Vayu Purana

नमो योग्स्य प्रभवे सांख्यस्य प्रभवे नमः । नमो ध्रुवनिशीथानामृषीणां पतये नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of yoga, salutations to the lord of Sankhya; salutations to the lord of the steadfast, of the night, and of the sages.

विद्युदशनिमेघानां गर्ज्जितप्रभवे नमः। उदधीनाञ्च प्रभवे द्वीपानां प्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of lightning, of clouds, and of thunder; salutations to the lord of oceans and of islands.

अद्रीणां प्रभवे चैव वर्षाणां प्रभवे नमः। नमो नदानां प्रभवे नदीनां प्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of mountains and of rains; salutations to the lord of rivers and of streams.

नमश्चौषधिप्रभवे वृक्षाणां प्रभवे नमः। धर्म्माध्यक्षाय धर्म्माय स्थितीनां प्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of herbs and of trees; to the overseer of dharma, to dharma itself, and to the lord of stability.

नमो रसानां प्रभवे रत्नानां प्रभवे नमः । नमः क्षणानां प्रभवे कलानां प्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of juices and of gems; salutations to the lord of moments and of arts.

निमेषप्रभवे चैव काष्ठानां प्रभवे नमः । अहोरात्रार्द्धमासानां मासानां प्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of twinklings and of time units; salutations to the lord of days, nights, fortnights, and months.

नम ऋतुनां प्रभवे संख्यायाः प्रभवे नमः। प्रभवे च परार्द्धस्य परस्य प्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of seasons and of numbers; and to the lord of the supreme period and of the highest.

नमः पुराणप्रभवे युगस्य प्रभवे नमः। चतुर्विधस्य सर्गस्य प्रभवेऽनन्तचक्षुषे ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of the ancient, and of the ages; to the lord of the fourfold creation, and to the one with infinite vision.

कल्पोदये निबद्धानां वार्त्तानां प्रभवे नमः। नमो विश्वस्य प्रभवे ब्रह्मदिप्रभवे नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of events fixed at the beginning of the kalpa; salutations to the lord of the universe, and to the lord beginning with Brahma.

विद्यानां प्रभवे चैव विद्यानां पतये नमः। नमो व्रतानां पतये मन्त्राणां पतये नमः ।। २४.

Salutations to the lord of knowledge, and to the master of knowledge; salutations to the master of vows, and to the master of mantras.

पितॄणां पतये चैव पशूनां पतये नमः। वाग्वृषाय नमस्तुभ्यं पुराणवृषभाय च ।। २४.

Salutations to the master of ancestors and of cattle; salutations to the bull of speech and to the ancient bull.

सुचारुचारुकेशाय ऊर्द्ध्वचक्षुःशिराय च। नमः पशूनां पतये गोवृषेन्द्रध्वजाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the one with beautiful, charming hair, whose eyes and head are uplifted; to the lord of creatures, to the one whose banner bears the bull and Indra.

प्रजापतीनां पतये सिद्धानां पतये नमः। गरुडोरगसर्पाणां पक्षिणां पतये नमः ।। २४.

Salutation to the lord of progenitors, to the lord of the perfected ones; to the lord of Garuda, serpents, and birds, salutations.

गोकर्णाय च गोष्ठाय शङ्कुकर्णाय वै नमः। वाराहायाप्रमेयाय रक्षोधिपतये नमः ।। २४.

Salutation to the one with the ear of a cow, to the one dwelling among cattle, and to the one with conch-shaped ears; to the boar, the immeasurable one, and to the lord of the Rakshasas, salutations.

नमो ह्यप्सरसांपतये गणानां (पतये) ह्रीमये नमः। अम्भसां पतये चैव तेजसां पतये नमः ।। २४.

Salutation to the lord of the Apsaras, to the lord of the hosts, to the one full of modesty; to the lord of waters and to the lord of brilliance, salutations.

