Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.17

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ sahyādīnāṃ samudbhavaḥ
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi śrāvayedvā dvijottamān //

sa yāti brahmasāyujyaṃ prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ
kathaṃ liṅgamabhūlliṅge samabhyarcyaḥ sa śaṅkaraḥ //

kiṃ liṅgaṃ kas tathā liṅgī sūta vaktumihārhasi
evaṃ devāś ca ṛṣayaḥ praṇipatya pitāmaham //

apṛcchan bhagavaṃlliṅgaṃ kathamāsīditi svayam
liṅge maheśvaro rudraḥ samabhyarcyaḥ kathaṃ tviti //

kiṃ liṅgaṃ kas tathā liṅgī so 'pyāha ca pitāmahaḥ
pradhānaṃ liṅgamākhyātaṃ liṅgī ca parameśvaraḥ //

rakṣārthamaṃbudhau mahyaṃ viṣṇostvāsīt surottamāḥ
vaimānike gate sarge janalokaṃ saharṣibhiḥ //

sthitikāle tadā pūrṇe tataḥ pratyāhṛte tathā
caturyugasahasrānte satyalokaṃ gate surāḥ //

vinādhipatyaṃ samatāṃ gate 'nte brahmaṇo mama
śuṣke ca sthāvare sarve tv anāvṛṣṭyā ca sarvaśaḥ //

paśavo mānuṣā vṛkṣāḥ piśācāḥ piśitāśanāḥ
gandharvādyāḥ krameṇaiva nirdagdhā bhānubhānubhiḥ //

ekārṇave mahāghore tamobhūte samantataḥ
suṣvāpāṃbhasi yogātmā nirmalo nirupaplavaḥ //

sahasraśīrṣā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
sahasrabāhuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadevabhavodbhavaḥ //

hiraṇyagarbho rajasā tamasā śaṅkaraḥ svayam
sattvena sarvago viṣṇuḥ sarvātmatve maheśvaraḥ //

kālātmā kālanābhastu śuklaḥ kṛṣṇastu nirguṇaḥ
nārāyaṇo mahābāhuḥ sarvātmā sadasanmayaḥ //

tathābhūtamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ paṅkajekṣaṇam
māyayā mohitastasya tamavocamamarṣitaḥ //

kastvaṃ vadeti hastena samutthāpya sanātanam
tadā hastaprahāreṇa tīvreṇa sa dṛḍhena tu //

prabuddho 'hīyaśayanāt samāsīnaḥ kṣaṇaṃ vaśī
dadarśa nidrāviklinna nīrajāmalalocanaḥ //

māmagre saṃsthitaṃ bhāsā dhyāsito bhagavān hariḥ
āha cotthāya bhagavān hasanmāṃ madhuraṃ sakṛt //

svāgataṃsvāgataṃ vatsa pitāmaha mahādyute
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā smitapūrvaṃ surarṣabhāḥ //

rajasā baddhavairaś ca tamavocaṃ janārdanam
bhāṣase vatsa vatseti sargasaṃhārakāraṇam //

mām ihāntaḥsmitaṃ kṛtvā guruḥ śiṣyamivānagha
kartāraṃ jagatāṃ sākṣāt prakṛteś ca pravartakam //

sanātanamajaṃ viṣṇuṃ viriñciṃ viśvasaṃbhavam
viśvātmānaṃ vidhātāraṃ dhātāraṃ paṅkajekṣaṇam //

kimarthaṃ bhāṣase mohād vaktumarhasi satvaram
so 'pi māmāha jagatāṃ kartāhamiti lokaya //

bhartā hartā bhavān aṅgād avatīrṇo mamāvyayāt
vismṛto 'si jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam //

puruṣaṃ paramātmānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam
viṣṇumacyutamīśānaṃ viśvasya prabhavodbhavam //

tavāparādho nāstyatra mama māyākṛtaṃ tvidam
śṛṇu satyaṃ caturvaktra sarvadeveśvaro hyayam //

kartā netā ca hartā ca na mayāsti samo vibhuḥ
ahameva paraṃ brahma paraṃ tattvaṃ pitāmaha //

ahameva paraṃ jyotiḥ paramātmā tvahaṃ vibhuḥ
yadyaddṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ sarvaṃ jagatyasmiṃścarācaram //

tattadviddhi caturvaktra sarvaṃ manmayamityatha
mayā sṛṣṭaṃ purāvyaktaṃ caturviṃśatikaṃ svayam //

nityāntā hyaṇavo baddhāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ krodhodbhavādayaḥ
prasādāddhi bhavānaṇḍāny anekānīha līlayā //

sṛṣṭā buddhirmayā tasyām ahaṅkārastridhā tataḥ
tanmātrāpañcakaṃ tasmān manaḥ ṣaṣṭhendriyāṇi ca //

ākāśādīni bhūtāni bhautikāni ca līlayā
ityuktavati tasmiṃś ca mayi cāpi vacas tathā //

āvayoścābhavadyuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam
pralayārṇavamadhye tu rajasā baddhavairayoḥ //

etasminnantare liṅgam abhavaccāvayoḥ puraḥ
vivādaśamanārthaṃ hi prabodhārthaṃ ca bhāsvaram //

jvālāmālāsahasrāḍhyaṃ kālānalaśatopamam
kṣayavṛddhivinirmuktam ādimadhyāntavarjitam //

anaupamyamanirdeśyam avyaktaṃ viśvasaṃbhavam
tasya jvālāsahasreṇa mohito bhagavān hariḥ //

mohitaṃ prāha māmatra parīkṣāvo 'gnisaṃbhavam
adhogamiṣyāmyanala staṃbhasyānupamasya ca //

bhavānūrdhvaṃ prayatnena gantumarhasi satvaram
evaṃ vyāhṛtya viśvātmā svarūpamakarottadā //

vārāhamahamapyāśu haṃsatvaṃ prāptavānsurāḥ
tadāprabhṛti māmāhurh aṃsaṃ haṃso virāḍiti //

haṃsahaṃseti yo brūyān māṃ haṃsaḥ sa bhaviṣyati
suśveto hyanalākṣaś ca viśvataḥ pakṣasaṃyutaḥ //

mano 'nilajavo bhūtvā gato 'haṃ cordhvataḥ surāḥ
nārāyaṇo 'pi viśvātmā nīlāñjanacayopamam //

daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam
meruparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ gauratīkṣṇāgradaṃṣṭriṇam //

kālādityasamābhāsaṃ dīrghaghoṇaṃ mahāsvaram
hrasvapādaṃ vicitrāṅgaṃ jaitraṃ dṛḍham anaupamam //

vārāhamasitaṃ rūpam āsthāya gatavānadhaḥ
evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tvaranviṣṇuradhogataḥ //

nāpaśyadalpamapyasya mūlaṃ liṅgasya sūkaraḥ
tāvatkālaṃ gato hyūrdhvam ahamapyarisūdanaḥ //

satvaraṃ sarvayatnena tasyāntaṃ jñātumicchayā
śrānto hyadṛṣṭvā tasyāntam ahaṅkārādadhogataḥ //

tathaiva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śrāntaḥ saṃtrastalocanaḥ
sarvadevabhavastūrṇam utthitaḥ saḥ mahāvapuḥ //

samāgato mayā sārdhaṃ praṇipatya mahāmanāḥ
māyayā mohitaḥ śaṃbhos tasthau saṃvignamānasaḥ //

pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataścaiva cāgrataḥ parameśvaram
praṇipatya mayā sārdhaṃ sasmāra kimidaṃ tviti //

tadā samabhavattatra nādo vai śabdalakṣaṇaḥ
omomiti suraśreṣṭhāḥ suvyaktaḥ plutalakṣaṇaḥ //

kimidaṃ tviti saṃcintya mayā tiṣṭhanmahāsvanam
liṅgasya dakṣiṇe bhāge tadāpaśyatsanātanam //

ādyavarṇamakāraṃ tu ukāraṃ cottare tataḥ
makāraṃ madhyataścaiva nādāntaṃ tasya caumiti //

sūryamaṇḍalavaddṛṣṭvā varṇamādyaṃ tu dakṣiṇe
uttare pāvakaprakhyam ukāraṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ //

śītāṃśumaṇḍalaprakhyaṃ makāraṃ madhyamaṃ tathā
tasyopari tadāpaśyac chuddhasphaṭikavat prabhum //

turīyātītam amṛtaṃ niṣkalaṃ nirupaplavam
nirdvandvaṃ kevalaṃ śūnyaṃ bāhyābhyantaravarjitam //

sabāhyābhyantaraṃ caiva sabāhyābhyantarasthitam
ādimadhyāntarahitam ānandasyāpi kāraṇam //

mātrāstisrastvardhamātraṃ nādākhyaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
ṛgyajuḥsāmavedā vai mātrārūpeṇa mādhavaḥ //

vedaśabdebhya eveśaṃ viśvātmānamacintayat
tadābhavadṛṣirveda ṛṣeḥ sāratamaṃ śubham //

tenaiva ṛṣiṇā viṣṇur jñātavān parameśvaram
cintayā rahito rudro vāco yanmanasā saha //

aprāpya taṃ nivartante vācyastvekākṣareṇa saḥ
ekākṣareṇa tadvācyam ṛtaṃ paramakāraṇam //

satyamānandamamṛtaṃ paraṃ brahma parātparam
ekākṣarādakārākhyo bhagavānkanakāṇḍajaḥ //

ekākṣarādukārākhyo hariḥ paramakāraṇam
ekākṣarānmakārākhyo bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ //

sargakartā tvakārākhyo hy ukārākhyastu mohakaḥ
makārākhyas tayor nityam anugrahakaro 'bhavat //

