Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.77

liṅgapratiṣṭhāpuṇyaṃ ca liṅgasthāpanameva ca
liṅgānāṃ caiva bhedāś ca śrutaṃ tava mukhādiha //

mṛdādiratnaparyantair dravyaiḥ kṛtvā śivālayam
yatphalaṃ labhate martyas tatphalaṃ vaktumarhasi //

yasya bhakto 'pi loke 'smin putradāragṛhādibhiḥ
bādhyate jñānayuktaścen na ca tasya gṛhaistu kim //

tathāpi bhaktāḥ parameśvarasya kṛtveṣṭaloṣṭairapi rudralokam
prayānti divyaṃ hi vimānavaryaṃ surendrapadmodbhavavanditasya //

gṛhaṃ ca tādṛgvidhamasya śaṃbhoḥ sampūjya rudratvamavāpnuvanti //

tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhaktyā bhaktaiḥ śivālayam
kartavyaṃ sarvayatnena dharmakāmārthasiddhaye //

kesaraṃ nāgaraṃ vāpi drāviḍaṃ vā tathāparam
kṛtvā rudrālayaṃ bhaktyā śivaloke mahīyate //

kailāsākhyaṃ ca yaḥ kuryāt prāsādaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
kailāsaśikharākārair vimānair modate sukhī //

mandaraṃ vā prakurvīta śivāya vidhipūrvakam
bhaktyā vittānusāreṇa uttamādhamamadhyamam //

mandarādripratīkāśair vimānairviśvatomukhaiḥ
apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇair devadānavadurlabhaiḥ //

gatvā śivapuraṃ ramyaṃ bhuktvā bhogān yathepsitān
jñānayogaṃ samāsādya gāṇapatyaṃ labhennaraḥ //

yaḥ kuryānmerunāmānaṃ prāsādaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
sa yatphalamavāpnoti na tat sarvair mahāmakhaiḥ //

sarvayajñatapodāna tīrthavedeṣu yatphalam
tatphalaṃ sakalaṃ labdhvā śivavanmodate ciram //

niṣadhaṃ nāma yaḥ kuryāt prāsādaṃ bhaktitaḥ sudhīḥ
śivalokamanuprāpya śivavanmodate ciram //

kuryādvā yaḥ śubhaṃ viprā himaśailamanuttamam
himaśailopamair yānair gatvā śivapuraṃ śubham //

jñānayogaṃ samāsādya gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt
nīlādriśikharākhyaṃ vā prāsādaṃ yaḥ suśobhanam //

kṛtvā vittānusāreṇa bhaktyā rudrāya śaṃbhave
yatphalaṃ labhate martyas tatphalaṃ pravadāmyaham //

himaśaile kṛte bhaktyā yatphalaṃ prāk tavoditam
tatphalaṃ sakalaṃ labdhvā sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ //

rudralokamanuprāpya rudraiḥ sārdhaṃ pramodate
mahendraśailanāmānaṃ prāsādaṃ rudrasaṃmatam //

kṛtvā yatphalamāpnoti tatphalaṃ pravadāmyaham
mahendraparvatākārair vimānairvṛṣasaṃyutaiḥ //

gatvā śivapuraṃ divyaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān
jñānaṃ vicāritaṃ rudraiḥ samprāpya munipuṅgavāḥ //

viṣayān viṣavat tyaktvā śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
hemnā yastu prakurvīta prāsādaṃ ratnaśobhitam //

drāviḍaṃ nāgaraṃ vāpi kesaraṃ vā vidhānataḥ
kūṭaṃ vā maṇḍapaṃ vāpi samaṃ vā dīrgham eva ca //

na tasya śakyate vaktuṃ puṇyaṃ śatayugairapi
jīrṇaṃ vā patitaṃ vāpi khaṇḍitaṃ sphuṭitaṃ tathā //

pūrvavatkārayedyastu dvārādyaiḥ suśubhaṃ dvijāḥ
prāsādaṃ maṇḍapaṃ vāpi prākāraṃ gopuraṃ tu vā //

karturapyadhikaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
vṛttyarthaṃ vā prakurvīta naraḥ karma śivālaye //

