Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.11

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 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 kartḥṇāṃ dvādaśāṃgulamuttamam

nyūnaṃ cetphalamalpaṃ syādadhikaṃ naiva dūṣyate
karturekāṃgulanyūnaṃ carepi ca tathaiva hi

ādau vimānaṃ śilpena kāryaṃ devagaṇairyutam
tatra garbhagṛhe ramye dṛḍhe darpaṇasaṃnibho bhūṣite

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

muktāpravālagomedavajrāṇi navaratnakam
madhye liṃgaṃ mahaddravyaṃ nikṣipetsahavaidike

saṃpūjya liṃgaṃ sadyādyaiḥ pañcasthāne 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 mahāmaṃtramoṃkāraṃ nādaghoṣitam

liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya ligaṃ pīṭhena yojayet
liṃgaṃ sapīṭhaṃ nikṣipya nityalepena baṃdhayet

evaṃ beraṃ ca saṃsthāpyaṃ tatraiva paramaṃ śubham
pañcākṣareṇa 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 pañcākṣaraṃ 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
strīṇāṃ ca kvacidicchaṃti namo taṃ ca yathāvidhi

viprastrīṇāṃ namaḥ pūrvamidamicchaṃti kecana
pañcakoṭijapaṃ 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 kūpādyapuṣkarāṇi 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 pañcarātrakam

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