Linga Purana

व्रताधिपः परं ब्रह्म मुक्तानां परमा गतिः विमुक्तो मुक्तकेशश् च श्रीमाञ्छ्रीवर्धनो जगत्

Lord of vows, the supreme Brahman, the highest goal of the liberated, free, with loosened hair, glorious, increaser of prosperity, the world.

यथाप्रधानं भगवान् इति भक्त्या स्तुतो मया भक्तिमेवं पुरस्कृत्य मया यज्ञपतिर्विभुः

Thus, according to the principal order, the Blessed One has been praised by me with devotion; having set devotion first, I have praised the Lord of sacrifice, the all-pervading.

ततो ह्यनुज्ञां प्राप्यैवं स्तुतो भक्तिमतां गतिः तस्माल्लब्ध्वा स्तवं शंभोर् नृपस्त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतः

Then, having obtained permission, thus praised, the goal of the devoted; therefore, having received the hymn of Shambhu, the king renowned in the three worlds.

अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्य महायशाः गणाधिपत्यं सम्प्राप्तस् तण्डिनस्तेजसा प्रभोः

Having attained the fruit of a thousand horse sacrifices, the illustrious one obtained the lordship of the hosts through the brilliance of Tandin, the Lord.

यः पठेच्छृणुयाद् वापि श्रावयेद्ब्राह्मणानपि अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति वै द्विजाः

Whoever recites, hears, or causes Brahmins to hear this, indeed attains the fruit of a thousand horse sacrifices, O twice-born.

ब्रह्मघ्नश् च सुरापश् च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः शरणागतघाती च मित्रविश्वासघातकः

A slayer of a Brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, one who violates the teacher's bed, a killer of one who has sought refuge, and a betrayer of trust with a friend.

मातृहा पितृहा चैव वीरहा भ्रूणहा तथा संवत्सरं क्रमाज्जप्त्वा त्रिसंध्यं शङ्कराश्रमे

A killer of mother, father, hero, or embryo—by reciting for a year, at the three junctions, in Shankara's hermitage.

देवम् इष्ट्वा त्रिसंध्यं च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

By worshipping the god at the three junctions of the day, one is freed from all sins.

त्रिधन्वा देवदेवस्य प्रसादात्तण्डिनस् तथा अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्य प्रयत्नतः

Tridhanvan, by the grace of the Lord of gods, and with effort, attained the fruit equal to a thousand horse sacrifices.

गाणपत्यं दृढं प्राप्तः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः आसीत्त्रिधन्वनश्चापि विद्वांस्त्रय्यारुणो नृपः

Having firmly attained devotion to Ganesha and being honored by all the gods, Tridhanvan, the learned king of the Trayyaruna lineage, was thus.

तस्य सत्यव्रतो नाम कुमारो ऽभून्महाबलः तेन भार्या विदर्भस्य हृता हत्वामितौजसम्

He had a son named Satyavrata, mighty in strength, who took the wife of the Vidarbha king by slaying the exceedingly powerful one.

पाणिग्रहणमन्त्रेषु निष्ठाम् अप्रापितेष्विह तेनाधर्मेण संयुक्तं राजा त्रय्यारुणो ऽत्यजत्

Before the marriage rites were completed with the proper mantras, the king Trayyaruna abandoned him for this unrighteous act.

पितरं सो ऽब्रवीत् त्यक्तः क्व गच्छामीति वै द्विजाः पिता त्वेनमथोवाच श्वपाकैः सह वर्तय

Abandoned, he said to his father, 'Where shall I go?' And his father replied, 'Live among the outcastes.'

इत्युक्तः स विचक्राम नगराद्वचनात् पितुः स तु सत्यव्रतो धीमाञ् छ्वपाकावसथान्तिके

Thus addressed by his father, he departed from the city and, being wise, Satyavrata dwelt near the settlement of the outcastes.

पित्रा त्यक्तो ऽवसद्वीरः पिता चास्य वनं ययौ सर्वलोकेषु विख्यातस् त्रिशङ्कुरिति वीर्यवान्

Abandoned by his father, the heroic Satyavrata lived there, while his father went to the forest; he became renowned in all worlds as the valiant Trishanku.

