Linga Purana

तदर्धं केवले पापे नात्र कार्या विचारणा ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं सुवर्णस्तेयमेव च

Half of that merit applies in the case of a single sin; there should be no doubt regarding this—such as the slaying of a Brahmin, drinking of liquor, theft of gold, and so on.

कृत्वा च गुरुतल्पं च पापकृद्ब्राह्मणो यदि रुद्रगायत्रिया ग्राह्यं गोमूत्रं कापिलं द्विजाः

If a Brahmin commits a grave sin, such as violating the teacher’s bed, he should take Kapila cow urine with the Rudra-Gāyatrī, O twice-born ones.

गन्धद्वारेति तस्या वै गोमयं स्वस्थम् आहरेत् तेजो ऽसि शुक्तम् इत्याज्यं कापिलं संहरेद्बुधः

With the mantra 'gandhadvāre', he should take fresh cow dung; with 'tejo'si śuktam', he should take clarified butter, as prescribed by the wise.

आप्यायस्वेति च क्षीरं दधिक्राव्णेति चाहरेत् गव्यं दधि नवं साक्षात् कापिलं वै पितामह

With the mantra 'āpyāyasva', he should take milk; with 'dadhikrāvaṇa', he should take fresh curd from a Kapila cow, O Pitāmaha.

देवस्य त्वेति मन्त्रेण संग्रहेद्वै कुशोदकम् एकस्थं हेमपात्रे वा कृत्वाघोरेण राजते

With the mantra 'devasya tvā', he should collect water with kuśa grass, placing it together in a golden vessel or, with the Aghora mantra, in a silver one.

ताम्रे वा पद्मपात्रे वा पालाशे वा दले शुभे सकूर्चं सर्वरत्नाढ्यं क्षिप्त्वा तत्रैव काञ्चनम्

Or in a copper or lotus-leaf vessel, or in a pure palāśa leaf, with a bundle of kuśa grass, adorned with all kinds of gems, and gold placed there as well.

जपेल्लक्षमघोराख्यं हुत्वा चैव घृतादिभिः घृतेन चरुणा चैव समिद्भिश् च तिलैस् तथा

He should recite the Aghora mantra one hundred thousand times, and offer oblations with ghee and other substances, with ghee, with a cooked offering, with sacred sticks, and with sesame seeds.

यवैश् च व्रीहिभिश्चैव जुहुयाद्वै पृथक्पृथक् प्रत्येकं सप्तवारं तु द्रव्यालाभे घृतेन तु

With barley and rice, he should offer separately, each seven times; if these materials are unavailable, then with ghee alone.

हुत्वाघोरेण देवेशं स्नात्वाघोरेण वै द्विजाः अष्टद्रोणघृतेनैव स्नाप्य पश्चाद्विशोध्य च

Having offered oblations to the Lord with the Aghora mantra, and having bathed with the same, O twice-born, he should then bathe the Lord with eight droṇas of ghee, and purify thereafter.

अहोरात्रोषितः स्नातः पिबेत्कूर्चं शिवाग्रतः ब्राह्मं ब्रह्मजपं कुर्याद् आचम्य च यथाविधि

Having fasted for a day and night, and bathed, he should drink the kuśa mixture before Śiva, recite the Brahma mantra, and perform the prescribed purification.

एवं कृत्वा कृतघ्नो ऽपि ब्रह्महा भ्रूणहा तथा वीरहा गुरुघाती च मित्रविश्वासघातकः

Thus, even one who has committed the killing of a Brahmin, a fetus, a hero, a teacher, or betrayed a friend’s trust—

स्तेयी सुवर्णस्तेयी च गुरुतल्परतः सदा मद्यपो वृषलीसक्तः परदारविधर्षकः

A thief, a gold thief, one who violates the teacher’s bed, a habitual drunkard, one attached to outcast women, or who violates another’s wife—

ब्रह्मस्वहा तथा गोघ्नो मातृहा पितृहा तथा देवप्रच्यावकश्चैव लिङ्गप्रध्वंसकस् तथा

One who destroys Vedic offerings, kills a cow, kills mother or father, drives away the gods, or destroys the liṅga—

तथान्यानि च पापानि मानसानि द्विजो यदि वाचिकानि तथान्यानि कायिकानि सहस्रशः

And other sins, whether mental, verbal, or physical, even if committed by the thousands—

कृत्वा विमुच्यते सद्यो जन्मान्तरशतैरपि एतद्रहस्यं कथितम् अघोरेशप्रसंगतः

Having done this, one is immediately freed, even from hundreds of births; this secret has been told by the grace of Aghoreśa.

