Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.1

namo rudrāya haraye brahmaṇe paramātmane
pradhānapuruṣeśāya sargasthityantakāriṇe //

nārado 'bhyarcya śaileśe śaṅkaraṃ saṅgameśvare
hiraṇyagarbhe svarlīne hy avimukte mahālaye //

raudre goprekṣake caiva śreṣṭhe pāśupate tathā
vighneśvare ca kedāre tathā gomāyukeśvare //

hiraṇyagarbhe candreśe īśānye ca triviṣṭape
śukreśvare yathānyāyaṃ naimiṣaṃ prayayau muniḥ //

naimiṣeyāstadā dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
samabhyarcyāsanaṃ tasmai tadyogyaṃ samakalpayan //

so 'pi hṛṣṭo munivarair dattaṃ bheje tadāsanam
sampūjyamāno munibhiḥ sukhāsīno varāsane //

cakre kathāṃ vicitrārthāṃ liṅgamāhātmyamāśritām
etasminnevakāle tu sūtaḥ paurāṇikaḥ svayam //

jagāma naimiṣaṃ dhīmān praṇāmārthaṃ tapasvinām
tasmai sāma ca pūjāṃ ca yathāvaccakrire tadā //

naimiṣeyāstu śiṣyāya kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya tu
atha teṣāṃ purāṇasya śuśrūṣā samapadyata //

dṛṣṭvā tam ativiśvastaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ romaharṣaṇam
apṛcchaṃśca tataḥ sūtam ṛṣiṃ sarve tapodhanāḥ //

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ liṅgamāhātmyasaṃyutām
tvayā sūta mahābuddhe kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ //

upāsitaḥ purāṇārthaṃ labdhā tasmācca saṃhitā
tasmādbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmaḥ sūta paurāṇikottamam //

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ divyāṃ liṅgamāhātmyasaṃyutām
nārado 'pyasya devasya rudrasya paramātmanaḥ //

kṣetrāṇyāsādya cābhyarcya liṅgāni munipuṅgavaḥ
iha saṃnihitaḥ śrīmān nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ //

bhavabhakto bhavāṃścaiva vayaṃ vai nāradastathā
asyāgrato muneḥ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vaktumarhasi //

saphalaṃ sādhitaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatā viditaṃ bhavet
evamuktaḥ sa hṛṣṭātmā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ //

abhivādyāgrato dhīmān nāradaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutam
naimiṣeyāṃśca puṇyātmā purāṇaṃ vyājahāra saḥ //

namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca janārdanam
munīśvaraṃ tathā vyāsaṃ vaktuṃ liṅgaṃ smarāmyaham //

śabdaṃ brahmatanuṃ sākṣāc chabdabrahmaprakāśakam
varṇāvayavam avyakta lakṣaṇaṃ bahudhā sthitam //

akārokāramakāraṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parātparam
oṅkārarūpam ṛgvaktraṃ samajihvāsamanvitam //

yajurvedamahāgrīvam atharvahṛdayaṃ vibhum
pradhānapuruṣātītaṃ pralayotpattivarjitam //

tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṇḍajam
sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇatve maheśvaram //

pradhānāvayavaṃ vyāpya saptadhādhiṣṭhitaṃ kramāt
punaḥ ṣoḍaśadhā caiva ṣaḍviṃśakam ajodbhavam //

sargapratiṣṭhāsaṃhāra līlārthaṃ liṅgarūpiṇam
praṇamya ca yathānyāyaṃ vakṣye liṅgodbhavaṃ śubham //