Linga Purana

वामाय वामदेवाय वरदायामृताय ते अघोरायातिघोराय सद्योजाताय रंहसे

To Vama, to Vamadeva, to the boon-giver, to the immortal; to Aghora, to the exceedingly fierce, to Sadyojata, the swift—salutations.

ईशानाय श्मशानाय अतिवेगाय वेगिने नमो ऽस्तु श्रुतिपादाय ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गाय लिङ्गिने

Salutations to Ishana, to the lord of cremation grounds, to the supremely swift, to the swift one; to the foundation of the Vedas, to the upward-facing Linga, to the Linga-bearer.

हेमलिङ्गाय हेमाय वारिलिङ्गाय चांभसे शिवाय शिवलिङ्गाय व्यापिने व्योमव्यापिने

To the golden Linga, to the golden one, to the water Linga, to the watery one; to Shiva, to the Shiva Linga, to the all-pervading, to the sky-pervading—salutations.

वायवे वायुवेगाय नमस्ते वायुव्यापिने तेजसे तेजसां भर्त्रे नमस्तेजो ऽधिव्यापिने

To Vayu, to the one of wind's speed—salutations; to the all-pervading wind, to the radiant one, to the lord of radiances, to the all-pervading radiance—salutations.

जलाय जलभूताय नमस्ते जलव्यापिने पृथिव्यै चान्तरिक्षाय पृथिवीव्यापिने नमः

To water, to the being of water—salutations; to the all-pervading water; to earth and to the midspace, to the all-pervading earth—salutations.

शब्दस्पर्शस्वरूपाय रसगन्धाय गन्धिने गणाधिपतये तुभ्यं गुह्याद्गुह्यतमाय ते

To the one whose form is sound and touch, to taste and fragrance, to the fragrant one; to you, the lord of the hosts, to the most secret of the secret—

अनन्ताय विरूपाय अनन्तानामयाय च शाश्वताय वरिष्ठाय वारिगर्भाय योगिने

To the infinite, the formless, the endless, the disease-free; to the eternal, the supreme, the one whose womb is water, to the yogi—

संस्थितायाम्भसां मध्ये आवयोर्मध्यवर्चसे गोप्त्रे हर्त्रे सदा कर्त्रे निधनायेश्वराय च

To the one established in the midst of waters, the radiance between us two, the protector, the destroyer, the ever-creator, and the lord of dissolution—

अचेतनाय चिन्त्याय चेतनायासहारिणे अरूपाय सुरूपाय अनङ्गायाङ्गहारिणे

To the unconscious, the conceivable, the destroyer of consciousness; to the formless, the beautiful form, the bodiless, the destroyer of bodies—

भस्मदिग्धशरीराय भानुसोमाग्निहेतवे श्वेताय श्वेतवर्णाय तुहिनाद्रिचराय च

To the one whose body is smeared with ashes, the cause of sun, moon, and fire; to the white one, of white complexion, and the wanderer of snowy mountains—

सुश्वेताय सुवक्त्राय नमः श्वेतशिखाय च श्वेतास्याय महास्याय नमस्ते श्वेतलोहित

To the very white, the beautiful-faced—salutations; to the one with white crest, to the white-faced, the great-faced—salutations to the white and red one.

सुताराय विशिष्टाय नमो दुन्दुभिने हर शतरूपविरूपाय नमः केतुमते सदा

Salutations to you, Hara, who are the excellent rescuer, the drum, the one with a hundred forms and formlessness, and always possessed of the banner.

ऋद्धिशोकविशोकाय पिनाकाय कपर्दिने विपाशाय सुपाशाय नमस्ते पाशनाशिने

To you who are free from prosperity and sorrow, to the wielder of the bow Pinaka, the matted-haired one, the unfettered, the well-binder, and the destroyer of bonds—salutations.

सुहोत्राय हविष्याय सुब्रह्मण्याय सूरिणे सुमुखाय सुवक्त्राय दुर्दमाय दमाय च

Salutations to the excellent sacrificer, the one worthy of offerings, the supremely holy, the wise, the auspicious-faced, the well-featured, the unconquerable, and the subduer.

