Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.11

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
kathaṃ liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpyaṃ kathaṃ vātasya lakṣaṇam /
kathaṃ vā tatsamabhyarcyaṃ deśe kāle ca kena hi

sūta uvāca /
yuṣmadarthaṃ pravakṣyāmi buddhyatāmavadhānataḥ /
anukūle śubhe kāle puṇye tīrthe taṭe tathā

yatheṣṭaṃ liṃgamāropyaṃ yatra syānnityamarcanam /
pārthivena tathāpyenaṃ taijasena yathāruci

kalpalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjāphalaṃ labhet /
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ sadyaḥ pūjāphalapradam

care viśiṣyate sūkṣmaṃ sthāvare sthūlameva hi /
salakṣaṇaṃ sapīṭhaṃ ca sthāpayecchivanirmitam

maṃḍalaṃ caturasraṃ vā trikoṇamathavā tathā /
khaṭvāṃgavanmadhyasūkṣmaṃ liṃgapīṭhaṃ mahāphalaṃ

prathamaṃ mṛcchilādibhyo ligaṃ lohādibhiḥ kṛtam /
yena liṃgaṃ tena pīṭhaṃ sthāvare hi viśiṣyate

liṃgaṃ pīṭhaṃ care tvekaṃ liṃgaṃ bāṇakṛtaṃ vinā /
liṃgapramāṇaṃ kartṛ-ṇāṃ dvādaśāṃgulamuttamam

nyūnaṃ cetphalamalpaṃ syādadhikaṃ naiva dūṣyate /
karturekāṃgulanyūnaṃ carepi ca tathaiva hi

ādau vimānaṃ śilpena kāryaṃ devagaṇairyutam /
tatra garbhagṛhe ramye dṛḍhe darpaṇasaṃnibhe

bhūṣite navaratnaiśca digdvāre ca pradhānakaiḥ /
nīlaṃ raktaṃ ca vai dūryaṃ śyāmaṃ mārakataṃ tathā

muktāpravālagomedavajrāṇi navaratnakam १२b/
madhye liṃgaṃ mahaddravyaṃ nikṣipetsahavaidike

saṃpūjya liṃgaṃ sadyādyaiḥ paṃcasthāne yathākramam /
agnau ca hutvā bahudhā haviṣāsa kalaṃ ca mām

abhyarcya gurumācāryamarthaiḥ kāmaiśca bāṃdhavam /
dadyādaiśvaryamarthibhyo jaḍamapyajaḍaṃ tathā

sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ jīvaṃ sarvaṃ saṃtoṣya yatnataḥ /
suvarṇapūrite śvabhre navaratnaiśca pūrite

sadyādi brahma coccārya dhyātvā devaṃ paraṃ śubham /
udīrya ca mahāmaṃtramaॐkāraṃ nādaghoṣitam

liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya ligaṃ pīṭhena yojayet /
liṃgaṃ sapīṭhaṃ nikṣipya nityalepena baṃdhayet

evaṃ beraṃ ca saṃsthāpyaṃ tatraiva paramaṃ śubham /
paṃcākṣareṇa beraṃ tu utsavārthaṃ vahistathā

beraṃ gurubhyo gṛhṇīyātsādhubhiḥ pūjitaṃ tu vā /
evaṃ liṃge ca bere ca pūjā śivapadapradā

punaśca dvividhaṃ proktaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ tathā /
sthāvaraṃ liṃgamityāhustarugulmādikaṃ tathā

jaṃgamaṃ liṃgamityāhuḥ kṛmikīṭādikaṃ tathā /
sthāvarasya ca śuśrūṣā jaṃgamasya ca tarpaṇam

tattatsukhānurāgeṇa śivapūjāṃ vidurbudhāḥ /
pīṭhamaṃbāmayaṃ sarvaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ ca cinmayam

yathā devīmumāmaṃke dhṛtvā tiṣṭhati śaṃkaraḥ /
tathā liṃgamidaṃ pīṭhaṃ dhṛtvā tiṣṭhati saṃtatam

evaṃ sthāpya mahāliṃgaṃ pūjayedupacārakaiḥ /
nityapūjā yathā śaktidhvajādikaraṇaṃ tathā

iti saṃsthāpayelliṃgaṃ sākṣācchivapadapradam /
athavā caraliṃgaṃ tu ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ

pūjayecca yathānyāyaṃ kramācchivapadapradam /
āvāhanaṃ cāsanaṃ ca arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathaiva ca

tadaṃgācamanaṃ caiva snānamabhyaṃgapūrvakam /
vastraṃ gaṃdhaṃ tathā puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ nivedanam

nīrājanaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ namaskāro visarjanam /
athavā'rghyādikaṃ kṛtvā naivedyāṃ taṃ yathāvidhi

athābhiṣekaṃ naivedyaṃ namaskāraṃ ca tarpaṇam /
yathāśakti sadākuryātkramācchivapadapradam

athavā mānuṣe liṃgepyārṣe daive svayaṃbhuvi /
sthāpite'pūrvake liṃge sopacāraṃ yathā tathā

pūjopakaraṇe datte yatkiṃcitphalamaśnute /
pradakṣiṇānamaskāraiḥ kramācchivapadapradam

liṃgaṃ darśanamātraṃ vā niyamena śivapradam /
mṛtpiṣṭagośakṛtpuṣpaiḥ karavīreṇa vā phalaiḥ

guḍena navanītena bhasmanānnairyathāruci /
liṃgaṃ yatnena kṛtvāṃte yajettadanusārataḥ

aṃguṣṭhādāvapi tathā pūjāmicchaṃti kecana /
liṃgakarmaṇi sarvatra niṣedhosti na karhicit

sarvatra phaladātā hi prayāsānuguṇaṃ śivaḥ /
athavā liṃgadānaṃ vā liṃgamaulyamathāpi vā

