Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.31

kathaṃ bhavaprasādena devadāruvanaukasaḥ
prapannāḥ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ vaktumarhasi me prabho //

tānuvāca mahābhāgān bhagavān ātmabhūḥ svayam
devadāruvanasthāṃstu tapasā pāvakaprabhān //

eṣa devo mahādevo vijñeyastu maheśvaraḥ
na tasmātparamaṃ kiṃcit padaṃ samadhigamyate //

devānāṃ ca ṛṣīnāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ caiva sa prabhuḥ
sahasrayugaparyante pralaye sarvadehinaḥ //

saṃharatyeṣa bhagavān kālo bhūtvā maheśvaraḥ
eṣa caiva prajāḥ sarvāḥ sṛjatyekaḥ svatejasā //

eṣa cakrī ca vajrī ca śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ
yogī kṛtayuge caiva tretāyāṃ kratur ucyate //

dvāpare caiva kālāgnir dharmaketuḥ kalau smṛtaḥ
rudrasya mūrtayastvetā ye 'bhidhyāyanti paṇḍitāḥ //

caturasraṃ bahiścāntar aṣṭāsraṃ piṇḍikāśraye
vṛttaṃ sudarśanaṃ yogyam evaṃ liṅgaṃ prapūjayet //

tamo hyagnī rajo brahmā sattvaṃ viṣṇuḥ prakāśakam
mūrtirekā sthitā cāsya mūrtayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ //

yatra tiṣṭhati tadbrahma yogena tu samanvitam
tasmāddhi devadeveśam īśānaṃ prabhumavyayam //

ārādhayanti viprendrā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ
liṅgaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam //

aṅguṣṭhamātraṃ suśubhaṃ suvṛttaṃ sarvasaṃmatam
samanābhaṃ tathāṣṭāsraṃ ṣoḍaśāsram athāpi vā //

suvṛttaṃ maṇḍalaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam
vedikā dviguṇā tasya samā vā sarvasaṃmatā //

gomukhī ca tribhāgaikā vedyā lakṣaṇasaṃyutā
paṭṭikā ca samantādvai yavamātrā dvijottamāḥ //

sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ śailaṃ kṛtvā tāmramayaṃ tathā
vedikāyāś ca vistāraṃ triguṇaṃ vai samantataḥ //

vartulaṃ caturasraṃ vā ṣaḍasraṃ vā trirasrakam
samantānnirvraṇaṃ śubhraṃ lakṣaṇaistat sulakṣitam //

pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ pūjālakṣaṇasaṃyutam
kalaśaṃ sthāpayettasya vedimadhye tathā dvijāḥ //

sahiraṇyaṃ sabījaṃ ca brahmabhiś cābhimantritam
secayecca tato liṅgaṃ pavitraiḥ pañcabhiḥ śubhaiḥ //

pūjayecca yathālābhaṃ tataḥ siddhimavāpsyatha
samāhitāḥ pūjayadhvaṃ saputrāḥ saha bandhubhiḥ //

sarve prāñjalayo bhūtvā śūlapāṇiṃ prapadyata
tato drakṣyatha deveśaṃ durdarśamakṛtātmabhiḥ //

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvamajñānam adharmaś ca praṇaśyati
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā brahmāṇamamitaujasam //

samprasthitā vanaukāste devadāruvanaṃ tataḥ
ārādhayitumārabdhā brahmaṇā kathitaṃ yathā //

sthaṇḍileṣu vicitreṣu parvatānāṃ guhāsu ca
nadīnāṃ ca vivikteṣu pulineṣu śubheṣu ca //

śaivālaśobhanāḥ kecit kecidantarjaleśayāḥ
keciddarbhāvakāśāstu pādāṅguṣṭhāgradhiṣṭhitāḥ //

dantolūkhalinastvanye aśmakuṭṭās tathā pare
sthānavīrāsanāstvanye mṛgacaryāratāḥ pare //

kālaṃ nayanti tapasā pūjayā ca mahādhiyaḥ
evaṃ saṃvatsare pūrṇe vasante samupasthite //

tatasteṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ bhaktānām anukampayā
devaḥ kṛtayuge tasmin girau himavataḥ śubhe //

devadāruvanaṃ prāptaḥ prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ
bhasmapāṃsūpadigdhāṅgo nagno vikṛtalakṣaṇaḥ //

ulmukavyagrahastaś ca raktapiṅgalalocanaḥ
kvacicca hasate raudraṃ kvacidgāyati vismitaḥ //

kvacinnṛtyati śṛṅgāraṃ kvacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ
āśrame hyaṭate bhaikṣyaṃ yācate ca punaḥ punaḥ //

māyāṃ kṛtvā tathārūpāṃ devastadvanam āgataḥ
tataste munayaḥ sarve tuṣṭuvuś ca samāhitāḥ //

adbhir vividhamālyaiś ca dhūpairgandhaistathaiva ca
sapatnīkā mahābhāgāḥ saputrāḥ saparicchadāḥ //

munayaste tathā vāgbhir īśvaraṃ cedam abruvan
ajñānāddevadeveśa yadasmābhir anuṣṭhitam //

karmaṇā manasā vācā tatsarvaṃ kṣantumarhasi
caritāni vicitrāṇi guhyāni gahanāni ca //

brahmādīnāṃ ca devānāṃ durvijñeyāni te hara
agatiṃ te na jānīmo gatiṃ naiva ca naiva ca //

viśveśvara mahādeva yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te
stuvanti tvāṃ mahātmāno devadevaṃ maheśvaram //

namo bhavāya bhavyāya bhāvanāyodbhavāya ca
anantabalavīryāya bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ //

saṃhartre ca piśaṅgāya avyayāya vyayāya ca
gaṅgāsaliladhārāya ādhārāya guṇātmane //

tryaṃbakāya trinetrāya triśūlavaradhāriṇe
kandarpāya hutāśāya namo 'stu paramātmane //

śaṅkarāya vṛṣāṅkāya gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ
daṇḍahastāya kālāya pāśahastāya vai namaḥ //

vedamantrapradhānāya śatajihvāya vai namaḥ
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca yat //

tava dehātsamutpannaṃ deva sarvamidaṃ jagat
pāsi haṃsi ca bhadraṃ te prasīda bhagavaṃstataḥ //

ajñānādyadi vijñānād yat kiṃcit kurute naraḥ
tatsarvaṃ bhagavāneva kurute yogamāyayā //

evaṃ stutvā tu munayaḥ prahṛṣṭairantarātmabhiḥ
yācanta tapasā yuktāḥ paśyāmastvāṃ yathāpurā //

tato devaḥ prasannātmā svamevāsthāya śaṅkaraḥ
rūpaṃ tryakṣaṃ ca saṃdraṣṭuṃ divyaṃ cakṣuradātprabhuḥ //

labdhadṛṣṭyā tayā dṛṣṭvā devadevaṃ triyaṃbakam
punastuṣṭuvurīśānaṃ devadāruvanaukasaḥ //