Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.79
kathaṃ pūjyo mahādevo martyairmandairmahāmate
kalpāyuṣair alpavīryair alpasattvaiḥ prajāpatiḥ //
saṃvatsarasahasraiś ca tapasā pūjya śaṅkaram
na paśyanti surāścāpi kathaṃ devaṃ yajanti te //
kathitaṃ tathyam evātra yuṣmābhir munipuṅgavāḥ
tathāpi śraddhayā dṛśyaḥ pūjyaḥ saṃbhāṣya eva ca //
prasaṃgāccaiva sampūjya bhaktihīnairapi dvijāḥ
bhāvānurūpaphalado bhagavāniti kīrtitaḥ //
ucchiṣṭaḥ pūjayanyāti paiśācaṃ tu dvijādhamaḥ
saṃkruddho rākṣasaṃ sthānaṃ prāpnuyān mūḍhadhīr dvijāḥ //
abhakṣyabhakṣī sampūjya yākṣaṃ prāpnoti durjanaḥ
gānaśīlaś ca gāndharvaṃ nṛtyaśīlastathaiva ca //
khyātiśīlas tathā cāndraṃ strīṣu sakto narādhamaḥ
madārtaḥ pūjayan rudraṃ somasthānamavāpnuyāt //
gāyatryā devamabhyarcya prājāpatyamavāpnuyāt
brāhmaṃ hi praṇavenaiva vaiṣṇavaṃ cābhinandya ca //
śraddhayā sakṛdevāpi samabhyarcya maheśvaram
rudralokamanuprāpya rudraiḥ sārdhaṃ pramodate //
saṃśodhya ca śubhaṃ liṅgam amarāsurapūjitam
jalaiḥ pūtaistathā pīṭhe devamāvāhya bhaktitaḥ //
dṛṣṭvā devaṃ yathānyāyaṃ praṇipatya ca śaṅkaram
kalpite cāsane sthāpya dharmajñānamaye śubhe //
vairāgyaiśvaryasampanne sarvalokanamaskṛte
oṅkārapadmamadhye tu somasūryāgnisaṃbhave //
pādyamācamanaṃ cārghyaṃ dattvā rudrāya śaṃbhave
snāpayeddivyatoyaiś ca ghṛtena payasā tathā //
dadhnā ca snāpayedrudraṃ śodhayecca yathāvidhi
tataḥ śuddhāṃbunā snāpya candanādyaiś ca pūjayet //
rocanādyaiś ca sampūjya divyapuṣpaiś ca pūjayet
bilvapatrairakhaṇḍaiś ca padmairnānāvidhais tathā //
nīlotpalaiś ca rājīvair nadyāvartaiś ca mallikaiḥ
campakair jātipuṣpaiśca bakulaiḥ karavīrakaiḥ //
śamīpuṣpair bṛhatpuṣpair unmattāgastyajairapi
apāmārgakadambaiś ca bhūṣaṇairapi śobhanaiḥ //
dattvā pañcavidhaṃ dhūpaṃ pāyasaṃ ca nivedayet
dadhibhaktaṃ ca madhvājya pariplutamataḥ param //
śuddhānnaṃ caiva mudgānnaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ ca nivedayet
atha pañcavidhaṃ vāpi saghṛtaṃ vinivedayet //
kevalaṃ cāpi śuddhānnam āḍhakaṃ taṇḍulaṃ pacet
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ cānte namaskṛtya muhurmuhuḥ //
stutvā ca devamīśānaṃ punaḥ sampūjya śaṅkaram
īśānaṃ puruṣaṃ caiva aghoraṃ vāmameva ca //
sadyojātaṃ japaṃścāpi pañcabhiḥ pūjayecchivam
anena vidhinā devaḥ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ //
vṛkṣāḥ puṣpādipatrādyair upayuktāḥ śivārcane
gāvaścaiva dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prayānti paramāṃ gatim //
pūjayedyaḥ śivaṃ rudraṃ śarvaṃ bhavamajaṃ sakṛt
sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam //
arcitaṃ parameśānaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim
sakṛtprasaṃgādvā dṛṣṭvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //
pūjitaṃ vā mahādevaṃ pūjyamānamathāpi vā
dṛṣṭvā prayāti vai martyo brahmalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ //
śrutvānumodayeccāpi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
yo dadyād ghṛtadīpaṃ ca sakṛlliṅgasya cāgrataḥ //
sa tāṃ gatim avāpnoti svāśramair durlabhāṃ sthirām
dīpavṛkṣaṃ pārthivaṃ vā dāravaṃ vā śivālaye //
dattvā kulaśataṃ sāgraṃ śivaloke mahīyate
āyasaṃ tāmrajaṃ vāpi raupyaṃ sauvarṇikaṃ tathā //
śivāya dīpaṃ yo dadyād vidhinā vāpi bhaktitaḥ
sūryāyutasamaiḥ ślakṣṇair yānaiḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet //
kārtike māsi yo dadyād ghṛtadīpaṃ śivāgrataḥ
sampūjyamānaṃ vā paśyed vidhinā parameśvaram //
sa yāti brahmaṇo lokaṃ śraddhayā munisattamāḥ
āvāhanaṃ susānnidhyaṃ sthāpanaṃ pūjanaṃ tathā //
samproktaṃ rudragāyatryā āsanaṃ praṇavena vai
pañcabhiḥ snapanaṃ proktaṃ rudrādyaiś ca viśeṣataḥ //
evaṃ sampūjayennityaṃ devadevamumāpatim
brahmāṇaṃ dakṣiṇe tasya praṇavena samarcayet //
uttare devadeveśaṃ viṣṇuṃ gāyatriyā yajet
vahnau hutvā yathānyāyaṃ pañcabhiḥ praṇavena ca //
sa yāti śivasāyujyam evaṃ sampūjya śaṅkaram
iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto liṅgārcanavidhikramaḥ //
vyāsena kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ śrutvā rudramukhātsvayam //
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