makārākhyo vibhurbījī hy akāro bījamucyate
ukārākhyo hariryoniḥ pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ //

bījī ca bījaṃ tadyonir nādākhyaś ca maheśvaraḥ
bījī vibhajya cātmānaṃ svecchayā tu vyavasthitaḥ //

asya liṅgādabhūdbījam akāro bījinaḥ prabhoḥ
ukārayonau nikṣiptam avardhata samantataḥ //

sauvarṇamabhavaccāṇḍam āveṣṭyādyaṃ tadakṣaram
anekābdaṃ tathā cāpsu divyamaṇḍaṃ vyavasthitam //

tato varṣasahasrānte dvidhā kṛtamajodbhavam
aṇḍam apsu sthitaṃ sākṣād ādyākhyeneśvareṇa tu //

tasyāṇḍasya śubhaṃ haimaṃ kapālaṃ cordhvasaṃsthitam
jajñe yaddyaustadaparaṃ pṛthivī pañcalakṣaṇā //

tasmādaṇḍodbhavo jajñe tv akārākhyaścaturmukhaḥ
sa sraṣṭā sarvalokānāṃ sa eva trividhaḥ prabhuḥ //

evamomomiti proktam ityāhuryajuṣāṃ varāḥ
yajuṣāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā ṛcaḥ sāmāni sādaram //

evameva hare brahmann ityāhuḥ śrutayastadā
tato vijñāya deveśaṃ yathāvacchrutisaṃbhavaiḥ //

mantrairmaheśvaraṃ devaṃ tuṣṭāva sumahodayam
āvayoḥ stutisaṃtuṣṭo liṅge tasminnirañjanaḥ //

divyaṃ śabdamayaṃ rūpam āsthāya prahasan sthitaḥ
akārastasya mūrdhā tu lalāṭaṃ dīrghamucyate //

ikāro dakṣiṇaṃ netram īkāro vāmalocanam
ukāro dakṣiṇaṃ śrotram ūkāro vāmamucyate //

ṛkāro dakṣiṇaṃ tasya kapolaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
vāmaṃ kapolam ṝkāro ḷ ḹ nāsāpuṭe ubhe //

ekāram oṣṭhamūrddhvaś ca aikārastvadharo vibhoḥ
okāraś ca tathaukāro dantapaṅktidvayaṃ kramāt //

amastu tālunī tasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ
kādipañcākṣarāṇyasya pañca hastāni dakṣiṇe //

cādipañcākṣarāṇyevaṃ pañca hastāni vāmataḥ
ṭādipañcākṣaraṃ pādas tādipañcākṣaraṃ tathā //

pakāramudaraṃ tasya phakāraḥ pārśvamucyate
bakāro vāmapārśvaṃ vai bhakāraṃ skandhamasya tat //

makāraṃ hṛdayaṃ śaṃbhor mahādevasya yoginaḥ
yakārādisakārāntaṃ vibhorvai sapta dhātavaḥ //

hakāra ātmarūpaṃ vai kṣakāraḥ krodha ucyate
taṃ dṛṣṭvā umayā sārdhaṃ bhagavantaṃ maheśvaram //

praṇamya bhagavān viṣṇuḥ punaścāpaśyadūrddhvataḥ
oṅkāraprabhavaṃ mantraṃ kalāpañcakasaṃyutam //

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ subhāṣṭatriṃśadakṣaram
medhākaram abhūdbhūyaḥ sarvadharmārthasādhakam //

gāyatrīprabhavaṃ mantraṃ haritaṃ vaśyakārakam
caturviṃśativarṇāḍhyaṃ catuṣkalamanuttamam //

atharvamasitaṃ mantraṃ kalāṣṭakasamāyutam
abhicārikamatyarthaṃ trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaram //

yajurvedasamāyuktaṃ pañcatriṃśacchubhākṣaram
kalāṣṭakasamāyuktaṃ suśvetaṃ śāntikaṃ tathā //

trayodaśakalāyuktaṃ bālādyaiḥ saha lohitam
sāmodbhavaṃ jagatyādyaṃ vṛddhisaṃhārakāraṇam //

varṇāḥ ṣaḍadhikāḥ ṣaṣṭir asya mantravarasya tu
pañca mantrāṃs tathā labdhvā jajāpa bhagavān hariḥ //

atha dṛṣṭvā kalāvarṇam ṛgyajuḥsāmarūpiṇam
īśānamīśamukuṭaṃ puruṣāsyaṃ purātanam //

aghorahṛdayaṃ hṛdyaṃ vāmaguhyaṃ sadāśivam
sadyaḥ pādaṃ mahādevaṃ mahābhogīndrabhūṣaṇam //

viśvataḥ pādavadanaṃ viśvato 'kṣikaraṃ śivam
brahmaṇo 'dhipatiṃ sarga sthitisaṃhārakāraṇam //

tuṣṭāva punariṣṭābhir vāgbhir varadamīśvaram //