Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.2

īśānakalpavṛttāntam adhikṛtya mahātmanā
brahmaṇā kalpitaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇaṃ laiṅgam uttamam //

granthakoṭipramāṇaṃ tu śatakoṭipravistare
caturlakṣeṇa saṃkṣipte vyāsaiḥ sarvāntareṣu vai //

vyasteṣṭā daśadhā caiva brahmādau dvāparādiṣu
liṅgamekādaśaṃ proktaṃ mayā vyāsācchrutaṃ ca tat //

asyaikādaśasāhasre granthamānamiha dvijāḥ
tasmātsaṃkṣepato vakṣye na śrutaṃ vistareṇa yat //

caturlakṣeṇa saṃkṣipte kṛṣṇadvaipāyanena tu
atraikādaśasāhasraiḥ kathito liṅgasambhavaḥ //

sargaḥ prādhānikaḥ paścāt prākṛto vaikṛtāni ca
aṇḍasyāsya ca sambhūtir aṇḍasyāvaraṇāṣṭakam //

aṇḍodbhavatvaṃ śarvasya rajoguṇasamāśrayāt
viṣṇutvaṃ kālarudratvaṃ śayanaṃ cāpsu tasya ca //

prajāpatīnāṃ sargaś ca pṛthivyuddharaṇaṃ tathā
brahmaṇaś ca divārātram āyuṣo gaṇanaṃ punaḥ //

savanaṃ brahmaṇaścaiva yugakalpaś ca tasya tu
divyaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ varṣam ārṣaṃ vai dhrauvyameva ca //

pitryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ sambhūtir dharmaścāśramiṇāṃ tathā
avṛddhirjagato bhūyo devyāḥ śaktyudbhavastathā //

strīpumbhāvo viriñcasya sargo mithunasambhavaḥ
ākhyāṣṭakaṃ hi rudrasya kathitaṃ rodanāntare //

brahmaviṣṇuvivādaś ca punarliṅgasya sambhavaḥ
śilādasya tapaścaiva vṛtrārerdarśanaṃ tathā //

prārthanā yonijasyātha durlabhatvaṃ sutasya tu
śilādaśakrasaṃvādaḥ padmayonitvameva ca //

bhavasya darśanaṃ caiva tiṣyeṣvācāryaśiṣyayoḥ
vyāsāvatārāś ca tathā kalpamanvantarāṇi ca //

kalpatvaṃ caiva kalpānām ākhyābhedeṣvanukramāt
kalpeṣu kalpe vārāhe vārāhatvaṃ hares tathā //

meghavāhanakalpasya vṛttāntaṃ rudragauravam
punarliṅgodbhavaścaiva ṛṣimadhye pinākinaḥ //

liṅgasyārādhanaṃ snāna vidhānaṃ śaucalakṣaṇam
vārāṇasyāś ca māhātmyaṃ kṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam //

bhuvi rudrālayānāṃ tu saṃkhyā viṣṇorgṛhasya ca
antarikṣe tathāṇḍe 'smin devāyatanavarṇanam //

dakṣasya patanaṃ bhūmau punaḥ svārociṣe 'ntare
dakṣaśāpaś ca dakṣasya śāpamokṣastathaiva ca //

kailāsavarṇanaṃ caiva yogaḥ pāśupatas tathā
caturyugapramāṇaṃ ca yugadharmaḥ suvistaraḥ //

saṃdhyāṃśakapramāṇaṃ ca saṃdhyāvṛttaṃ bhavasya ca
śmaśānanilayaścaiva candrarekhāsamudbhavaḥ //

udvāhaḥ śaṃkarasyātha putrotpādanameva ca
maithunātiprasaṅgena vināśo jagatāṃ bhayam //

śāpaḥ satyā kṛto devān purā viṣṇuṃ ca pālitam
śukrotsargastu rudrasya gāṅgeyodbhava eva ca //

grahaṇādiṣu kāleṣu snāpya liṅgaṃ phalaṃ tathā
kṣubdhadhī ca vivādaś ca dadhīcopendrayos tathā //

utpattirnandināmnā tu devadevasya śūlinaḥ
pativratāyāścākhyānaṃ paśupāśavicāraṇā //

pravṛttilakṣaṇaṃ jñānaṃ nivṛttyadhikṛtā tathā
vasiṣṭhatanayotpattir vāsiṣṭhānāṃ mahātmanām //

munīnāṃ vaṃśavistāro rājñāṃ śaktervināśanam
daurātmyaṃ kauśikasyātha surabherbandhanaṃ tathā //

sutaśoko vasiṣṭhasya arundhatyāḥ pralāpanam
snuṣāyāḥ preṣaṇaṃ caiva garbhasthasya vacas tathā //

