Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.19

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
sūta sūta ciraṃjīva dhanyastvaṃ śivabhaktimān /
samyaguktastvayā liṃgamahimā satphalapradaḥ

yatra pārthivamāheśaliṃgasya mahimādhunā /
sarvotkṛṣṭaśca kathito vyāsato brūhi taṃ punaḥ

sūta uvāca /
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve sadbhaktyā harato khilāḥ /
śivapārthivaliṃgasya mahimā procyate mayā

ukteṣveteṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ liṃgamuttamam /
tasya pūjanato viprā bahavaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ

harirbrahmā ca ṛṣayaḥ saprajāpatayastathā /
saṃpūjya pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ prāpuḥsarvepsitaṃ dvijāḥ

devāsuramanuṣyāśca gaṃdharvoragarākṣasāḥ /
anyepi bahavastaṃ saṃpūjya siddhiṃ gatāḥ param

kṛte ratnamayaṃ liṃgaṃ tretāyāṃ hemasaṃbhavam /
dvāpare pāradaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pārthivaṃ tu kalau yuge

aṣṭamūrtiṣu sarvāsu mūrtirvai pārthivī varā /
ananyapūjitā viprāstapastasmānmahatphalam

yathā sarveṣu deveṣu jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭho maheśvaraḥ /
evaṃ sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭamucyate

yathā nadīṣu sarvāsu jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā surāpagā /
tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate

yathā sarveṣu maṃtreṣu praṇavo hi mahānsmṛtaḥ /
tathedaṃ pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamārādhyaṃ pūjyameva hi

yathā sarveṣu varṇeṣu brāhmaṇaḥśreṣṭha ucyate /
tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate

yathā purīṣu sarvāsu kāśīśreṣṭhatamā smṛtā /
tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate

yathā vrateṣu sarveṣu śivarātrivrataṃ param /
tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣthamucyate

yathā devīṣu sarvāsu śaivīśaktiḥ parāsmṛtā /
tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate

prakṛtyapārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ yonyadevaṃ prapūjayet /
vṛthā bhavati sā pūjā snānadānādikaṃ vṛthā

pārthivārādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ dhanyamāyurvivardhanam /
tuṣṭidaṃ puṣṭidaṃśrīdaṃ kāryaṃ sādhakasattamaiḥ

yathā labdhopacāraiśca bhaktyā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ /
pūjayetpārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhidam

yaḥ kṛtvā pārthivaṃ liṃge pūjayecchubhavedikam /
ihaiva dhanavāñchrīmānaṃte rudro bhijāyate

trisaṃdhyaṃ yorcayaṃlliṃgaṃ kṛtvā bilvena pārthivam /
daśaikādaśakaṃyāvattasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

anenaiva svadehena rudra loke mahīyate /
pāpahaṃ sarvamartyānāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi

jīvanmuktaḥ sa vaijñānī śiva eva na saṃśayaḥ /
tasya darśanamātreṇa bhuktirmuktiśca jāyate

śivaṃ yaḥ pūjayennityaṃ kṛtvā liṃgaṃ tu pārthivam /
yāvajjīvanaparyaṃtaṃ sa yāti śivamandiram

mṛḍenāpramitānvarṣāñchivalokehi tiṣṭhati /
sakāmaḥ punarāgatya rājendro bhārate bhavet

niṣkāmaḥ pūjayennityaṃ pārthivaṃliṃgamuttamam /
śivaloke sadā tiṣṭhettataḥ sāyujyamāpnuyāt

pārthivaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ ca vipro yadi na pūjayet /
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ śūlaprotaṃ sudāruṇam

yathākathaṃcidvidhinā ramyaṃ liṃgaṃ prakārayet /
paṃcasūtravidhānāṃ ca pārthivena vicārayet

akhaṇḍaṃ taddhi kartavyaṃ na vikhaṇḍaṃ prakārayet /
dvikhaṇḍaṃ tu prakurvāṇo naiva pūjāphalaṃ labhet

ratnajaṃ hemajaṃ liṃgaṃ pāradaṃ sphāṭikaṃ tathā /
pārthivaṃ puṣparāgotthamakhaṃḍaṃ tu prakārayet

akhaṃḍaṃ tu caraṃ liṃgaṃ dvikhaṃḍamacaraṃ smṛtam /
khaṃḍākhaṃḍavicāroyaṃ sacarācarayoḥ smṛtaḥ

vedikā tu mahāvidyā liṃgaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ /
ato hi sthāvare liṃge smṛtā śreṣṭhādikhaṃḍitā

dvikhaṃḍaṃ sthāvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kartavyaṃ hi vidhānataḥ /
akhaṃḍaṃ jaṃgamaṃ proktaṃś aivasiddhāntavedibhiḥ

dvikhaṃḍaṃ tu carāṃ liṃgaṃ kurvantyajñānamohitāḥ /
naiva siddhāntavettāro munayaḥ śāstrakovidāḥ

akhaṃḍaṃ sthāvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dvikhaṃḍaṃ carameva ca /
yekurvantinarāmūḍhānapūjāphalabhāginaḥ

tasmācchāstroktavidhinā akhaṃḍaṃ carasaṃjñakam /
dvikhaṃḍaṃ sthāvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kartavyaṃ parayā mudā

akhaṃḍe tu care pūjā sampūrṇaphaladāyinī /
dvikhaṃḍe tu care pūjāmahāhānipradā smṛtā

akhaṃḍe sthāvare pūjā na kāmaphaladāyinī /
pratyavāyakarī nityamityuktaṃ śāstravedibhiḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍe pārthivaśivaliṃgapūjanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