Linga Purana

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.

कृतो रथश्चेषुवरश् च शुभ्रं शरसनं ते त्रिपुरक्षयाय अनेकयत्नैश् च मयाथ तुभ्यं फलं न दृष्टं सुरसिद्धसंघैः

A chariot was made, and a great bow, and a shining arrow for the destruction of Tripura; with many efforts by me and the hosts of gods and siddhas, no result was seen for you.

रथो रथी देववरो हरिश् च रुद्रः स्वयं शक्रपितामहौ च त्वमेव सर्वे भगवन् कथं तु स्तोष्ये ह्य् अतोष्यं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना

The chariot, the charioteer, the best of gods, Hari, and Rudra himself, Indra and the Grandfather—O Lord, you are all of them; how then can I praise you, who cannot be satisfied, except by bowing my head?

अनन्तपादस् त्वम् अनन्तबाहुर् अनन्तमूर्धान्तकरः शिवश् च अनन्तमूर्तिः कथम् ईदृशं त्वां तोष्ये ह्य् अतोष्यं कथमीदृशं त्वाम्

You have endless feet, endless arms, endless heads, and are the destroyer of ends, O Shiva; you are of infinite forms—how can I satisfy you, who cannot be satisfied, how can I praise one such as you?

नमोनमः सर्वविदे शिवाय रुद्राय शर्वाय भवाय तुभ्यम् स्थूलाय सूक्ष्माय सुसूक्ष्मसूक्ष्मसूक्ष्माय सूक्ष्मार्थविदे विधात्रे

Salutations again and again to you, who know all, who are Shiva, Rudra, Sharva, and Bhava; to you who are gross, subtle, most exceedingly subtle, knower of subtle meanings, and the creator.

स्रष्ट्रे नमः सर्वसुरासुराणां भर्त्रे च हर्त्रे जगतां विधात्रे नेत्रे सुराणामसुरेश्वराणां दात्रे प्रशास्त्रे मम सर्वशास्त्रे

Salutation to the creator, the sustainer of all gods and demons, the destroyer of worlds, the ordainer, the leader of gods and lords of demons, the giver, the ruler, and to you who are the master of all scriptures.

वेदान्तवेद्याय सुनिर्मलाय वेदार्थविद्भिः सततं स्तुताय वेदात्मरूपाय भवाय तुभ्यम् अन्ताय मध्याय सुमध्यमाय

To you who are known through Vedanta, who are pure, who are always praised by knowers of the Vedas, who are the very essence of the Vedas, to you who are the end, the middle, and the best of middles, O Bhava.

आद्यन्तशून्याय च संस्थिताय तथा त्वशून्याय च लिङ्गिने च अलिङ्गिने लिङ्गमयाय तुभ्यं लिङ्गाय वेदादिमयाय साक्षात्

To you who are established as without beginning or end, who are not void, who are with form and without form, who are made of the linga, to the linga, to you who are the direct embodiment of the Vedas and their source.

रुद्राय मूर्धाननिकृन्तनाय ममादिदेवस्य च यज्ञमूर्तेः विध्वान्तभङ्गं मम कर्तुमीश दृष्ट्वैव भूमौ करजाग्रकोट्या

To Rudra, who severs heads, to the sacrificial form of my primeval god; O Lord, seeing the destruction of my sacrifice, you struck the earth with the tip of your fingernail.

अहो विचित्रं तव देवदेव विचेष्टितं सर्वसुरासुरेश देहीव देवैः सह देवकार्यं करिष्यसे निर्गुणरूपतत्त्व

Ah, how wondrous is your activity, O God of gods, Lord of all gods and demons; though you possess a body, together with the gods you accomplish divine deeds, yet your true nature is formless.

एकं स्थूलं सूक्ष्ममेकं सुसूक्ष्मं मूर्तामूर्तं मूर्तमेकं ह्यमूर्तम् एकं दृष्टं वाङ्मयं चैकमीशं ध्येयं चैकं तत्त्वमत्राद्भुतं ते

You are one, gross; one, subtle; one, most exceedingly subtle; with form and without form; one with form, one without form; one visible, one of speech, one Lord, one to be meditated upon—this wondrous reality is yours alone.

स्वप्ने दृष्टं यत्पदार्थं ह्यलक्ष्यं दृष्टं नूनं भाति मन्ये न चापि मूर्तिर्नो वै दैवकीशान देवैर् लक्ष्या यत्नैरप्यलक्ष्यं कथं तु

That object seen in a dream is truly ungraspable, though seen it appears, I think; nor is there any form, nor is it the Lord of gods—how can that which is not seen even by the gods with effort be seen?

दिव्यः क्व देवेश भवत्प्रभावो वयं क्व भक्तिः क्व च ते स्तुतिश् च तथापि भक्त्या विलपन्तमीश पितामहं मां भगवन्क्षमस्व

Where is your divine power, O Lord of gods, and where are we? Where is devotion, and where is praise of you? Yet, O Lord, forgive me, Brahma, who laments with devotion.

य इमं शृणुयाद्द्विजोत्तमा भुवि देवं प्रणिपत्य पठेत् स च मुञ्चति पापबन्धनं भवभक्त्या पुरशासितुः स्तवम्

Whoever on earth, O best of twice-born, listens to or recites this hymn to the Lord with devotion, bowing down, is freed from the bonds of sin by devotion to the Lord of the city.

श्रुत्वा च भक्त्या चतुराननेन स्तुतो हसञ्शैलसुतां निरीक्ष्य स्तवं तदा प्राह महानुभावं महाभुजो मन्दरशृङ्गवासी

Having heard this hymn, and seeing Parvati, Brahma praised with devotion; then the mighty-armed, great-souled Lord, dwelling on Mandara's peak, spoke with a smile.

स्तवेनानेन तुष्टो ऽस्मि तव भक्त्या च पद्मज वरान् वरय भद्रं ते देवानां च यथेप्सितान्

By this hymn I am pleased, and by your devotion, O Padmaja; choose your boons, let there be welfare for you, and for the gods as you desire.

ततः प्रणम्य देवेशं भगवान्पद्मसंभवः कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा प्राहेदं प्रीतमानसः

Then, having bowed to the Lord of gods, the blessed one born from the lotus, with hands joined in reverence, spoke these words with a delighted heart.

भगवन्देवदेवेश त्रिपुरान्तक शङ्कर त्वयि भक्तिं परां मे ऽद्य प्रसीद परमेश्वरम्

O Lord, Lord of gods, destroyer of Tripura, Śaṅkara, grant me supreme devotion to you today; be gracious, O Supreme Lord.

देवानां चैव सर्वेषां त्वयि सर्वार्थदेश्वर प्रसीद भक्तियोगेन सारथ्येन च सर्वदा

And for all the gods as well, O Lord who bestows all aims, be gracious, always through devotion and through guidance.

जनार्दनो ऽपि भगवान् नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम् कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा प्राह सांबं त्रियंबकम्

Janārdana too, the blessed one, having bowed to Maheśvara, with hands joined in reverence, spoke to Sāmbā and Tryambaka.

वाहनत्वं तवेशान नित्यमीहे प्रसीद मे त्वयि भक्तिं च देवेश देवदेव नमो ऽस्तु ते

I always desire to be your vehicle, O Lord; be gracious to me. Grant me devotion to you, O Lord of gods, God of gods; salutations to you.