yaḥ sa yāti na saṃdehaḥ svargalokaṃ sabāndhavaḥ
yaścātmabhogasiddhyartham api rudrālaye sakṛt //

karma kuryādyadi sukhaṃ labdhvā cāpi pramodate
tasmād āyatanaṃ bhaktyā yaḥ kuryān munisattamāḥ //

kāṣṭheṣṭakādibhir martyaḥ śivaloke mahīyate
prasādārthaṃ maheśasya prāsāde munipuṅgavāḥ //

kartavyaḥ sarvayatnena dharmakāmārthamuktaye
aśaktaścenmuniśreṣṭhāḥ prāsādaṃ kartumuttamam //

saṃmārjanādibhir vāpi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
saṃmārjanaṃ tu yaḥ kuryān mārjanyā mṛdusūkṣmayā //

cāndrāyaṇasahasrasya phalaṃ māsena labhyate
yaḥ kuryādvastrapūtena gandhagomayavāriṇā //

ālepanaṃ yathānyāyaṃ varṣacāndrāyaṇaṃ labhet
ardhakrośaṃ śivakṣetraṃ śivaliṅgātsamantataḥ //

yas tyajed dustyajān prāṇāñ śivasāyujyam āpnuyāt
svāyaṃbhuvasya mānaṃ hi tathā bāṇasya suvratāḥ //

svāyaṃbhuve tadardhaṃ syāt syād ārṣe ca tadardhakam
mānuṣe ca tadardhaṃ syāt kṣetramānaṃ dvijottamāḥ //

evaṃ yatīnāmāvāse kṣetramānaṃ dvijottamāḥ
rudrāvatāre cādyaṃ yac chiṣye caiva praśiṣyake //

narāvatāre tacchiṣye tacchiṣye ca praśiṣyake
śrīparvate mahāpuṇye tasya prānte ca vā dvijāḥ //

tasminvā yastyajetprāṇāñ chivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
vārāṇasyāṃ tathāpyevam avimukte viśeṣataḥ //

kedāre ca mahākṣetre prayāge ca viśeṣataḥ
kurukṣetre ca yaḥ prāṇān saṃtyajedyāti nirvṛtim //

prabhāse puṣkare 'vantyāṃ tathā caivāmareśvare
vaṇīśailākule caiva mṛto yāti śivātmatām //

vārāṇasyāṃ mṛto jantur na jātu jantutāṃ vrajet
triviṣṭape vimukte ca kedāre saṃgameśvare //

śālaṅke vā tyajetprāṇāṃs tathā vai jambukeśvare
śukreśvare vā gokarṇe bhāskareśe guheśvare //

hiraṇyagarbhe nandīśe sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
niyamaiḥ śoṣya yo dehaṃ tyajetkṣetre śivasya tu //

sa yāti śivatāṃ yogī mānuṣe daivike 'pi vā
ārṣe vāpi muniśreṣṭhās tathā svāyaṃbhuve 'pi vā //

svayaṃbhūte tathā deve nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
ādhāyāgniṃ śivakṣetre sampūjya parameśvaram //

svadehapiṇḍaṃ juhuyād yaḥ sa yāti parāṃ gatim
yāvattāvannirāhāro bhūtvā prāṇān parityajet //

śivakṣetre muniśreṣṭhāḥ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
chittvā pādadvayaṃ cāpi śivakṣetre vasettu yaḥ //

sa yāti śivatāṃ caiva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
kṣetrasya darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ praveśastacchatādhikaḥ //

tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sparśanaṃ ca pradakṣiṇam
tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ jalasnānamataḥ param //

kṣīrasnānaṃ tato viprāḥ śatādhikamanuttamam
dadhnā sahasramākhyātaṃ madhunā tacchatādhikam //

ghṛtasnānena cānantaṃ śārkare tacchatādhikam
śivakṣetrasamīpasthāṃ nadīṃ prāpyāvagāhya ca //

tyajeddehaṃ vihāyānnaṃ śivaloke mahīyate
śivakṣetrasamīpasthā nadyaḥ sarvāḥ suśobhanāḥ //

vāpīkūpataḍāgāś ca śivatīrthā iti smṛtāḥ
snātvā teṣu naro bhaktyā tīrtheṣu dvijasattamāḥ //

