Linga Purana

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भस्मस्नानानुलेपनाः भविष्यन्ति महायोगा रुद्रलोकपरायणाः

There too, my sons will be smeared with ashes from their bath, great yogis devoted to the world of Rudra.

सर्वज्ञः समबुद्धिश् च साध्यः सर्वस्तथैव च प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं गता हि ते

All-knowing, of equal mind, accomplished in every way, having attained the Maheshvara yoga, they have indeed gone to the world of Rudra.

त्रयोदशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमेण तु धर्मो नारायणो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता यदा

When the thirteenth cycle arrives in order, and Vyasa named Dharma Narayana is to appear.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वालिर्नाम महामुनिः वालखिल्याश्रमे पुण्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने

Then too I shall become the great sage named Vali, in the holy hermitage of the Valakhilyas, on Mount Gandhamadana.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वासिष्ठो विरजास्तथा

There too, my sons will be rich in austerity: Sudhama, Kashyapa, Vasistha, and Viraja.

महायोगबलोपेता विमला ऊर्ध्वरेतसः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं गता हि ते

Endowed with the power of great yoga, pure, with their seed raised upward, having attained the Maheshvara yoga, they have indeed gone to the world of Rudra.

यदा व्यासस्तरक्षुस्तु पर्याये तु चतुर्दशे तत्रापि पुनरेवाहं भविष्यामि युगान्तिके

When Vyasa named Tarakshu appears in the fourteenth cycle, then too I shall appear again at the end of the age.

वंशे त्वङ्गिरसां श्रेष्ठे गौतमो नाम नामतः भविष्यति महापुण्यं गौतमं नाम तद्वनम्

In the most excellent lineage of the Angirasas, Gautama by name will arise; the forest named Gautama will be greatly auspicious.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति कलौ तदा अत्रिर्देवसदश्चैव श्रवणो ऽथ श्रविष्ठकः

There too, my sons will be born in the Kali age: Atri, Devasada, Shravan, and Shravisthaka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे योगसमन्विताः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः

All those great souls, whose essence is yoga and who are endowed with yoga, having attained the supreme yoga of Maheshvara, have gone to the world of Rudra.

ततः पञ्चदशे प्राप्ते परिवर्ते क्रमागते त्रैय्यारुणिर्यदा व्यासो द्वापरे समपद्यत

Then, when the fifteenth cycle arrives in its proper order, Vyasa, known as Traiyyāruni, appeared in the Dvapara age.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि नाम्ना वेदशिरा द्विजः तत्र वेदशिरो नाम अस्त्रं तत्पारमेश्वरम्

Even then, I shall be present, named Vedaśirā, a twice-born; there, the weapon called Vedaśira will be of supreme lordly power.

भविष्यति महावीर्यं वेदशीर्षश् च पर्वतः हिमवत्पृष्ठमासाद्य सरस्वत्यां नगोत्तमे

There will be a mountain of great might named Vedaśīrṣa, situated on the back of the Himalayas, in the excellent Sarasvati region.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः कुणिश् च कुणिबाहुश् च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः

There also, my sons will be ascetics rich in austerity: Kuṇi, Kuṇibāhu, Kuśarīra, and Kunetraka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः

All those great souls, whose essence is yoga and who are of upward-flowing seed, having attained the supreme yoga of Maheshvara, have gone to the world of Rudra.

व्यासो युगे षोडशे तु यदा देवो भविष्यति तत्र योगप्रदानाय भक्तानां च यतात्मनाम्

When Vyasa appears in the sixteenth cycle as a divine being, he will grant yoga to the devoted and self-controlled.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गोकर्णो नाम नामतः भविष्यति सुपुण्यं च गोकर्णं नाम तद्वनम्

Even then, I shall be present, named Gokarna; there will be a supremely holy forest called Gokarna.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति च योगिनः काश्यपो ह्युशनाश्चैव च्यवनो ऽथ बृहस्पतिः

There also, my sons will be yogis: Kashyapa, Ushanas, Cyavana, and Brihaspati.

ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण ध्यानयोगसमन्विताः प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गन्तारो रुद्रमेव हि

They too, following the same path, endowed with meditation and yoga, having attained the supreme yoga of Maheshvara, will go to Rudra indeed.

ततः सप्तदशे चैव परिवर्ते क्रमागते यदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना देवकृतञ्जयः

Then, when the seventeenth cycle arrives in its proper order, Vyasa will appear, named Devakṛtañjaya.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गुहावासीति नामतः हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये महोत्तुङ्गे महालये

Even then, I shall be present, named Guhavāsin, in the delightful, lofty, and great abode on the peak of the Himalayas.

सिद्धक्षेत्रं महापुण्यं भविष्यति महालयम् तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा योगज्ञा ब्रह्मवादिनः

A field of accomplishment, supremely holy, will become a great abode; there also, my sons will be knowers of yoga and speakers of Brahman.

भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो निर्ममा निरहंकृताः उतथ्यो वामदेवश् च महायोगो महाबलः

They will be great souls, free from possessiveness and pride: Utathya, Vamadeva, and the mighty, great yogi.

तेषां शतसहस्रं तु शिष्याणां ध्यानयोगिनाम् भविष्यन्ति तदा काले सर्वे ते ध्यानयुञ्जकाः

At that time, there will be a hundred thousand disciples practicing meditation and yoga; all of them will be engaged in meditation.

योगाभ्यासरताश्चैव हृदि कृत्वा महेश्वरम् महालये पदं न्यस्तं दृष्ट्वा यान्ति शिवं पदम्

Absorbed in the practice of yoga, having placed Maheshvara in their hearts, seeing the established abode in the great sanctuary, they attain the state of Shiva.

ये चान्ये ऽपि महात्मानः कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके ध्याने मनः समाधाय विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः

And those other great souls in the final age of Kali, who have fixed their minds in meditation, pure and with clear intellect,

मम प्रसादाद्यास्यन्ति रुद्रलोकं गतज्वराः गत्वा महालयं पुण्यं दृष्ट्वा माहेश्वरं पदम्

By my grace, they will go to the world of Rudra, free from suffering, having reached the holy great abode and seen the supreme state of Maheshvara.

तीर्णस्तारयते जन्तुर् दश पूर्वान्दशोत्तरान् आत्मानमेकविंशं तु तारयित्वा महालये

Having crossed, a being causes ten ancestors before and ten descendants after to cross as well; and having liberated himself as the twenty-first, he attains the great abode.

मम प्रसादाद्यास्यन्ति रुद्रलोकं गतज्वराः ततो ऽष्टादशमे चैव परिवर्ते यदा विभो

By my grace, they will go to the world of Rudra, free from affliction; then, O Lord, when the eighteenth cycle arrives—