Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.19

iti śrīśaive mahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍe śivaliṃgamahimāvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 19
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
sūtasūtaciraṃjīvadhanyastvaṃśivabhaktimān
samyaguktastvayāliṃgamahimāsatphalapradaḥ

yatrapārthivamāheśaliṃgasyamahimādhunā
sarvotkṛṣṭaścakathitovyāsatobrūhitaṃpunaḥ

sūta uvāca
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve sadbhaktyā harato khilāḥ
śivapārthivaliṃgasyamahimāprocyatemayā

ukteṣveteṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ liṃgamuttamam
tasyapūjanatoviprābahavaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ

harirbrahmā ca ṛṣayaḥ saprajāpatayastathā
saṃpūjya pārthivaṃliṃgaṃprāpuḥsarvepsitaṃdvijāḥ

devāsuramanuṣyāścagaṃdharvoragarākṣasāḥ
anyepibahavastaṃsaṃpūjyasiddhiṃgatāḥparam

kṛteratnamayaṃliṃgaṃtretāyāṃhemasaṃbhavam
dvāparepāradaṃśreṣṭhaṃpārthivaṃtukalauyuge

aṣṭamūrtiṣusarvāsumūrtirvaipārthivīvarāḥ
ananyapūjitāviprāstapastasmānmahatphalam

yathāsarveṣudeveṣujyeṣṭhaḥśreṣṭhomaheśvaraḥ
evaṃsarveṣu liṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣṭamucyate

yathānadīṣusarvāsujyeṣṭhāśreṣṭhāsurāpagā
tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣṭhamucyate

yathāsarveṣumaṃtreṣupraṇavo hi mahānsmṛtaḥ
tathedaṃpārthivaṃśreṣṭhamārādhyaṃpūjyamevahi

yathāsarveṣuvarṇeṣubrāhmaṇaḥśreṣṭha ucyate
tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate

yathāpurīṣusarvāsukāśīśreṣṭhatamāsmṛtā
tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣṭhamucyate

yathāvrateṣusarveṣuśivarātrivrataṃparam
tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣthamucyate

yathādevīṣusarvāsuśaivīśaktiḥ parāsmṛtā
tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate

prakṛtyapārthivaṃliṃgaṃyonyadevaṃprapūjayet
vṛthā bhavati sā pūjā snānadānādikaṃvṛthā

pārthivārādhanaṃpuṇyaṃdhanyamāyurvivardhanam
tuṣṭidaṃpuṣṭidaṃśrīdaṃkāryaṃsādhakasattamaiḥ

yathālabdhopacāraiścabhaktyā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ
pūjayetpārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhidam

yaḥkṛtvāpārthivaṃliṃgepūjayecchubhavedikam
ihaivadhanavāñchrīmānaṃterudrobhijāyate

trisaṃdhyaṃyorcayaṃlliṃgaṃkṛtvābilvenapārthivam
daśaikādaśakaṃyāvattasyapuṇyaphalaṃśṛṇu

anenaiva svadehena rudralokemahīyate
pāpahaṃ sarvamartyānāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi

jīvanmuktaḥ savaijñānīśiva eva na saṃśayaḥ
tasyadarśanamātreṇabhuktirmuktiśca jāyate

śivaṃ yaḥ pūjayennityaṃ kṛtvāliṃgaṃ tu pārthivam
yāvajjīvanaparyaṃtaṃ sa yāti śivamandiram

mṛḍenāpramitānvarