end—so thinking, I, the unborn, ascended upward.

पितामहो ऽप्यहं नान्तं ज्ञातवन्तौ समाः शतम्

Even I, the grandsire, did not know its end, though searching for a hundred years.

मायया मोहितौ तस्य ध्यायन्तौ विश्वमीश्वरम्

Bewildered by his māyā, we both meditated on the Lord of the universe.

प्रह्वाञ्जलिपुटोपेतौ शंभुं तुष्टुवतुः परम्

With hands joined in reverence, we praised the supreme Shambhu.

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये

Salutations to Śiva, the peaceful one, the embodiment of Brahman, whose form is the liṅga.

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये

Salutations to Śiva, the peaceful one, the embodiment of Brahman, whose form is the liṅga.

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये

Salutations to Śiva, the peaceful one, the embodiment of Brahman, whose form is the liṅga.

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये

Salutations to Śiva, the peaceful one, the embodiment of Brahman, whose form is the liṅga.

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये

Salutations to Śiva, the peaceful one, the embodiment of Brahman, whose form is the liṅga.

नमः शिवाय शान्ताय ब्रह्मणे लिङ्गमूर्तये

Salutations to Śiva, the peaceful one, the embodiment of Brahman, whose form is the liṅga.