Linga Purana

स्थाने तव महादेव चेष्टेयं परमेश्वर पूर्वदेवाश् च देवाश् च समास्तव यतः प्रभो

This act of yours, O great god, O supreme Lord, is fitting; for the gods of old and the present gods all exist because of you, O Lord.

तथापि देवा धर्मिष्ठाः पूर्वदेवाश् च पापिनः यतस्तस्माज्जगन्नाथ लीलां त्यक्तुमिहार्हसि

Yet, O Lord of the universe, the present gods are righteous, while the former gods were sinful; therefore, you ought to abandon this sport here.

किं रथेन ध्वजेनेश तव दग्धुं पुरत्रयम् इषुणा भूतसंघैश् च विष्णुना च मया प्रभो

O Lord, what need is there for a chariot and banner, or for destroying Tripura with an arrow, with the hosts of beings, with Viṣṇu, or with me?

पुष्ययोगे त्वनुप्राप्ते पुरं दग्धुमिहार्हसि यावन्न यान्ति देवेश वियोगं तावदेव तु

When the auspicious conjunction of Puṣya arrives, you should burn the city, O Lord of gods, but only when the gods have not yet departed.

दग्धुमर्हसि शीघ्रं त्वं त्रीण्येतानि पुराणि वै अथ देवो महादेवः सर्वज्ञस्तदवैक्षत

You should quickly burn these three cities; then the all-knowing great god looked upon them.

पुरत्रयं विरूपाक्षस् तत्क्षणाद्भस्म वै कृतम् सोमश् च भगवान्विष्णुः कालाग्निर्वायुरेव च

Virūpākṣa, in that very instant, reduced the triple city to ashes; Soma, the blessed Viṣṇu, Kāla, Agni, and Vāyu were all present.

शरे व्यवस्थिताः सर्वे देवमूचुः प्रणम्य तम् दग्धमप्यथ देवेश वीक्षणेन पुरत्रयम्

All those deities, having taken their places on the arrow, bowed to the god and said, 'O Lord of gods, even with just a glance you have burned Tripura.'

अस्मद्धितार्थं देवेश शरं मोक्तुमिहार्हसि अथ संमृज्य धनुषो ज्यां हसन् त्रिपुरार्दनः

For our benefit, O Lord of gods, you should release the arrow; then Tripurārdana, smiling, wiped the bowstring.

मुमोच बाणं विप्रेन्द्रा व्याकृष्याकर्णम् ईश्वरः तत्क्षणात्त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा त्रिपुरान्तकरः शरः

O best of Brāhmaṇas, the Lord drew the arrow to his ear and released it; in that very instant, the arrow burned Tripura, bringing its end.

देवदेवं समासाद्य नमस्कृत्वा व्यवस्थितः रेजे पुरत्रयं दग्धं दैत्यकोटिशतैर्वृतम्

Having approached the Lord of gods and offered obeisance, he stood there, shining, surrounded by hundreds of millions of demons, after burning the triple city.

इषुणा तेन कल्पान्ते रुद्रेणेव जगत्त्रयम् ये पूजयन्ति तत्रापि दैत्या रुद्रं सबान्धवाः

With that arrow at the end of the age, just as Rudra, the three worlds—wherever people worship—even there, the demons along with their kin worship Rudra.

गाणपत्यं तदा शंभोर् ययुः पूजाविधेर्बलात् न किंचिद् अब्रुवन् देवाः सेन्द्रोपेन्द्रा गणेश्वराः

Then, by the power of the ritual, they adopted the worship of Gaṇapati, and the gods, including Indra, Upendra, and the lords of the hosts, said nothing.

भयाद्देवं निरीक्ष्यैव देवीं हिमवतः सुताम् दृष्ट्वा भीतं तदानीकं देवानां देवपुङ्गवः

Out of fear, seeing the god and the goddess, daughter of Himavat, and beholding the terrified assembly of gods, the foremost of the gods—

किं चेत्याह तदा देवान् प्रणेमुस्तं समन्ततः

Then he said to the gods, 'What is this?' and they all bowed to him from every side.

ववन्दिरे नन्दिनमिन्दुभूषणं ववन्दिरे पर्वतराजसंभवाम् ववन्दिरे चाद्रिसुतासुतं प्रभुं ववन्दिरे देवगणा महेश्वरम्

They bowed to Nandin, adorned with the moon; they bowed to the one born of the king of mountains; they bowed to the lord, son of the mountain's daughter; the hosts of gods bowed to Maheśvara.

