Linga Purana

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.

नवात्मतत्त्वरूपाय नवाष्टात्मात्मशक्तये पुनरष्टप्रकाशाय तथाष्टाष्टकमूर्तये

To You who are the form of the nine essential principles, whose power is the nine and eightfold self, who again shine forth in eight ways, and who are the eightfold eight-formed One.

चतुःषष्ट्यात्मतत्त्वाय पुनरष्टविधाय ते गुणाष्टकवृतायैव गुणिने निर्गुणाय ते

To You who are the sixty-four essential principles of the self, who are again of eightfold nature, who are surrounded by the eight qualities, who possess qualities and are yet beyond qualities.

मूलस्थाय नमस्तुभ्यं शाश्वतस्थानवासिने नाभिमण्डलसंस्थाय हृदि निःस्वनकारिणे

Salutation to You who abide at the root, who dwell in the eternal place, who are established in the navel region, and who cause resonance in the heart.

कन्धरे च स्थितायैव तालुरन्ध्रस्थिताय च भ्रूमध्ये संस्थितायैव नादमध्ये स्थिताय च

To You who are established in the throat, who are present at the palate's opening, who are situated between the eyebrows, and who abide in the midst of sound.

चन्द्रबिम्बस्थितायैव शिवाय शिवरूपिणे वह्निसोमार्करूपाय षट्त्रिंशच्छक्तिरूपिणे

To You who are established in the orb of the moon, who are Śiva, who take the form of Śiva, who are of the forms of fire, moon, and sun, and who are the embodiment of thirty-six energies.

त्रिधा संवृत्य लोकान्वै प्रसुप्तभुजगात्मने त्रिप्रकारं स्थितायैव त्रेताग्निमयरूपिणे

To You who, having enveloped the worlds in three ways, are the self of the sleeping serpent, who are established in three forms, and whose form is the fire of the threefold sacrificial altar.

सदाशिवाय शान्ताय महेशाय पिनाकिने सर्वज्ञाय शरण्याय सद्योजाताय वै नमः

To Sadāśiva, the peaceful one, to the great Lord, the wielder of the Pināka bow, the all-knowing, the refuge, and to Sadyojāta, I bow.

अघोराय नमस्तुभ्यं वामदेवाय ते नमः तत्पुरुषाय नमो ऽस्तु ईशानाय नमोनमः

Salutation to Aghora, salutation to Vāmadeva, salutation to Tatpuruṣa, repeated salutation to Īśāna.

नमस्त्रिंशत्प्रकाशाय शान्तातीताय वै नमः अनन्तेशाय सूक्ष्माय उत्तमाय नमो ऽस्तु ते

Salutation to You, the thirtyfold radiance, to the one beyond peace, to the Lord of infinity, to the subtle one, to the highest, I bow.

एकाक्षाय नमस्तुभ्यम् एकरुद्राय ते नमः नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं श्रीकण्ठाय शिखण्डिने

Salutation to You, the one-eyed; salutation to You, the one Rudra; salutation to You, the three-formed; to Śrīkaṇṭha, the crested one.

अनन्तासनसंस्थाय अनन्तायान्तकारिणे विमलाय विशालाय विमलाङ्गाय ते नमः

To You who are seated on the endless seat, who are endless and the destroyer of the end, who are pure, vast, and whose limbs are spotless, I bow.

विमलासनसंस्थाय विमलार्थार्थरूपिणे योगपीठान्तरस्थाय योगिने योगदायिने

To You who are seated on the pure seat, who are the form of pure meaning and purpose, who dwell in the inner seat of yoga, who are the yogi and the giver of yoga.

योगिनां हृदि संस्थाय सदा नीवारशूकवत् प्रत्याहाराय ते नित्यं प्रत्याहाररताय ते

To You who ever dwell in the hearts of yogis, like unhulled rice, who are withdrawal (pratyāhāra) itself, and who are always devoted to withdrawal.

प्रत्याहाररतानां च प्रतिस्थानस्थिताय च धारणायै नमस्तुभ्यं धारणाभिरताय ते

To You who are established as the support for those devoted to withdrawal, salutation to You as concentration (dhāraṇā), and to You who are ever devoted to concentration.

धारणाभ्यासयुक्तानां पुरस्तात्संस्थिताय च ध्यानाय ध्यानरूपाय ध्यानगम्याय ते नमः

To You who are present before those engaged in the practice of concentration, to meditation, to the form of meditation, to You who are attainable through meditation, I bow.

ध्येयाय ध्येयगम्याय ध्येयध्यानाय ते नमः ध्येयानामपि ध्येयाय नमो ध्येयतमाय ते

To You who are the object of meditation, who are attainable by meditation, who are meditation and the meditated-upon, I bow; to You who are the object of meditation even for those who meditate, and who are the most worthy of meditation, I bow.

समाधानाभिगम्याय समाधानाय ते नमः समाधानरतानां तु निर्विकल्पार्थरूपिणे

Salutation to you, who are approached through concentration, who are the very embodiment of concentration, and who take the form of the objectless state cherished by those devoted to absorption.

दग्ध्वोद्धृतं सर्वमिदं त्वयाद्य जगत्त्रयं रुद्र पुरत्रयं हि कः स्तोतुमिच्छेत् कथमीदृशं त्वां स्तोष्ये हि तुष्टाय शिवाय तुभ्यम्

O Rudra, today you have burned and lifted up all this threefold world; who could wish to praise you, the destroyer of the three cities, and how could I praise you, O Shiva, who are already satisfied?

भक्त्या च तुष्ट्याद्भुतदर्शनाच्च मर्त्या अमर्त्या अपि देवदेव एते गणाः सिद्धगणैः प्रणामं कुर्वन्ति देवेश गणेश तुभ्यम्

Because of devotion, satisfaction, and your wondrous appearance, even mortals and immortals, O God of gods, these hosts of gods and perfected beings, bow down to you, O Lord of hosts, O Lord of the Gaṇas.

निरीक्षणादेव विभो ऽसि दग्धुं पुरत्रयं चैव जगत्त्रयं च लीलालसेनांबिकया क्षणेन दग्धं किलेषुश् च तदाथ मुक्तः

O Sovereign, merely by your glance you are able to burn the three cities and the three worlds; with Ambika as your playful army, you burned them in an instant, and then were released from the arrows.