Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.47

āgnīdhraṃ jyeṣṭhadāyādaṃ kāmyaputraṃ mahābalam
priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcadvai jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ nṛpaḥ //

so 'tīva bhavabhaktaś ca tapasvī taruṇaḥ sadā
bhavārcanarataḥ śrīmān gomāndhīmāndvijarṣabhāḥ //

tasya putrā babhūvuste prajāpatisamā nava
sarve māheśvarāścaiva mahādevaparāyaṇāḥ //

jyeṣṭho nābhir iti khyātas tasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ
harivarṣastṛtīyastu caturtho vai tvilāvṛtaḥ //

ramyastu pañcamas tatra hiraṇmān ṣaṣṭha ucyate
kurustu saptamasteṣāṃ bhadrāśvastvaṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ //

navamaḥ ketumālastu teṣāṃ deśānnibodhata
nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ hemākhyaṃ tu pitā dadau //

hemakūṭaṃ tu yadvarṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya saḥ
naiṣadhaṃ yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ haraye tatpitā dadau //

ilāvṛtāya pradadau meruryatra tu madhyamaḥ
nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā //

śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ tasmāt pitrā dattaṃ hiraṇmate
yaduttaraṃ śṛṅgavarṣaṃ pitā tatkurave dadau //

varṣaṃ mālyavataṃ cāpi bhadrāśvasya nyavedayat
gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān //

ityetāni mahāntīha nava varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ
āgnīdhrasteṣu varṣeṣu putrāṃstānabhiṣicya vai //

yathākramaṃ sa dharmātmā tatastu tapasi sthitaḥ
tapasā bhāvitaścaiva svādhyāyaniratastvabhūt //

svādhyāyanirataḥ paścāc chivadhyānaratas tvabhūt
yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṣāṇyaṣṭau śubhāni ca //

teṣāṃ svabhāvataḥ siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hyayatnataḥ
viparyayo na teṣvasti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca //

dharmādharmau na teṣvāstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ
na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣvaṣṭasu sarvataḥ //

rudrakṣetre mṛtāścaiva jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarās tathā
bhaktāḥ prāsaṃgikāścāpi teṣu kṣetreṣu yānti te //

teṣāṃ hitāya rudreṇa cāṣṭakṣetraṃ vinirmitam
tatra teṣāṃ mahādevaḥ sānnidhyaṃ kurute sadā //

dṛṣṭvā hṛdi mahādevam aṣṭakṣetranivāsinaḥ
sukhinaḥ sarvadā teṣāṃ sa eveha parā gatiḥ //

nābhernisargaṃ vakṣyāmi himāṅke 'sminnibodhata
nābhistvajanayatputraṃ merudevyāṃ mahāmatiḥ //

ṛṣabhaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvakṣatrasya pūjitam
ṛṣabhādbharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ //

so 'bhiṣicyātha ṛṣabho bharataṃ putravatsalaḥ
jñānavairāgyamāśritya jitvendriyamahoragān //

sarvātmanātmani sthāpya paramātmānamīśvaram
nagno jaṭī nirāhāraś cīrī dhvāntagato hi saḥ //

nirāśastyaktasaṃdehaḥ śaivamāpa paraṃ padam
himādrerdakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya nyavedayat //

tasmāttu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā vidurbudhāḥ
bharatasyātmajo vidvān sumatirnāma dhārmikaḥ //

babhūva tasmiṃstadrājyaṃ bharataḥ saṃnyaveśayat
putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīko vanaṃ rājā viveśa saḥ //