Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.22
atyantāvanatau dṛṣṭvā madhupiṅgāyatekṣaṇaḥ
prahṛṣṭavadano 'tyartham abhavatsatyakīrtanāt //
umāpatirvirūpākṣo dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ
pinākī khaṇḍaparaśuḥ suprītastu trilocanaḥ //
tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ śrutvā vāgamṛtaṃ tayoḥ
jānannapi mahādevaḥ krīḍāpūrvamathābravīt //
kau bhavantau mahātmānau parasparahitaiṣiṇau
sametāvaṃbujābhakṣāv asmin ghore mahāplave //
tāvūcaturmahātmānau saṃnirīkṣya parasparam
bhagavān kiṃ tu yatte 'dya na vijñānaṃ tvayā vibho //
vibho rudra mahāmāya icchayā vāṃ kṛtau tvayā
tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā abhinandyābhimānya ca //
uvāca bhagavāndevo madhuraṃ ślakṣṇayā girā
bho bho hiraṇyagarbha tvāṃ tvāṃ ca kṛṣṇa bravīmyaham //
prīto 'hamanayā bhaktyā śāśvatākṣarayuktayā
bhavantau hṛdayasyāsya mama hṛdyatarāvubhau //
yuvābhyāṃ kiṃ dadāmyadya varāṇāṃ varamīpsitam
athovāca mahābhāgo viṣṇurbhavamidaṃ vacaḥ //
sarvaṃ mama kṛtaṃ deva parituṣṭo 'si me yadi
tvayi me supratiṣṭhā tu bhaktirbhavatu śaṅkaraḥ //
evamuktastu vijñāya saṃbhāvayata keśavam
pradadau ca mahādevo bhaktiṃ nijapadāṃbuje //
bhavānsarvasya lokasya kartā tvamadhidaivatam
tadevaṃ svasti te vatsa gamiṣyāmyaṃbujekṣaṇa //
evamuktvā tu bhagavān brahmāṇaṃ cāpi śaṅkaraḥ
anugṛhyāspṛśaddevo brahmāṇaṃ parameśvaraḥ //
karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca prāha hṛṣṭataraḥ svayam
matsamastvaṃ na saṃdeho vatsa bhaktaś ca me bhavān //
svastyastu te gamiṣyāmi saṃjñā bhavatu suvrata
evamuktvā tu bhagavāṃs tato 'ntardhānamīśvaraḥ //
gatavān gaṇapo devaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ
avāpya saṃjñāṃ govindāt padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ //
prajāḥ sraṣṭumanāścakre tapa ugraṃ pitāmahaḥ
tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya na kiṃcit samavartata //
tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥkhātkrodho hyajāyata
krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubindavaḥ //
tatastebhyo 'śrubindubhyo vātapittakaphātmakāḥ
mahābhāgā mahāsattvāḥ svastikairapyalaṃkṛtāḥ //
prakīrṇakeśāḥ sarpāste prādurbhūtā mahāviṣāḥ
sarpāṃstānagrajāndṛṣṭvā brahmātmānam anindayat //
aho dhik tapaso mahyaṃ phalamīdṛśakaṃ yadi
lokavaināśikī jajñe ādāveva prajā mama //
tasya tīvrābhavanmūrcchā krodhāmarṣasamudbhavā
mūrcchābhiparitāpena jahau prāṇānprajāpatiḥ //
tasyāpratimavīryasya dehātkāruṇyapūrvakam
athaikādaśa te rudrā rudanto 'bhyakramaṃs tathā //
rodanātkhalu rudratvaṃ teṣu vai samajāyata
ye rudrāste khalu prāṇā ye prāṇāste tadātmakāḥ //
prāṇāḥ prāṇavatāṃ jñeyāḥ sarvabhūteṣvavasthitāḥ
atyugrasya mahattvasya sādhurācaritasya ca //
prāṇāṃstasya dadau bhūyas triśūlī nīlalohitaḥ
labdhvāsūn bhagavānbrahma devadevamumāpatim //
praṇamya saṃsthito 'paśyad gāyatryā viśvamīśvaram
sarvalokamayaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā stutvā pitāmahaḥ //
tato vismayamāpannaḥ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ
uvāca vacanaṃ śarvaṃ sadyāditvaṃ kathaṃ vibho //
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