parāśarasyāvatāro vyāsasya ca śukasya ca
vināśo rākṣasānāṃ ca kṛto vai śaktisūnunā //

devatāparamārthaṃ tu vijñānaṃ ca prasādataḥ
purāṇakaraṇaṃ caiva pulastyasyājñayā guroḥ //

bhuvanānāṃ pramāṇaṃ ca grahāṇāṃ jyotiṣāṃ gatiḥ
jīvacchrāddhavidhānaṃ ca śrāddhārhāḥ śrāddhameva ca //

nāndīśrāddhavidhānaṃ ca tathādhyayanalakṣaṇam
pañcayajñaprabhāvaś ca pañcayajñavidhis tathā //

rajasvalānāṃ vṛttiś ca vṛttyā putraviśiṣṭatā
maithunasya vidhiścaiva prativarṇamanukramāt //

bhojyābhojyavidhānaṃ ca sarveṣāmeva varṇinām
prāyaścittam aśeṣasya pratyekaṃ caiva vistarāt //

narakāṇāṃ svarūpaṃ ca daṇḍaḥ karmānurūpataḥ
svarginārakiṇāṃ puṃsāṃ cihnaṃ janmāntareṣu ca //

nānāvidhāni dānāni pretarājapuraṃ tathā
kalpaṃ pañcākṣarasyātha rudramāhātmyameva ca //

vṛtrendrayormahāyuddhaṃ viśvarūpavimardanam
śvetasya mṛtyoḥ saṃvādaḥ śvetārthe kālanāśanam //

devadāruvane śambhoḥ praveśaḥ śaṃkarasya tu
sudarśanasya cākhyānaṃ kramasaṃnyāsalakṣaṇam //

śraddhāsādhyo 'tha rudrastu kathitaṃ brahmaṇā tadā
madhunā kaiṭabhenaiva purā hṛtagatervibhoḥ //

brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ jñānam ādātuṃ mīnatā hareḥ
sarvāvasthāsu viṣṇoś ca jananaṃ līlayaiva tu //

rudraprasādādviṣṇoś ca jiṣṇoścaiva tu sambhavaḥ
manthānadhāraṇārthāya hareḥ kūrmatvamevaca //

saṃkarṣaṇasya cotpattiḥ kauśikyāś ca punarbhavaḥ
yadūnāṃ caiva sambhūtir yādavatvaṃ hareḥ svayam //

bhojarājasya daurātmyaṃ mātulasya harervibhoḥ
bālabhāve hareḥ krīḍā putrārthaṃ śaṃkarārcanam //

nārasya ca tathotpattiḥ kapāle vaiṣṇavāddharāt
bhūbhāranigrahārthe tu rudrasyārādhanaṃ hareḥ //

vainyena pṛthunā bhūmeḥ purā dohapravartanam
devāsure purā labdho bhṛguśāpaś ca viṣṇunā //

kṛṣṇatve dvārakāyāṃ tu nilayo mādhavasya tu
labdho hitāya śāpastu durvāsasyānanāddhareḥ //

vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya śāpaḥ piṇḍāravāsinām
erakasya tathotpattis tomarasyodbhavas tathā //

erakālābhato 'nyonyaṃ vivāde vṛṣṇivigrahaḥ
līlayā caiva kṛṣṇena svakulasya ca saṃhṛtiḥ //

erakāstrabalenaiva gamanaṃ svecchayaiva tu
brahmaṇaścaiva mokṣasya vijñānaṃ tu suvistaram //

purāndhakāgnidakṣāṇāṃ śakrebhamṛgarūpiṇām
madanasyādidevasya brahmaṇaś cāmarāriṇām //

halāhalasya daityasya kṛtāvajñā pinākinā
jālaṃdharavadhaścaiva sudarśanasamudbhavaḥ //

viṣṇorvarāyudhāvāptis tathā rudrasya ceṣṭitam
tathānyāni ca rudrasya caritāni sahasraśaḥ //

hareḥ pitāmahasyātha śakrasya ca mahātmanaḥ
prabhāvānubhavaścaiva śivalokasya varṇanam //

bhūmau rudrasya lokaṃ ca pātāle hāṭakeśvaram
tapasāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ caiva dvijānāṃ vaibhavaṃ tathā //

ādhikyaṃ sarvamūrtīnāṃ liṅgamūrterviśeṣataḥ
liṅge 'sminnānupūrvyeṇa vistareṇānukīrtyate //

etajjñātvā purāṇasya saṃkṣepaṃ kīrtayettu yaḥ
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati //