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[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Obeisance for ever to that brilliance, half of whose body has been…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Kāśī on the banks of the Gaṅgā is very famous as the bestower of l…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. The Liṅga Mattagajendraka in Brahmapurī at Gitrakūṭa had been inst…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Once that great sage Atri, the foremost among the knowers of Brahm…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Nīlakaṇṭha, the great god, stands in the phallic form on the divin…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. There was a fine cow tied up in the courtyard. The brahmin of the …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O holy lord, Sūta, narrate in detail how Gaṅgā came to Narmada on …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O brahmins, listen with devotion to the phallic forms of Śiva that…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, O fortunate Sūta, you are blessed, you are the most excell…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. There was a highly virtuous king Mitrasaha in the glorious family …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, O fortunate Sūta, you are blessed with your mind attached …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, you know every thing by the grace of Vyāsa. There is nothi…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O brahmins, it has been narrated to you how Śiva came to be worshi…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Please narrate the greatness of the Jyotirliṅgas. Please mention t…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Hereafter I shall explain the origin of Mallikārjuna on hearing wh…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, you know everything by Vyāsa ’s favour. We are never satia…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O most intelligent one, please mention again the greatness of the …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, O fortunate Sūta, a wonderful story has been narrated of M…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O brahmins, the incarnations of Viṣṇu — Nara and Nārāyaṇa performe…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Summary: The greatness of the Jyotirliṅga Bhīmeśvara and the havoc pe…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. With a desire to accord benefit to him Śiva stayed with his devote…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O excellent sages, hereafter I shall narrate the greatness of Viśv…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, if the great city of Vārāṇasī is so meritorious please nar…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] Summary: The greatness of Gautama in the context of the greatness of …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O brahmins, once Gautama sent his disciples there for water. Carry…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O brahmins, when all this was performed thus by the sage along wit…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O holy lord, whence did Gaṅgā originate in the form of water? How …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Rāvaṇa the arrogant and prestige-minded leader of Rākṣasas propiti…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Hereafter I shall explain how the extremely excellent Jyotirliṅga …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Once an attendant of the wicked Rākṣasa saw the beautiful form of …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Hereafter I shall explain how the phallic image Rāmeśvara originat…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O excellent sages, the next Jyotirliṅga to be mentioned is Ghuśmeś…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On seeing the son of the younger sister, the elder sister was much…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O great sages, on hearing the words of Sūta the sages praised him …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. May this be heard, O great sages. I shall now recount the hymn of …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. On hearing the eulogy made by Viṣṇu consisting of the hymn of his …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, O fortunate Sūta, you are endowed with knowledge, O one of…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O dear, you are blessed and contented. Your life is fruitful since…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Please narrate the Udyāpana (formal concluding) of the rite of Śiv…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O Sūta, we are extremely delighted on hearing your words. Please n…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. What is liberation has been explained by you. What will happen in …
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. Who is Śiva ? Who is Viṣṇu ? Who is Rudra ? Who is Brahmā ? Of the…
[ Sanskrit text for this chapter is available ] 1. O ye sages, may this be heard. I shall explain the perfect knowled…