Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.22

ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ /
agrāhyaṃ śivanaivedyamiti pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ vacaḥ /
brūhi tannirṇayaṃ bilvamāhātmyamapi sanmune

sūta uvāca /
śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve sāvadhānatayādhunā /
sarvaṃ vadāmi saṃprītyā dhanyā yūyaṃ śivavratāḥ

śivabhaktaḥ śuciḥ śuddhaḥ sadvratīdṛḍhaniścayaḥ /
bhakṣayecchivanaivedyaṃ tyajedagrāhyabhāvanām

dṛṣṭvāpi śivanaivedye yāṃti pāpāni dūrataḥ /
bhakte tu śivanaivedye puṇyānyā yāṃti koṭiśaḥ

alaṃ yāgasahasreṇāpyalaṃ yāgārbudairapi /
bhakṣite śivanaivedye śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

yadgṛhe śivanaivedyapracāropi prajāyate /
tadgṛhaṃ pāvanaṃ sarvamanyapāvanakāraṇam

āgataṃ śivanaivedyaṃ gṛhītvā śirasā mudā /
bhakṣaṇīyaṃ prayatnena śivasmaraṇapūrvakam

āgataṃ śivanaivedyamanyadā grāhyamityapi /
vilaṃbe pāpasaṃbaṃdho bhavatyeva hi mānave

na yasya śivanaivedyagrahaṇecchā prajāyate /
sa pāpiṣṭho gariṣṭhaḥ syānnarakaṃ yātyapi dhruvam

hṛdaye candra kānte ca svarṇarūpyādinirmite /
śivadīkṣāvatā bhaktenedaṃ bhakṣyamitīryyate

śivadīkṣānvito bhakto mahāprasādasaṃjñakam /
sarveṣāmapi liṃgānāṃ naivedyaṃ bhakṣayecchubham

anyadīkṣāyujāṃ nṝṇāṃ śivabhaktiratātmanām /
śṛṇudhvaṃ nirṇayaṃ prītyā śivanaivedyabhakṣaṇe

śālagrāmodbhave liṃge rasaliṃge tathā dvijāḥ /
pāṣāṇe rājate svarṇe surasiddhapratiṣṭhite

kāśmīre sphāṭike rātne jyotirliṃgeṣu sarvaśaḥ /
cāndrāyaṇasamaṃ proktaṃ śaṃbhornaivedyabhakṣaṇam

brahmahāpi śucirbhūtvā nirmālyaṃ yastu dhārayet /
bhakṣayitvā drutaṃ tasya sarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati

caṃḍādhikāro yatrāsti tadbhoktavyaṃ na mānavaiḥ /
caṃḍādhikāro no yatra bhoktavyaṃ tacca bhaktitaḥ

bāṇaliṃge ca lauhe ca siddhe liṃge svayaṃbhuvi /
pratimāsu ca sarvāsu na caṃḍodhikṛto bhavet

snāpayitvā vidhānena yo liṃgasnāpanodakam /
triḥpibettrividhaṃ pāpaṃ tasyehāśu vinaśyati

agrāhyaṃ śivanaivedyaṃ patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ jalam /
śālagrāmaśilāsaṃgātsarvaṃ yāti pavitritām

liṃgopari ca yaddravyaṃ tadagrāhyaṃ munīśvarāḥ /
supavitraṃ ca tajjñeyaṃ yalliṃgasparśabāhyataḥ

naivedyanirṇayaḥ proktaṃ itthaṃ vo munisattamāḥ /
śṛṇudhvaṃ bilvamāhātmyaṃ sāvadhānatayā'darāt

mahādevasvarūpoyaṃ bilvo devairapi stutiḥ /
yathākathaṃcidetasya mahimā jñāyate katham

puṇyatīrthāni yāvaṃti lokeṣu prathitānyapi /
tāni sarvāṇi tīrthānibilvamūleva saṃti hi

bilvamūle mahādevaṃ liṃgarūpiṇamavyayam /
yaḥ pūjayati puṇyātmā sa śivaṃ prāpnuyāddhruvam

bilvamūle jalairyastu mūrddhānamabhiṣiṃcati /
sa sarvatīrthasnātaḥ syātsa eva bhuvi pāvanaḥ

etasya bilvamūlasyāthālavālamanuttamam /
jalākulaṃ mahādevo dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭobhavatyalam

pūjayedbilvamūlaṃ yo gaṃdhapuṣpādibhirnaraḥ /
śivalokamavāpnoti saṃtatirvarddhate sukham

bilvamūle dīpamālāṃ yaḥ kalpayati sādaram /
sa tattvajñānasaṃpanno maheśāṃtargato bhavet

bilvaśākhāṃ samādāya hastena navapallavam /
gṛhītvā pūjayedbilvaṃ sa ca pāpaiḥ pramucyate

bilvamūle śivarataṃ bhojayedyastu bhaktitaḥ /
ekaṃ vā koṭiguṇitaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ prajāyate

bilvamūle kṣīramuktamannamājyena saṃyutam /
yo dadyācchivabhaktāya sa daridro na jāyate

sāṃgopāṃgamiti proktaṃ śivaliṃgaprapūjanam /
pravṛttānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ bhedato dvividhaṃ dvijāḥ

pravṛttānāṃ pīṭhapūjāṃ sarvapūjāṃ samācaret

abhiṣekānte naivedyaṃ śālyannena samācaret /
pūjānte sthāpayelliṃgaṃ puṭe śuddhe pṛthaggṛhe

karapūjānivṛttānāṃ svabhojyaṃ tu nivedayet /
nivṛttānāṃ paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ liṃgameva viśiṣyate

vibhūtyabhyarcanaṃ kuryādvibhūtiṃ ca nivedayet /
pūjāṃ kṛtvā tathā liṃgaṃ śirasādhārayetsadā

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe śivanaivedyavarṇanonāmadvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