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpair mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
prātaḥ snātvā muniśreṣṭhāḥ śivatīrtheṣu mānavaḥ //

aśvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
madhyāhne śivatīrtheṣu snātvā bhaktyā sakṛnnaraḥ //

gaṅgāsnānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
astaṃ gate tathā cārke snātvā gacchecchivaṃ padam //

pāpakañcukamutsṛjya śivatīrtheṣu mānavaḥ
dvijās triṣavaṇaṃ snātvā śivatīrthe sakṛnnaraḥ //

śivasāyujyamāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
purātha sūkaraḥ kaścit śvānaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayātpathi //

prasaṃgādvāramekaṃ tu śivatīrthe 'vagāhya ca
mṛtaḥ svayaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā gāṇapatyamavāptavān //

yaḥ prātardevadeveśaṃ śivaṃ liṅgasvarūpiṇam
paśyetsa yāti sarvasmād adhikāṃ gatimeva ca //

madhyāhne ca mahādevaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajñaphalaṃ labhet
sāyāhne sarvayajñānāṃ phalaṃ prāpya vimucyate //

mānasairvācikaiḥ pāpaiḥ kāyikaiś ca mahattaraiḥ
tathopapātakaiścaiva pāpaiścaivānupātakaiḥ //

saṃkrame devamīśānaṃ dṛṣṭvā liṅgākṛtiṃ prabhum
māsena yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tyaktvā yāti śivaṃ padam //

ayane cārdhamāsena dakṣiṇe cottarāyaṇe
viṣuve caiva sampūjya prayāti paramāṃ gatim //

pradakṣiṇatrayaṃ kuryād yaḥ prāsādaṃ samantataḥ
savyāpasavyanyāyena mṛdugatyā śucirnaraḥ //

pade pade 'śvamedhasya yajñasya phalamāpnuyāt
vācā yastu śivaṃ nityaṃ saṃrauti parameśvaram //

so 'pi yāti śivaṃ sthānaṃ prāpya kiṃ punareva ca
kṛtvā maṇḍalakaṃ kṣetraṃ gandhagomayavāriṇā //

muktāphalamayaiścūrṇair indranīlamayais tathā
padmarāgamayaiścaiva sphāṭikaiś ca suśobhanaiḥ //

tathā mārakataiścaiva sauvarṇai rājatais tathā
tadvarṇair laukikaiścaiva cūrṇairvittavivarjitaiḥ //

ālikhya kamalaṃ bhadraṃ daśahastapramāṇataḥ
sakarṇikaṃ mahābhāgā mahādevasamīpataḥ //

tatrāvāhya mahādevaṃ navaśaktisamanvitam
pañcabhiśca tathā ṣaḍbhir aṣṭābhiśceṣṭadaṃ param //

punaraṣṭābhir īśānaṃ daśāre daśabhis tathā
punarbāhye ca daśabhiḥ sampūjya praṇipatya ca //

nivedya devadevāya kṣitidānaphalaṃ labhet
śālipiṣṭādibhir vāpi padmamālikhya nirdhanaḥ //

pūrvoktamakhilaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
dvādaśāraṃ tathālikhya maṇḍalaṃ padam uttamam //

ratnacūrṇādibhiścūrṇais tathā dvādaśamūrtibhiḥ
maṇḍalasya ca madhye tu bhāskaraṃ sthāpya pūjayet //

grahaiś ca saṃvṛtaṃ vāpi sūryasāyujyamuttamam
evaṃ prākṛtam apyārthyāṃ ṣaḍasraṃ parikalpya ca //

madhyadeśe ca deveśīṃ prakṛtiṃ brahmarūpiṇīm
dakṣiṇe sattvamūrtiṃ ca vāmataś ca rajoguṇam //

agratastu tamomūrtiṃ madhye devīṃ tathāṃbikām
pañcabhūtāni tanmātrā pañcakaṃ caiva dakṣiṇe //

karmendriyāṇi pañcaiva tathā buddhīndriyāṇi ca
uttare vidhivatpūjya ṣaḍasre caiva pūjayet //

ātmānaṃ cāntarātmānaṃ yugalaṃ buddhimeva ca
ahaṅkāraṃ ca mahatā sarvayajñaphalaṃ labhet //