नमोऽस्तु लक्ष्मीपतये श्रीमते ह्रीमते नमः। बलाबलसमूहाय ह्यक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the lord of Lakshmi, to the illustrious and modest one; to the assemblage of strength and weakness, to the unshakable and the shaker, salutations.

दीर्घश्रृङ्गैकश्रृङ्गाय वृषभाय ककुद्मिने। नमः स्थैर्याय वपुषे तेजसे सुप्रभाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the one with long horns, with a single horn, to the bull with a hump; to firmness, to the form, to the radiance, and to the splendid one, salutations.

भूताय च भविष्याय वर्त्तमानाय वै नमः। सुवर्च्चसेऽथ वीराय शूराय ह्यतिगाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the one who is past, future, and present; to the radiant, the heroic, the valiant, and the exceedingly swift, salutations.

वरदाय वरेण्याय नमः सर्वगताय च। नमो भूताय भव्याय भवाय महते तथा ।। २४.

Salutation to the giver of boons, to the most excellent, and to the all-pervading; salutation to the one who is, who will be, and who becomes, the great one.

जनाय च नमस्तुभ्यं तपसे वरदाय च। नमो वन्द्याय मोक्षाय जनाय नरकाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the creator, to you; to asceticism and to the giver of boons; salutation to the venerable, to liberation, to the creator, and to the lord of hell.

भवाय भजमानाय इष्टाय याजकाय च। अभ्युदीर्णाय दीप्ताय तत्त्वाय निर्गुणाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the one who becomes, who is worshipped, who is desired, and who is the sacrificer; to the exalted, the radiant, the essence, and the one without qualities, salutations.

नमः पाशाय हस्ताय नमः स्वाभरणाय च। हुताय चापहुताय प्रहुतप्रशिताय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the noose, to the hand, and to the one adorned with ornaments; to the offered, the unoffered, and to the one praised in offerings, salutations.

नमोऽस्त्विष्टाय मूर्त्ताय ह्यग्निष्टोमर्त्विजाय च। नम ऋताय सत्याय भूताधिपतये नमः ।। २४.

Salutation to the desired, the embodied, and to the priest of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice; salutation to truth, to righteousness, and to the lord of beings.

सदस्याय नमश्चैव दक्षिणावभृथाय च। अहिंसायाथ लोकानां पशुमन्त्रौषधाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the member, and to the one of the southern ablution; to non-violence, to the worlds, to the mantra for cattle, and to the herbs, salutations.

नमस्तुष्टिप्रदानाय त्र्यम्बकाय सुगन्धिने। नमोऽस्त्विन्द्रियपतये परिहाराय स्रग्विणे ।। २४.

Salutation to the giver of satisfaction, to the fragrant three-eyed one; salutation to the lord of the senses, to the remover, and to the one adorned with a garland.

विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय विश्वतोऽक्षिमुखाय च। सर्वतः पाणिपादाय रुद्रायाप्रमिताय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the all-pervading, to the one of universal form, to the one whose eyes and face are everywhere; to the one whose hands and feet are everywhere, to Rudra, the immeasurable one.

नमो हव्याय कव्याय हव्यकव्याय वै नमः। नमः सिद्धाय मेध्याय चेष्टाय त्वव्ययाय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the oblation, to the ancestral offering, and to both oblation and ancestral offering; salutation to the accomplished, the pure, the active, and the imperishable.

सुवीराय सुघोराय ह्यक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च। सुमेधसे सुप्रजाय दीप्ताय भास्कराय च ।। २४.

Salutation to the noble, the fierce, to the unshakable and the shaker; to the wise, the progenitor, the radiant, and to the shining one.

मनो नमः सुपर्णाय तपनीयनिभाय च। विरूपाक्षाय त्र्यक्षाय पिङ्गलाय महौजसे ।। २४.

Salutation to the mind, to the splendid-winged one, to the one resembling gold; to the one with deformed eyes, with three eyes, tawny, and of great energy.