Linga Purana

अविशेषवाचकत्वाद् अविशेषास् ततस् तु ते प्रशान्तघोरमूढत्वाद् अविशेषास्ततः पुनः

Because they denote non-differentiation, they are called non-differentiated. Due to tranquility, fierceness, and delusion, they are again termed non-differentiated.

भूततन्मात्रसर्गो ऽयं विज्ञेयस्तु परस्परम् वैकारिकादहङ्कारात् सत्त्वोद्रिक्तात्तु सात्त्विकात्

This creation of the subtle elements should be understood as arising mutually from the Vaikārikā ego, which is predominated by sattva.

वैकारिकः स सर्गस्तु युगपत् सम्प्रवर्तते बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैव पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाणि च

That Vaikārikā creation manifests simultaneously: the five organs of knowledge and the five organs of action.

साधकानीन्द्रियाणि स्युर् देवा वैकारिका दश एकादशं मनस्तत्र स्वगुणेनोभयात्मकम्

The organs are instruments; the ten Vaikārikā deities preside over them. The eleventh is the mind, which, by its own quality, is of dual nature.

श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी शब्दादीनामवाप्त्यर्थं बुद्धियुक्तानि तानि वै

Ear, skin, eyes, tongue, and nose are the five organs, endowed with intellect, for the purpose of perceiving sound and the rest.

पादौ पायुरुपस्थश् च हस्तौ वाग्दशमी भवेत् गतिर्विसर्गो ह्यानन्दः शिल्पं वाक्यं च कर्म तत्

Feet, anus, genitals, hands, and speech are the five organs of action. Movement, excretion, pleasure, craftsmanship, and speech are their respective functions.

आकाशं शब्दमात्रं च स्पर्शमात्रं समाविशत् द्विगुणस्तु ततो वायुः शब्दस्पर्शात्मको ऽभवत्

Space, characterized solely by sound, was penetrated by only touch. Then, air became twofold, possessing both sound and touch.

रूपं तथैव विशतः शब्दस्पर्शगुणावुभौ त्रिगुणस्तु ततस्त्वग्निः सशब्दस्पर्शरूपवान्

Similarly, when form entered, both sound and touch were present. Then, fire became threefold, possessing sound, touch, and form.

सशब्दस्पर्शरूपं च रसमात्रं समाविशत् तस्माच्चतुर्गुणा आपो विज्ञेयास्तु रसात्मिकाः

Sound, touch, and form, along with only taste, were penetrated. Therefore, waters are understood to be fourfold, characterized by taste.

शब्दस्पर्शं च रूपं च रसो वै गन्धमाविशत् संगता गन्धमात्रेण आविशन्तो महीमिमाम्

Sound, touch, form, and taste were penetrated by only smell. United with the attribute of smell, they entered this earth.

तस्मात्पञ्चगुणा भूमिः स्थूला भूतेषु शस्यते शान्ता घोराश् च मूढाश् च विशेषास्तेन ते स्मृताः

Therefore, earth is fivefold, gross among the elements. Peaceful, fierce, and deluded distinctions are thus remembered.

परस्परानुप्रवेशाद् धारयन्ति परस्परम् भूमेरन्तस्त्विदं सर्वं लोकालोकाचलावृतम्

By mutual interpenetration, they support each other. Within earth lies everything, enveloped by worlds, realms, and mountains.

विशेषाश्चेन्द्रियग्राह्या नियतत्वाच्च ते स्मृताः गुणं पूर्वस्य सर्गस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तराः

The distinctions are grasped by the senses, and because they are fixed, they are remembered. Each subsequent creation acquires the attribute of the preceding one.

तेषां यावच्च तद् यच्च यच्च तावद्गुणं स्मृतम् उपलभ्याप्सु वै गन्धं केचिद् ब्रूयुर् अपां गुणम्

As long as those qualities exist, whatever is considered their attribute, some may perceive fragrance in water and call it a property of water.

पृथिव्यामेव तं विद्याद् अपां वायोश् च संश्रयात् एते सप्त महात्मानो ह्य् अन्योन्यस्य समाश्रयात्

But know that this property truly belongs to earth, though it appears in water and air due to their association; these seven great elements, by mutual association, share each other's qualities.

पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च अव्यक्तानुग्रहेण च महादयो विशेषान्ता ह्य् अण्डमुत्पादयन्ति ते

Because of being presided over by the Purusha and through the favor of the unmanifest, these great elements, ending in the specific forms, produce the cosmic egg.

एककालसमुत्पन्नं जलबुद्बुदवच्च तत् विशेषेभ्यो ऽण्डम् अभवन् महत् तद् उदकेशयम्

That egg, arising all at once like a bubble in water, came into being from the specific elements; it is vast and rests upon the waters.

अद्भिर् दशगुणाभिस्तु बाह्यतो ऽण्डं समावृतम् आपो दशगुणेनैतास् तेजसा बाह्यतो वृताः

The egg is surrounded on the outside by water, which is ten times its own measure; and that water is itself encircled on the outside by fire, ten times greater.

तेजो दशगुणेनैव वायुना बाह्यतो वृतम् वायुर्दशगुणेनैव बाह्यतो नभसा वृतः

Fire, in turn, is surrounded on the outside by air, ten times greater; and air is encircled on the outside by ether, ten times greater.

आकाशेनावृतो वायुः खं तु भूतादिनावृतम् भूतादिर्महता चापि अव्यक्तेनावृतो महान्

Air is enclosed by ether, and ether by the principle of the elements; the principle of the elements is surrounded by the great principle, and the great principle by the unmanifest.

शर्वश्चाण्डकपालस्थो भवश्चांभसि सुव्रताः रुद्रो ऽग्निमध्ये भगवान् उग्रो वायौ पुनः स्मृतः

Śarva abides in the skull of the egg, Bhava in the waters, Rudra, the blessed one, in the midst of fire, and Ugra is again remembered as being in the air.

भीमश्चावनिमध्यस्थो ह्य् अहङ्कारे महेश्वरः बुद्धौ च भगवानीशः सर्वतः परमेश्वरः

Bhīma is situated in the midst of the earth, Maheśvara in the ego, and the blessed Lord Īśa in the intellect—everywhere, the Supreme Lord.

एतैरावरणैरण्डं सप्तभिः प्राकृतैर् वृतम् एता आवृत्य चान्योन्यम् अष्टौ प्रकृतयः स्थिताः

With these seven natural coverings, the egg is enveloped; and, having covered one another, these eight principles remain established.

प्रसर्गकाले स्थित्वा तु ग्रसन्त्येताः परस्परम् एवं परस्परोत्पन्ना धारयन्ति परस्परम्

At the time of creation, having remained thus, they consume each other; thus, being mutually produced, they support one another.

आधाराधेयभावेन विकारास्ते विकारिषु महेश्वरः परो ऽव्यक्ताद् अण्डम् अव्यक्तसंभवम्

In the relationship of support and supported, these modifications reside in the modified; the Supreme Maheśvara, beyond the unmanifest, is the source of the egg, which arises from the unmanifest.

अण्डाज्जज्ञे स एवेशः पुरुषो ऽर्कसमप्रभः तस्मिन्कार्यस्य करणं संसिद्धं स्वेच्छयैव तु

From the egg, that very Lord was born, the Purusha, radiant like the sun; in him, the means for the work was perfectly established by his own will.

स वै शरीरी प्रथमः स वै पुरुष उच्यते तस्य वामाङ्गजो विष्णुः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः

He is indeed the first embodied being, called the Purusha; from his left side arose Viṣṇu, honored by all the gods.

लक्ष्म्या देव्या ह्यभूद्देव इच्छया परमेष्ठिनः दक्षिणाङ्गभवो ब्रह्मा सरस्वत्या जगद्गुरुः

From the will of the supreme Lord, the goddess Lakṣmī was born; from his right side came Brahmā, the teacher of the world, with Sarasvatī.

तस्मिन्नण्डे इमे लोका अन्तर्विश्वमिदं जगत् चन्द्रादित्यौ सनक्षत्रौ सग्रहौ सह वायुना

Within that egg are these worlds, and this entire universe; the moon and sun, with their constellations and planets, along with the wind.