Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.14
tatastasmingate kalpe pītavarṇe svayaṃbhuvaḥ
punaranyaḥ pravṛttastu kalpo nāmnāsitastu saḥ //
ekārṇave tadā vṛtte divye varṣasahasrake
sraṣṭukāmaḥ prajā brahmā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ //
tasya cintayamānasya putrakāmasya vai prabhoḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ samabhavadvarṇo dhyāyataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ //
athāpaśyanmahātejāḥ prādurbhūtaṃ kumārakam
kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ mahāvīryaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā //
kṛṣṇāṃbaradharoṣṇīṣaṃ kṛṣṇayajñopavītinam
kṛṣṇena maulinā yuktaṃ kṛṣṇasraganulepanam //
sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānam aghoraṃ ghoravikramam
vavande devadeveśam adbhutaṃ kṛṣṇapiṅgalam //
prāṇāyāmaparaḥ śrīmān hṛdi kṛtvā maheśvaram
manasā dhyānuyuktena prapannastu tamīśvaram //
aghoraṃ tu tato brahmā brahmarūpaṃ vyacintayat
tathā vai dhyāyamānasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ //
pradadau darśanaṃ devo hy aghoro ghoravikramaḥ
athāsya pārśvataḥ kṛṣṇāḥ kṛṣṇasraganulepanāḥ //
catvārastu mahātmānaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ kumārakāḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇaśikhaścaiva kṛṣṇāsyaḥ kṛṣṇavastradhṛk //
tato varṣasahasraṃ tu yogataḥ parameśvaram
upāsitvā mahāyogaṃ śiṣyebhyaḥ pradaduḥ punaḥ //
yogena yogasampannāḥ praviśya manasā śivam
amalaṃ nirguṇaṃ sthānaṃ praviṣṭā viśvamīśvaram //
evametena yogena ye 'pi cānye manīṣiṇaḥ
cintayanti mahādevaṃ gantāro rudramavyayam //
Original text: Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press 1906 · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0