Shiva Purana · Chapter 7.34

upamanyuruvāca
nityanaimittikātkāmyādyā siddhiriha kīrtitā

sā sarvā labhyeta sadyo liṃgaberapratiṣṭhayā

sarvo liṃgamayo lokassarvaṃ liṃge pratiṣṭhitam

tasmātpratiṣṭhite liṃge bhavetsarvaṃ patiṣṭhitam

brahmaṇā viṣṇunā vāpi rudreṇānyena kena vā

liṃgapratiṣṭhāmutsṛjya kriyate svapadasthitiḥ

kimanyadiha vaktavyaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ prati kāraṇam

partiṣṭhitaṃ śivenāpi liṃgaṃ vaiśveśvaraṃ yataḥ

tasmātsarvaprayatnena paratreha ca śarmaṇe

sthāpayetparameśasya liṃgaṃ beramathāpi vā

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca
kimidaṃ liṃgamākhyātaṃ kathaṃ liṃgī maheśvaraḥ

kathaṃ ca liṃgabhāvo 'sya kasmādasmiñchivo 'rcyate

upamanyuruvāca
avyaktaṃ liṃgamākhyātaṃ triguṇaprabhavāpyayam

anādyanaṃtaṃ viśvasya yadupādānakāraṇam

tadeva mūlaprakṛtirmāyā ca gaganātmikā

tata eva samutpannaṃ jagadetaccarācaram

aśuddhaṃ caiva śuddhaṃ yacchuddhāśuddhaṃ ca tattridhā

tataḥ śivo maheśaśca rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ

bhūtāni cendriyairjātā līyante 'tra śivājñayā

ata eva śivo liṃgo liṃgamājñāpayedyataḥ

yato na tadanājñātaṃ kāryāya prabhavetsvataḥ

tato jātasya viśvasya tatraiva vilayo yataḥ

anena liṃgatāṃ tasya bhavennānyena kenacit

liṃgaṃ ca śivayordehastābhyāṃ yasmādadhiṣṭhitam

atastatra śivaḥ sāmbo nityameva samarcayet

liṃgavedī mahādevī liṃgaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ

tayoḥ saṃpūjanādeva sa ca sā ca samarcitau

na tayorliṃgadehatvaṃ vidyate paramārthataḥ

yatastvetau viśuddhau tau dehastadupacārataḥ

tadeva paramā śaktiḥ śivasya paramātmanaḥ

śaktirājñāṃ yadādatte prasūte taccarācaram

na tasya mahimā śakyo vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi

yenādau mohitau syātāṃ brahmanārāyaṇāvapi

purā tribhuvanasyāsya pralaye samupasthite

vāriśayyāgato viṣṇuḥ suṣvāpānākulaḥ sukham

yadṛcchayā gatastatra brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

dadarśa puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ svapantaṃ tamanākulam

māyayā mohitaḥ śambhorviṣṇumāha pitāmahaḥ

kastvaṃ vadetyamarṣeṇa prahṛtyotthāpya mādhavam

sa tu hastaprahāreṇa tīvreṇābhihataḥ kṣaṇāt

prabuddhotthāya śayanāddadarśa parameṣṭhinam

tamāha cāṃtassaṃkruddhaḥ svayamakruddhavaddhariḥ

kutastvamāgato vatsa kasmāttvaṃ vyākulo vada

iti viṣṇuvacaḥ śrutvā prabhutvaguṇasūcakam

rajasā baddhavairastaṃ brahmā punarabhāṣata

vatseti māṃ kuto brūṣe guruḥ śiṣyamivātmanaḥ

māṃ na jānāsi kiṃ nāthaṃ prapañco yasya me kṛtiḥ

tridhātmānaṃ vibhajyedaṃ sṛṣṭvātha paripālyate

saṃharāmi name kaścitsraṣṭā jagati vidyate

ityukte sati so 'pyāha brahmāṇaṃ viṣṇuravyayaḥ

ahamevādikartāsya hartā ca paripālakaḥ

bhavānapi mamaivāṃgādavatīrṇaḥ purāvyayāt

manniyogāttvamātmānaṃ tridhā kṛtvā jagattrayam

sṛjasyavasi cāṃte tatpunaḥ pratisṛjasyapi

vismṛtosi jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam

tavāpi janakaṃ sākṣānmāmevamavamanyase

tavāparādho nāstyatra bhrāṃtosi mama māyayā

matprasādādiyaṃ bhrāṃtirapaiṣyati tavācirāt

śṛṇu satyaṃ caturvaktra sarvadeveśvaro hyaham

kartā bhartā ca hartā ca na mayāsti samo vibhuḥ

evameva vivādobhūdbrahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam

abhavacca mahāyuddhaṃ bhairavaṃ romaharṣaṇam

muṣṭibhirnnighnatostīvraṃ rajasā baddhavairayoḥ

tayordarpāpahārāya prabodhāya ca devayoḥ

madhye samāvirabhavalliṃgamaiśvaramadbhutam

jvālāmālāsahasrāḍhyamaprameyamanaupamam

kṣayavṛddhivinirmuktamādimadhyāṃtavarjitam

tasya jvālāsahasreṇa brahmaviṣṇū vimohitau

visṛjya yuddhaṃ kiṃ tvetadityaciṃtayatāṃ tadā

na tayostasya yāthātmyaṃ prabuddhamabhavadyadā

tadā samudyatau syātāṃ tasyādyaṃtaṃ parīkṣitum

tatra haṃsākṛtirbrahmā viśvataḥ pakṣasaṃyutaḥ

manonilajavo bhūtvā gatastūrdhvaṃ prayatnataḥ

nārāyaṇopi viśvātmā līlāñjanacayopamam

vārāhamamitaṃ rūpamasthāya gatavānadhaḥ

evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tvaran viṣṇuradhogataḥ

nāpaśyadalpamapyasya mūlaṃ liṃgasya sūkaraḥ

tāvatkālaṃ gataścordhvaṃ tasyāṃtaṃ jñātumicchayā

śrāṃtotyaṃtamadṛṣṭvāṃtaṃ pāpatādhaḥ pitāmahaḥ

tathaiva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śrāṃtaḥ saṃvignalocanaḥ

kleśena mahatā tūrṇamadhastādutthito 'bhavat

samāgatāvathānyonyaṃ vismayasmeravīkṣaṇau

māyayā mohitau śaṃbhoḥ kṛtyākṛtyaṃ na jagmatuḥ

pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvatastasya cāgrataśca sthitāvubhau

praṇipatya kimātmedamityaciṃtayatāṃ tadā

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe harividhimohavarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