वसिष्ठकोपात्पुण्यात्मा राजा सत्यव्रतः पुरा विश्वामित्रो महातेजा वरं दत्त्वा त्रिशङ्कवे

Once, due to the anger of Vasistha, the righteous king Satyavrata, and the great sage Vishvamitra, having granted a boon to Trishanku,

राज्ये ऽभिषिच्य तं पित्र्ये याजयामास तं मुनिः मिषतां देवतानां च वसिष्ठस्य च कौशिकः

The sage Kaushika, in the presence of the gods and Vasistha, consecrated him as king in his ancestral kingdom and performed the sacrifice for him.

सशरीरं तदा तं वै दिवमारोपयद्विभुः तस्य सत्यव्रता नाम भार्या कैकयवंशजा

Then, that illustrious one raised him bodily to heaven; Satyavrata's wife, born of the Kaikeya lineage, was named Satyavrata.

कुमारं जनयामास हरिश्चन्द्रमकल्मषम् हरिश्चन्द्रस्य च सुतो रोहितो नाम वीर्यवान्

She gave birth to a son, Harishchandra, free from sin; and Harishchandra's son was the valiant Rohita.

हरितो रोहितस्याथ धुन्धुर्हारित उच्यते विजयश् च सुतेजाश् च धुन्धुपुत्रौ बभूवतुः

Harita was the son of Rohita, and Dhundhu was called Harita's son; Vijaya and Sutejas were the two sons of Dhundhu.

जेता क्षत्रस्य सर्वत्र विजयस्तेन स स्मृतः रुचकस्तस्य तनयो राजा परमधार्मिकः

Vijaya, being victorious everywhere over the kshatriyas, was thus remembered; Rucaka, his son, was a king of supreme righteousness.

रुचकस्य वृकः पुत्रस् तस्माद्बाहुश् च जज्ञिवान् सगरस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभूद् राजा परमधार्मिकः

Rucaka's son was Vrka, from whom Bahu was born; Sagara, the supremely righteous king, was Bahu's son.

द्वे भार्ये सगरस्यापि प्रभा भानुमती तथा ताभ्यामाराधितः पूर्वम् और्वो ऽग्निः पुत्रकाम्यया

Sagara had two wives, Prabha and Bhanumati; both previously worshipped the sage Aurva with the desire for sons.

और्वस्तुष्टस्तयोः प्रादाद् यथेष्टं वरमुत्तमम् एका षष्टिसहस्राणि सुतमेकं परा तथा

Aurva, being pleased, granted them the best boon as they wished: one received sixty thousand sons, the other a single son.

अगृह्णाद् वंशकर्तारं प्रभागृह्णात्सुतान्बहून् एकं भानुमतिः पुत्रम् अगृह्णाद् असमञ्जसम्

Prabha accepted many sons who would continue the lineage, while Bhanumati accepted one son, Asamanjas.

ततः षष्टिसहस्राणि सुषुवे सा तु वै प्रभा खनन्तः पृथिवीं दग्धा विष्णुहुङ्कारमार्गणैः

Then, from that radiance, sixty thousand sons were born, who, while digging the earth, were burned by the missiles of Viṣṇu's roar.

असमञ्जस्य तनयः सो ऽंशुमान्नाम विश्रुतः तस्य पुत्रो दिलीपस्तु दिलीपात्तु भगीरथः

Asamañja's son was the renowned Aṃśumān; his son was Dilīpa, and from Dilīpa came Bhagīratha.

येन भागीरथी गङ्गा तपः कृत्वावतारिता भगीरथसुतश्चापि श्रुतो नाम बभूव ह

By him, Bhagīratha, Gaṅgā descended through austerity; and Bhagīratha's son was known as Śruta.

नाभागस्तस्य दायादो भवभक्तः प्रतापवान् अंबरीषः सुतस्तस्य सिन्धुद्वीपस् ततो ऽभवत्

Nābhāga, devoted to the Lord and powerful, was his heir; his son was Ambarīṣa, and from him came Sindhudvīpa.