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ prākṛtaṃ maṇḍalaṃ param
ato vakṣyāmi viprendrāḥ sarvakāmārthasādhanam //

gocarmamātramālikhya maṇḍalaṃ gomayena tu
caturaśraṃ vidhānena cādbhir abhyukṣya mantravit //

alaṃkṛtya vitānādyaiś chatrair vāpi manoramaiḥ
budbudairardhacandraiś ca haimairaśvatthapatrakaiḥ //

sitairvikasitaiḥ padmai raktair nīlotpalais tathā
muktādāmair vitānānte lambitastu sitairdhvajaiḥ //

sitamṛtpātrakaiścaiva suślakṣṇaiḥ pūrṇakumbhakaiḥ
phalapallavamālābhir vaijayantībhir aṃśukaiḥ //

pañcāśaddīpamālābhir dhūpaiḥ pañcavidhais tathā
pañcāśaddalasaṃyuktam ālikhetpadmamuttamam //

tattadvarṇais tathā cūrṇaiḥ śvetacūrṇairathāpi vā
ekahastapramāṇena kṛtvā padmaṃ vidhānataḥ //

karṇikāyāṃ nyased devaṃ devyā deveśvaraṃ bhavam
varṇāni ca nyasetpatre rudraiḥ prāgādyanukramāt //

praṇavādinamo 'ntāni sarvavarṇāni suvratāḥ
sampūjyaivaṃ muniśreṣṭhā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt //

brāhmaṇān bhojayettatra pañcāśadvidhipūrvakam
akṣamālopavītaṃ ca kuṇḍalaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum //

āsanaṃ ca tathā daṇḍam uṣṇīṣaṃ vastrameva ca
dattvā teṣāṃ munīndrāṇāṃ devadevāya śaṃbhave //

mahācaruṃ nivedyaivaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ gomithunaṃ tathā
ante ca devadevāya dāpayeccūrṇamaṇḍalam //

yāgopayogadravyāṇi śivāya vinivedayet
oṅkārādyaṃ japeddhīmān prativarṇam anukramāt //

evamālikhya yo bhaktyā sarvamaṇḍalamuttamam
yatphalaṃ labhate martyas tadvadāmi samāsataḥ //

sāṅgān vedān yathānyāyam adhītya vidhipūrvakam
iṣṭvā yajñairyathānyāyaṃ jyotiṣṭomādibhiḥ kramāt //

tato viśvajidantaiś ca putrānutpādya tādṛśān
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gatvā sadāraḥ sāgnireva ca //

cāndrāyaṇādikāḥ sarvāḥ kṛtvā nyasya kriyā dvijāḥ
brahmavidyāmadhītyaiva jñānamāsādya yatnataḥ //

jñānena jñeyam ālokya yogī yatkāmamāpnuyāt
tatphalaṃ labhate sarvaṃ varṇamaṇḍaladarśanāt //

yena kenāpi vā martyaḥ pralipyāyatanāgrataḥ
uttare dakṣiṇe vāpi pṛṣṭhato vā dvijottamāḥ //

catuṣkoṇaṃ tu vā cūrṇair alaṃkṛtya samantataḥ
puṣpākṣatādibhiḥ pūjya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //

yastu garbhagṛhaṃ bhaktyā sakṛdālipya sarvataḥ
candanādyaiḥ sakarpūrair gandhadravyaiḥ samantataḥ //

vikīrya gandhakusumair dhūpairdhūpya caturvidhaiḥ
prārthayeddevamīśānaṃ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati //

tatra bhuktvā mahābhogān kalpakoṭiśataṃ naraḥ
svadehagandhakusumaiḥ pūrayañchivamandiram //

kramādgāndharvamāsādya gandharvaiś ca supūjitaḥ
kramādāgatya loke 'smin rājā bhavati vīryavān //

ādidevo mahādevaḥ pralayasthitikārakaḥ
sargaś ca bhuvanādhīśaḥ śarvavyāpī sadāśivaḥ
śivabrahmāmṛtaṃ grāhyaṃ mokṣasādhanam uttamam //

vyaktāvyaktaṃ sadā nityam acintyam arcayet prabhum //