तुष्टाव हृदये ब्रह्मा देवैः सह समाहितः विष्णुना च भवं देवं त्रिपुरारातिमीश्वरम्

Brahmā, together with the gods and with concentrated mind, praised Bhava, the god, the lord, the enemy of Tripura, along with Viṣṇu.

प्रसीद देवदेवेश प्रसीद परमेश्वर प्रसीद जगतां नाथ प्रसीदानन्ददाव्यय

Be gracious, Lord of gods; be gracious, Supreme Lord; be gracious, Lord of the worlds; be gracious, undying giver of bliss.

पञ्चास्यरुद्ररुद्राय पञ्चाशत्कोटिमूर्तये आत्मत्रयोपविष्टाय विद्यातत्त्वाय ते नमः

Obeisance to you, Rudra of five faces, with fifty million forms, seated in the three selves, the essence of knowledge.

शिवाय शिवतत्त्वाय अघोराय नमोनमः अघोराष्टकतत्त्वाय द्वादशात्मस्वरूपिणे

Salutations again and again to Śiva, the principle of Śiva, to the Aghora form, to the essence of the eightfold Aghora, to the one whose nature is twelvefold.

विद्युत्कोटिप्रतीकाशम् अष्टकाशं सुशोभनम् रूपमास्थाय लोके ऽस्मिन् संस्थिताय शिवात्मने

To the one whose form shines like millions of lightning flashes, who is splendid in eightfold radiance, who abides in this world as the soul of Śiva.

अग्निवर्णाय रौद्राय अंबिकार्धशरीरिणे धवलश्यामरक्तानां मुक्तिदायामराय च

To the one of fire-like color, fierce, whose body is half Ambikā, who grants liberation to the white, dark, and red immortals.

ज्येष्ठाय रुद्ररूपाय सोमाय वरदाय च त्रिलोकाय त्रिदेवाय वषट्काराय वै नमः

To the eldest, to the Rudra form, to Soma, to the giver of boons, to the lord of the three worlds, to the three gods, to the utterer of vaṣaṭ—salutations.

मध्ये गगनरूपाय गगनस्थाय ते नमः अष्टक्षेत्राष्टरूपाय अष्टतत्त्वाय ते नमः

Salutations to you, who are the form of the sky in the midst, who abide in the sky, who are eightfold in fields and forms, who are the eight principles.

चतुर्धा च चतुर्धा च चतुर्धा संस्थिताय च पञ्चधा पञ्चधा चैव पञ्चमन्त्रशरीरिणे

To the one established in fourfold and again fourfold and again fourfold ways, and in fivefold and again fivefold, whose body is the five mantras.

चतुःषष्टिप्रकाराय अकाराय नमोनमः द्वात्रिंशत्तत्त्वरूपाय उकाराय नमोनमः

Salutations again and again to the one of sixty-four forms, to the letter 'A'; salutations to the one whose form is the thirty-two principles, to the letter 'U'.

षोडशात्मस्वरूपाय मकाराय नमोनमः अष्टधात्मस्वरूपाय अर्धमात्रात्मने नमः

Salutations again and again to the one whose nature is sixteenfold, to the letter 'M'; salutations to the one whose nature is eightfold, to the half-syllable as the self.

ओङ्काराय नमस्तुभ्यं चतुर्धा संस्थिताय च गगनेशाय देवाय स्वर्गेशाय नमो नमः

Salutations to you, Oṃkāra, established in fourfold ways, to the lord of the sky, to the god, to the lord of heaven—salutations again and again.

सप्तलोकाय पातालनरकेशाय वै नमः अष्टक्षेत्राष्टरूपाय परात्परतराय च

Salutation to You, who are the Seven Worlds, the lord of the underworlds and hells; to You who are the eight sacred places, the eight forms, and who are higher than the highest.

सहस्रशिरसे तुभ्यं सहस्राय च ते नमः सहस्रपादयुक्ताय शर्वाय परमेष्ठिने

To You with a thousand heads, I bow; to You who are a thousandfold; to You endowed with a thousand feet, to Śarva, the Supreme Lord.