Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.21

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
sūta sūta mahābhāga vyāsaśiṣya namostu te /
samyaguktaṃ tvayā tāta pārthivārcāvidhānakam

kāmanābhedamāśritya saṃkhyāṃ brūhi vidhānataḥ /
śivapārthivaliṃgānāṃ kṛpayā dīnavatsala

sūta uvāca /
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve pārthivārcāvidhānakam /
yasyānuṣṭhānamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ

akṛtvā pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ yonyadevaṃ prapūjayet /
vṛthā bhavati sā pūjā damadānādikaṃ vṛthā

saṃkhyā pārthivaliṃgānāṃ yathākāmaṃ nigadyate /
saṃkhyā sadyo muniśreṣṭha niścayena phalapradā

prathamāvāhanaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhā pūjanaṃ pṛthak /
liṃgākāraṃ samaṃ tatra sarvaṃ jñeyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak

vidyārthī puruṣaḥ prītyā sahasramitapārthivam /
pūjayecchivaliṃgaṃ hi niścayāttatphalapradam

naraḥ pārthivaliṃgānāṃ dhanārthī ca tadarddhakam /
putrārthī sārddhasāhasraṃ vastrārthī śatapaṃcakram

mokṣārthī koṭiguṇitaṃ bhūkāmaśca sahasrakam /
dayārthī ca trisāhasraṃ tīrthārthī dvisahasrakam

suhṛtkāmī trisāhasraṃ vaśyārthī śatamaṣṭakam /
māraṇārthī saptaśataṃ mohanārthī śatāṣṭakam

uccāṭanaparaścaiva sahasraṃ ca yathoktataḥ /
staṃbhanārthī sahasraṃ tu dveṣaṇārthī tadarddhakam

nigaḍānmuktikāmastu sahasraṃ sarddhamuttamam /
mahārājabhaye paṃcaśataṃ jñeyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ

caurādisaṃkaṭe jñeyaṃ pārthivānāṃ śatadvayam /
ḍākinyādibhaye paṃcaśatamuktaṃ japārthivam

dāridra ye! paṃcasāhasramayutaṃ sarvakāmadam /
atha nityavidhiṃ vakṣye śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ

ekaṃ pāpaharaṃ proktaṃ dviliṃgaṃ cārthasiddhidam /
triliṃgaṃ sarvakāmānāṃ kāraṇaṃ paramīritam

uttarottaramevaṃ syātpūrvoktagaṇanāvidhi /
matāṃtaramatho vakṣye saṃkhyāyāṃ munibhedataḥ

liṃgānāmayutaṃ kṛtvā pārthivānāṃ subuddhimān /
nirbhayo hi bhavennūnaṃ mahārājabhayaṃ haret

kārāgṛhādimuktyarthamayutaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ /
ḍākinyādibhaye saptasahasraṃ kārayettathā

sahasrāṇi paṃcapaṃcāśadaputraḥ prakārayet /
liṃgānāmayutenaiva kanyakāsaṃtatiṃ labhet

liṃgānāmayutenaiva viṣṇvādaiśvaryamāpnuyāt /
liṃgānāṃ prayutenaiva hyatulāṃ śriyamāpnuyāt

koṭimekāṃ tu liṃgānāṃ yaḥ karoti naro bhuvi /
śiva eva bhavetsopi nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā

arcā pārthivaliṃgānāṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradā /
bhuktidā muktidā nityaṃ tataḥ kāmarthināṃ nṛṇām

vinā liṃgārcanaṃ yasya kālo gacchati nityaśaḥ /
mahāhānirbhavettasya durvṛttasya durātmanaḥ

ekataḥ sarvadānāni vratāni vividhāni ca /
tīrthāni niyamā yajñā liṃgārcā caikataḥ smṛtā

kalau liṃgārcanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tathā loke pradṛśyate /
tathā nāstīti śāstrāṇāmeṣa siddhāntaniścayaḥ

bhuktimuktipradaṃ liṃgaṃ vividhāpannivāraṇam /
pūjayitvā naro nityaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