तस्माज्जपेद्द्विजो नित्यं सर्वपापविशुद्धये

Therefore, a twice-born should always recite for the purification from all sins.

अथान्यो ब्रह्मणः कल्पो वर्तते मुनिपुङ्गवाः विश्वरूप इति ख्यातो नामतः परमाद्भुतः

Now, O foremost sages, another cycle of Brahmā is described, known by name as Viśvarūpa, most wondrous indeed.

विनिवृत्ते तु संहारे पुनः सृष्टे चराचरे ब्रह्मणः पुत्रकामस्य ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः

When dissolution had ceased and creation arose again, Brahmā, desiring sons, meditated upon the Supreme Lord.

प्रादुर्भूता महानादा विश्वरूपा सरस्वती विश्वमाल्यांबरधरा विश्वयज्ञोपवीतिनी

Then appeared the great sound, Sarasvatī, of universal form, adorned with the garland and garments of the cosmos, wearing the sacred thread of the universal sacrifice.

विश्वोष्णीषा विश्वगन्धा विश्वमाता महोष्ठिका तथाविधं स भगवान् ईशानं परमेश्वरम्

She bore the universal turban, universal fragrance, was the mother of all, and the great bee; in such a form, the Blessed One meditated upon Īśāna, the Supreme Lord.

शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् अथ तं मनसा ध्यात्वा युक्तात्मा वै पितामहः

Pure as crystal, adorned with all ornaments, Pitāmaha, with a concentrated mind, meditated upon Him.

ववन्दे देवमीशानं सर्वेशं सर्वगं प्रभुम् ओमीशान नमस्ते ऽस्तु महादेव नमो ऽस्तु ते

He worshipped the god Īśāna, the Lord of all, the omnipresent ruler: 'Om Īśāna, salutations to you; Mahādeva, salutations to you.'

नमो ऽस्तु सर्वविद्यानाम् ईशान परमेश्वर नमो ऽस्तु सर्वभूतानाम् ईशान वृषवाहन

Salutations to you, Īśāna, Supreme Lord of all knowledge; salutations to you, Īśāna, Bull-bannered Lord of all beings.

ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपते तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपिणे नमो ब्रह्माधिपतये शिवं मे ऽस्तु सदाशिव

Lord of Brahmā, to you; to Brahmā, to the one of Brahmā's form; salutations to the Lord of Brahmā—may Śiva, Sadāśiva, always be auspicious for me.

ओङ्कारमूर्ते देवेश सद्योजात नमोनमः प्रपद्ये त्वां प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि सद्योजाताय वै नमः

O Lord of gods, embodiment of Om, Sadyojāta, salutations again and again; I take refuge in you, I have sought you—salutations to Sadyojāta.

अभवे च भवे तुभ्यं तथा नातिभवे नमः भवोद्भव भवेशान मां भजस्व महाद्युते

Salutations to you in non-being and being, and also in neither excessive being; O source of being, Lord of existence, O radiant one, favor me.

वामदेव नमस्तुभ्यं ज्येष्ठाय वरदाय च नमो रुद्राय कालाय कलनाय नमो नमः

Salutations to you, Vāmadeva, to the eldest and the bestower of boons; salutations to Rudra, to Time, to the measurer—salutations again and again.

नमो विकरणायैव कालवर्णाय वर्णिने बलाय बलिनां नित्यं सदा विकरणाय ते

Salutations to you, O Vikaraṇa, of the color of Time, the colored one, the strong one, always among the strong; salutations always to you, O Vikaraṇa.

बलप्रमथनायैव बलिने ब्रह्मरूपिणे सर्वभूतेश्वरेशाय भूतानां दमनाय च

Salutations to you, destroyer of strength, the strong one, of Brahmā's form, Lord of all beings, and subduer of creatures.