Linga Purana

नमो भूताय भव्याय महते प्रभवाय च जनाय च नमस्तुभ्यं तपसे वरदाय च

Salutation to the being, to the future, to the great and the mighty; salutation to you, to asceticism, and to the bestower of boons.

अणवे महते चैव नमः सर्वगताय च नमो बन्धाय मोक्षाय स्वर्गाय नरकाय च

Salutation to the minute and the great, and to the all-pervading; salutation to bondage, to liberation, to heaven, and to hell.

नमो भवाय देवाय इज्याय याजकाय च प्रत्युदीर्णाय दीप्ताय तत्त्वायातिगुणाय च

Salutation to Bhava, to the god, to the sacrifice and the sacrificer; to the one who rises up, who is radiant, who is the principle, and who is beyond the qualities.

नमः पाशाय शस्त्राय नमस्त्वाभरणाय च हुताय उपहूताय प्रहुतप्राशिताय च

Salutation to the noose, to the weapon, and to the ornament; salutation to the offered, the invoked, the well-offered, and the one who receives the oblation.

नमो ऽस्त्विष्टाय पूर्ताय अग्निष्टोमद्विजाय च सदस्याय नमश्चैव दक्षिणावभृथाय च

Salutation to the one who is worshipped, fulfilled, to the twice-born of the Agnistoma; salutation to the member of the assembly and to the recipient of the sacrificial fee and the ablution.

अहिंसायाप्रलोभाय पशुमन्त्रौषधाय च नमः पुष्टिप्रदानाय सुशीलाय सुशीलिने

Salutation to non-violence, to non-greed, to the mantras for cattle and herbs; salutation to the giver of nourishment, to the virtuous, to the well-behaved.

अतीताय भविष्याय वर्तमानाय ते नमः सुवर्चसे च वीर्याय शूराय ह्यजिताय च

Salutation to you who are past, future, and present; to the radiant, to the powerful, to the heroic, to the unconquered.

वरदाय वरेण्याय पुरुषाय महात्मने नमो भूताय भव्याय महते चाभयाय च

Salutation to the bestower of boons, to the most excellent, to the person, to the great soul; salutation to the being, to the future, to the great and to the fearless.

जरासिद्ध नमस्तुभ्यम् अयसे वरदाय च अधरे महते चैव नमः सस्तुपताय च

Salutation to you, Jarasiddha, to the iron one, to the bestower of boons; salutation to the lower, to the great, and to the lord of the six.

नमश्चेन्द्रियपत्राणां लेलिहानाय स्रग्विणे विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय विश्वतः शिरसे नमः

Salutation to the lord of the senses, to the one who licks, to the one adorned with a garland; to the all, to the one of universal form, to the one whose head is everywhere.

सर्वतः पाणिपादाय रुद्रायाप्रतिमाय च नमो हव्याय कव्याय हव्यवाहाय वै नमः

Salutation to the one whose hands and feet are everywhere, to Rudra, to the incomparable; salutation to the oblation, to the ancestral offering, to the carrier of the oblation.

नमः सिद्धाय मेध्याय इष्टायेज्यापराय च सुवीराय सुघोराय अक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च

Salutations to the accomplished, the pure, the desired, the one beyond sacrifice, the mighty hero, the terribly fierce, the unshakable, and the one who shakes all.

सुप्रजाय सुमेधाय दीप्ताय भास्कराय च नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय विस्तृताय मताय च

Salutations to the one of excellent offspring, of great wisdom, radiant, like the sun; to the awakened, the pure, the expansive, and the wise.

नमः स्थूलाय सूक्ष्माय दृश्यादृश्याय सर्वशः वर्षते ज्वलते चैव वायवे शिशिराय च

Salutations to the gross and the subtle, to the visible and the invisible in all things; to the one who rains, who blazes, who is wind, and who is coolness.

नमस्ते वक्रकेशाय ऊरुवक्षःशिखाय च नमो नमः सुवर्णाय तपनीयनिभाय च

Homage to you with curling hair, with mighty thighs and chest; repeated salutations to the golden one, shining like heated gold.

विरूपाक्षाय लिङ्गाय पिङ्गलाय महौजसे वृष्टिघ्नाय नमश्चैव नमः सौम्येक्षणाय च

To the one with odd eyes, to the emblem, to the tawny one of great energy, to the destroyer of rain, and to the gentle-eyed—salutations.

नमो धूम्राय श्वेताय कृष्णाय लोहिताय च पिशिताय पिशङ्गाय पीताय च निषङ्गिणे

Salutations to the smoky, the white, the black, and the red; to the fleshy, the tawny, the yellow, and the one bearing a sword.

नमस्ते सविशेषाय निर्विशेषाय वै नमः नम ईज्याय पूज्याय उपजीव्याय वै नमः

Homage to the one with distinctions and without distinctions; salutations to the worshipped, the revered, and the one who is the support of all.

नमः क्षेम्याय वृद्धाय वत्सलाय नमोनमः नमो भूताय सत्याय सत्यासत्याय वै नमः

Salutations to the secure, the aged, the affectionate; repeated homage to the being, the true, and the one who is both truth and untruth.

नमो वै पद्मवर्णाय मृत्युघ्नाय च मृत्यवे नमो गौराय श्यामाय कद्रवे लोहिताय च

Salutations to the lotus-hued, the destroyer of death and death itself; to the fair, the dark, the tawny, and the red one.

महासंध्याभ्रवर्णाय चारुदीप्ताय दीक्षिणे नमः कमलहस्ताय दिग्वासाय कपर्दिने

To the one of great twilight-cloud color, of beautiful radiance, the initiated; homage to the lotus-handed, the sky-clad, the matted-haired.

अप्रमाणाय सर्वाय अव्ययायामराय च नमो रूपाय गन्धाय शाश्वतायाक्षताय च

To the immeasurable, the all, the imperishable, the immortal; salutations to the form, the fragrance, the eternal, the unbroken.

पुरस्ताद्बृंहते चैव विभ्रान्ताय कृताय च दुर्गमाय महेशाय क्रोधाय कपिलाय च

Salutations to the vast one before, to the wandering, to the accomplished; to the difficult to reach, the great lord, the wrathful, the tawny.

तर्क्यातर्क्यशरीराय बलिने रंहसाय च सिकत्याय प्रवाह्याय स्थिताय प्रसृताय च

To the one whose body is both conceivable and inconceivable, the strong, the swift; to the sandy, the flowing, the stable, and the expansive—salutations.

सुमेधसे कुलालाय नमस्ते शशिखण्डिने चित्राय चित्रवेषाय चित्रवर्णाय मेधसे

Salutations to the wise, the potter, the one with a crescent moon, the variegated, the one of wondrous attire, of many colors, the intelligent.

चेकितानाय तुष्टाय नमस्ते निहिताय च नमः क्षान्ताय दान्ताय वज्रसंहननाय च

To the perceptive, the content, salutations to the hidden; homage to the patient, the restrained, and the one with adamantine jaws.

रक्षोघ्नाय विषघ्नाय शितिकण्ठोर्ध्वमन्यवे

To the destroyer of demons, the destroyer of poison, the blue-throated, the one of upraised wrath.

लेलिहाय कृतान्ताय तिग्मायुधधराय च

To the licker, to Death, to the bearer of sharp weapons—salutations.

प्रमोदाय संमोदाय यतिवेद्याय ते नमः अनामयाय सर्वाय महाकालाय वै नमः

Salutations to the joyful, the delighting, the one to be known by sacrifice; to the free from disease, the all, the great Time—homage.