Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 193

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

पूज्यो भवति रुद्रस्य प्रीतिर्भवति तस्य वै तथास्त्विति तथा प्राह पद्मयोनेर्जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

pūjyo bhavati rudrasya prītirbhavati tasya vai tathāstviti tathā prāha padmayonerjanārdanam

Translation

“Ele torna-se digno de ser honrado por Rudra, e de fato surge para ele a prīti, a graça de Rudra.” “Assim seja”, respondeu Janārdana ao Nascido do Lótus (Brahmā).

Word by Word

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship, honored

• bhavati: becomes

• rudrasya: of Rudra (Śiva as Pati)

• prītiḥ: pleasure, favor, grace

• bhavati: arises, becomes

• tasya: for him

• vai: indeed

• tathā astu iti: ‘so be it’

• tathā: thus

• prāha: said

• padma-yoneḥ: of the Lotus-born (Brahmā)

• janārdanam: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal exchange between Brahma and Vishnu)