śivānāmamayaṃ liṃgaṃ nityaṃ pūjyaṃ maharṣibhiḥ /
yataśca sarvaliṃgeṣu tasmātpūjyaṃ vidhānataḥ

uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ nīcaṃ trividhaṃ liṃgamīritam /
mānato muniśārdūlāstacchṛṇudhvaṃ vadāmyaham

caturaṃgulamucchrāyaṃ ramyaṃ vedikayā yutam /
uttamaṃ liṃgamākhyātaṃ munibhiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ

tadarddhaṃ madhyamaṃ proktaṃ tadarddhamaghamaṃ smṛtam /
itthaṃ trividhamākhyātamuttarottarataḥ param

anekaliṃgaṃ yo nityaṃ bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ /
pūjayetsa labhetkāmānmanasā mānasepsitān

na liṃgārādhanādanyatpuṇyaṃ vedacatuṣṭaye /
vidyate sarvaśāstrāṇāmeṣa eva viniścayaḥ

sarvametatparityajya karmajālamaśeṣataḥ /
bhaktyā paramayā vidvām̐ lliṃgamekaṃ prapūjayet

liṃgercitercitaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam /
saṃsārāṃbudhimagnānāṃ nānyattāraṇasādhanam

ajñānatimirāṃdhānāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām /
plavo nānyosti jagati liṃgārādhanamaṃtarā

haribrahmādayo devā munayo yakṣarākṣasāḥ /
gaṃdharvāścaraṇāssiddhā daiteyā dānavāstathā

nāgāḥ śeṣaprabhṛtayo garuḍādyāḥkhagāstathā /
saprajāpatayaścānye manavaḥ kinnarā narāḥ

pūjayitvā mahābhaktyā liṃgaṃ sarvārthasiddhidam /
prāptāḥ kāmānabhīṣṭāṃśca tāṃstānsarvānhṛdi sthitān

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā pratilomajaḥ /
pūjayetsatataṃ liṃgaṃ tattanmaṃtreṇa sādaram

kiṃ bahūktena munayaḥ strīṇāmapi tathānyataḥ /
adhikārosti sarveṣāṃ śivaliṃgārcane dvijāḥ

dvijānāṃ vaidikenāpi mārgeṇārādhanaṃ varam /
anyeṣāmapi jaṃtūnāṃ vaidikena na saṃmatam

vaidikānāṃ dvijānāṃ ca pūjā vaidikamārgataḥ /
kartavyānānyamārgeṇa ityāha bhagavāñchivaḥ

dadhīcigautamādīnāṃ śāpenādagdhacetasām /
dvijānāṃ jāyate śraddhānaiva vaidikakarmaṇi

yo vaidikamanādṛtya karma smārtamathāpi vā /
anyatsamācarenmartyo na saṃkalpaphalaṃ labhet

itthaṃ kṛtvārcanaṃ śaṃbhornaivedyāṃtaṃ vidhānataḥ /
pūjayedaṣṭamūrtīśca tatraiva trijaganmayīḥ

kṣitirāponalo vāyurākāśaḥ sūryyasomakau /
yajamāna iti tvaṣṭau mūrtayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ

śarvo bhavaśca rudra śca ugrobhīma itīśvaraḥ /
mahādevaḥ paśupatiretānmūrtibhirarcayet

pūjayetparivāraṃ ca tataḥ śaṃbhoḥ subhaktitaḥ /
īśānādikramāttatra caṃdanākṣatapatrakaiḥ

īśānaṃ naṃdinaṃ caṃḍaṃ mahākālaṃ ca bhṛṃgiṇam /
vṛṣaṃ skaṃdaṃ kapardīśaṃ somaṃ śukraṃ ca tatkramāt

agrato vīrabhadraṃ ca pṛṣṭhe kīrtimukhaṃ tathā /
tata ekādaśānrudrā npūjayedvidhinā tataḥ

tataḥ paṃcākṣaraṃ japtvā śatarudri yameva ca /
stutīrnānāvidhāḥ kṛtvā paṃcāṃgapaṭhanaṃ tathā

tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā natvā liṃgaṃ visarjayet /
iti proktamaśeṣaṃ ca śivapūjanamādarāt

rātrāvudaṇmukhaḥ kuryāddevakāryaṃ sadaiva hi /
śivārcanaṃ sadāpyevaṃ śuciḥ kuryādudaṇmukhaḥ

na prācīmagrataḥ śaṃbhornodīcīṃ śaktisaṃhitān /
na pratīcīṃ yataḥ pṛṣṭhamato grāhyaṃ samāśrayet

vinā bhasmatripuṃḍreṇa vinā rudrā kṣamālayā /
bilvapatraṃ vinā naiva pūjayecchaṃkaraṃ budhaḥ

bhasmāprāptau muniśreṣṭhāḥ pravṛtte śivapūjane /
tasmānmṛdāpi kartavyaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṃḍrakam

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe pārthivapūjanavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