कङ्काय कङ्करूपाय कङ्कणीकृतपन्नग सनकाय नमस्तुभ्यं सनातन सनन्दन

Salutations to the heron, to the one who takes the form of a heron, to the one who has made serpents into ornaments, to Sanaka, to the eternal, and to Sanandana.

सनत्कुमारसारङ्गम् आरणाय महात्मने लोकाक्षिणे त्रिधामाय नमो विरजसे सदा

Salutations to Sanatkumara, the charioteer, the one who resides in the forest, the great-souled, the observer of the worlds, the one with three abodes, and ever pure.

शङ्खपालाय शङ्खाय रजसे तमसे नमः सारस्वताय मेघाय मेघवाहन ते नमः

Salutations to Shankhapala, to the conch, to the quality of passion, to darkness, to Sarasvata, to the cloud, and to you, the cloud-rider.

सुवाहाय विवाहाय विवादवरदाय च नमः शिवाय रुद्राय प्रधानाय नमोनमः

Salutations to the good vehicle, the arranger of marriages, the bestower of success in disputes, to Shiva, to Rudra, to the chief—again and again, salutations.

त्रिगुणाय नमस्तुभ्यं चतुर्व्यूहात्मने नमः संसाराय नमस्तुभ्यं नमः संसारहेतवे

Salutations to you, who are the three qualities, to the one whose nature is the fourfold emanation; salutations to you, who are the world-process, and to the cause of the world-process.

मोक्षाय मोक्षरूपाय मोक्षकर्त्रे नमोनमः आत्मने ऋषये तुभ्यं स्वामिने विष्णवे नमः

Salutations to liberation, to the form of liberation, to the giver of liberation; to the self, to the seer, to the master, to Vishnu—salutations.

नमो भगवते तुभ्यं नागानां पतये नमः ओङ्काराय नमस्तुभ्यं सर्वज्ञाय नमो नमः

Salutations to you, the blessed one, to the lord of serpents; salutations to you, Oṃkāra, and to the all-knowing—salutations again and again.

सर्वाय च नमस्तुभ्यं नमो नारायणाय च नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय आदिदेवाय ते नमः

Salutations to you, who are all; salutations also to Nārāyaṇa; salutations to Hiraṇyagarbha, to the primeval god—salutations to you.

नमो ऽस्त्वजाय पतये प्रजानां व्यूहहेतवे महादेवाय देवानाम् ईश्वराय नमो नमः

Salutations to the unborn, to the lord, to the cause of the emanation of beings, to the great god of the gods, to the ruler—salutations again and again.

शर्वाय च नमस्तुभ्यं सत्याय शमनाय च ब्रह्मणे चैव भूतानां सर्वज्ञाय नमो नमः

Salutations to Sharva, to the true, to the pacifier, to Brahman, to the beings, to the all-knowing—salutations again and again.

महात्मने नमस्तुभ्यं प्रज्ञारूपाय वै नमः चितये चितिरूपाय स्मृतिरूपाय वै नमः

Salutations to the great-souled, to the one whose form is wisdom; salutations to consciousness, to the one whose form is awareness, and whose form is memory—salutations.

ज्ञानाय ज्ञानगम्याय नमस्ते संविदे सदा शिखराय नमस्तुभ्यं नीलकण्ठाय वै नमः

Salutations to knowledge, to the one attainable by knowledge, to consciousness always; salutations to the peak, to the blue-throated one.

अर्धनारीशरीराय अव्यक्ताय नमोनमः एकादशविभेदाय स्थाणवे ते नमः सदा

Salutations again and again to the one whose body is half-female, to the unmanifest; salutations always to you, the one with eleven forms, the steadfast.

नमः सोमाय सूर्याय भवाय भवहारिणे यशस्कराय देवाय शङ्करायेश्वराय च

Salutations to Soma, to Sūrya, to Bhava, to the remover of existence, to the bestower of fame, to the god, to Shankara, and to Īśvara.

नमो ऽंबिकाधिपतये उमायाः पतये नमः हिरण्यबाहवे तुभ्यं नमस्ते हेमरेतसे

Salutations to the lord of Ambikā, to the husband of Umā; salutations to you, golden-armed one, salutations to you of golden seed.