Linga Purana

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.

प्रणवप्रणवेशाय भगनेत्रान्तकाय च मृगव्याधाय दक्षाय दक्षयज्ञान्तकाय च

Salutation to the Lord of the sacred syllable and its sound, to the destroyer of Bhaga’s eye, to the hunter of the deer, to Daksha, and to the destroyer of Daksha’s sacrifice.

सर्वभूतात्मभूताय सर्वेशातिशयाय च पुरघ्नाय सुशस्त्राय धन्विने ऽथ परश्वधे

To the one who is the soul of all beings, who surpasses all lords, to the destroyer of cities, to the wielder of excellent weapons, to the archer and bearer of the axe.

पूषदन्तविनाशाय भगनेत्रान्तकाय च कामदाय वरिष्ठाय कामाङ्गदहनाय च

To the destroyer of Pusha’s teeth, to the destroyer of Bhaga’s eye, to the fulfiller of desires, to the most excellent, to the burner of the body of Desire.

रङ्गे करालवक्त्राय नागेन्द्रवदनाय च दैत्यानामन्तकेशाय दैत्याक्रन्दकराय च

On the stage, to the one with a fierce face, to the one with the face of the lord of serpents, to the ender of demons, to the one who causes the cries of demons.

हिमघ्नाय च तीक्ष्णाय आर्द्रचर्मधराय च श्मशानरतिनित्याय नमो ऽस्तूल्मुकधारिणे

To the destroyer of snow, to the sharp one, to the wearer of moist hides, to the one who delights always in the cremation ground, to the bearer of a massive mouth, salutations.

नमस्ते प्राणपालाय मुण्डमालाधराय च प्रहीणशोकैर्विविधैर् भूतैः परिवृताय च

Salutations to the protector of life, to the wearer of a garland of skulls, to the one surrounded by various beings freed from sorrow.

नरनारीशरीराय देव्याः प्रियकराय च जटिने मुण्डिने चैव व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने

To the one whose body is both man and woman, to the one who brings joy to the goddess, to the matted-haired, to the skull-bearer, and to the one who wears a serpent as sacred thread.

नमो ऽस्तु नृत्यशीलाय उपनृत्यप्रियाय च मन्यवे गीतशीलाय मुनिभिर् गायते नमः

Salutations to the lover of dance, to the one who delights in accompanying dancers, to the passionate one, to the lover of song, to the one praised by sages in song.

कटकटाय तिग्माय अप्रियाय प्रियाय च विभीषणाय भीष्माय भगप्रमथनाय च

To the rattling one, to the sharp one, to the unpleasant and the pleasant, to the terrifying, to the formidable, to the destroyer of Bhaga.

सिद्धसंघानुगीताय महाभागाय वै नमः नमो मुक्ताट्टहासाय क्ष्वेडितास्फोटिताय च

To the one praised by hosts of perfected beings, to the greatly fortunate, salutations; to the one with a resounding, liberated laugh, to the one who snorts and cracks.