śraddhayā śivabhaktāya dattaṃ śivapadapradam /
athavā praṇavaṃ nityaṃ japeddaśasahasrakam

saṃdhyayośca sahasraṃ vā jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam /
japakāle makārāṃtaṃ manaḥśuddhikaraṃ bhajet

samādhau mānasaṃ proktamupāṃśu sārvakālikam /
samānapraṇavaṃ cemaṃ biṃdunādayutaṃ viduḥ

atha paṃcākṣaraṃ nityaṃ japedayutamādarāt /
saṃdhyayośca sahasraṃ vā jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam

praṇavenādisaṃyuktaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśiṣyate /
dīkṣāyuktaṃ gurorgrāhyaṃ maṃtraṃ hyatha phalāptaye

kuṃbhasnānaṃ maṃtradīkṣāṃ mātṛkānyāsameva ca /
brāhmaṇaḥ satyapūtātmā gururjñānī viśiṣyate

dvijānāṃ ca namaḥpūrvamanyeṣāṃ ca namontakam ४२b/
strīṇāṃ ca kvacidicchaṃti namo taṃ ca yathāvidhi

viprastrīṇāṃ namaḥ pūrvamidamicchaṃti kecana /
paṃcakoṭijapaṃ kṛtvā sadā śivasamo bhavet

ekadvitricatuḥkoṭyābrahmādīnāṃ padaṃ vrajet /
japedakṣaralakṣaṃvā akṣarāṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthak

athavākṣaralakṣaṃ vā jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam /
sahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ sahasreṇa dinena hi

japenmaṃtrādiṣṭasiddhirnityaṃ brāhmaṇabhojanāt /
aṣṭottarasahasraṃ vai gāyatrīṃ prātareva hi

brāhmaṇastu japennityaṃ kramācchivapadapradān /
vedamaṃtrāṃstu sūktāni japenniyamamāsthitaḥ

ekaṃ daśārṇaṃ maṃtraṃ ca śatonaṃ ca tadūrdhvakam /
ayutaṃ ca sahasraṃ ca śatamekaṃ vinā bhavet

vedapārāyaṇaṃ caiva jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam /
anyānbahutarānmaṃtrāñjapedakṣaralakṣataḥ

ekākṣarāṃstathā maṃtrāñjapedakṣarakoṭitaḥ /
tataḥ paraṃ japeccaiva sahasraṃ bhaktipūrvakam

evaṃ kuryādyathāśakti kramācchiva padaṃ labhet /
nityaṃ rucikaraṃ tvekaṃ maṃtramāmaraṇāṃtikam

japetsahasramomiti sarvābhīṣṭaṃ śivājñayā /
puṣpārāmādikaṃ vāpi tathā saṃmārjanādikam

śivāya śivakāryāthe kṛtvā śivapadaṃ labhet /
śivakṣetre tathā vāsaṃ nityaṃ kuryācca bhaktitaḥ

jaḍānāmajaḍānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhuktimuktidam /
tasmādvāsaṃ śivakṣetre kuryadāmaraṇaṃ budhaḥ

liṃgāddhastaśataṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetre mānuṣake viduḥ /
sahasrāratnimātraṃ tu puṇyakṣetre tathārṣake

daivaliṃge tathā jñeyaṃ sahasrāratnimānataḥ /
dhanuṣpramāṇasāhasraṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetre svayaṃ bhuvi

puṇyakṣetre sthitā vāpī kūpādyaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca /
śivagaṃgeti vijñeyaṃ śivasya vacanaṃ yathā

tatra snātvā tathā dattvā japitvā hi śivaṃ vrajet /
śivakṣetraṃ samāśritya vasedāmaraṇaṃ tathā

dāhaṃ daśāhaṃ māsyaṃ vā sapiṃḍīkaraṇaṃ tu vā /
ābdikaṃ vā śivakṣetre kṣetre piṃḍamathāpi vā

sarvapāpa vinirmuktaḥ sadyaḥ śivapadaṃ labhet /
athavā saptarātraṃ vā vasedvā paṃcarātrakam

trirātramekarātraṃ vā kramācchivapadaṃ labhet /
svavarṇānuguṇaṃ loke svācārātprāpnute naraḥ

varṇoddhāreṇa bhaktyā ca tatphalātiśayaṃ naraḥ /
sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ kāmanayā sadyaḥ phalamavāpnuyāt

sarvaṃ kṛtamakāmena sākṣācchivapadapradam /
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhnamahastriṣvekataḥ kramāt

prātarvidhikaraṃ jñeyaṃ madhyāhnaṃ kāmikaṃ tathā /
sāyāhnaṃ śāṃtikaṃ jñeyaṃ rātrāvapi tathaiva hi

kālo niśītho vai proktomadhyayāmadvayaṃ niśi /
śivapūjā viśeṣeṇa tatkāle'bhīṣṭasiddhidā

evaṃ jñātvā naraḥ kurvanyathoktaphalabhāgbhavet /
kalau yuge viśeṣeṇa phalasiddhistu karmaṇā

uktena kenacidvāpi adhikāravibhedataḥ /
sadvṛttiḥ pāpabhīruścettatatphalamavāpnuyāt

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
atha kṣetrāṇi puṇyāni samāsātkathayasva naḥ /
sarvāḥ striyaśca puruṣā yānyāśritya padaṃ labhet

sūta yogivaraśreṣṭha śivakṣetrāgamāṃstathā /
sūta uvāca /
śṛṇuta śraddhayā sarvakṣetrāṇi ca tadāgamān

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃekadaśo'dhyāyaḥ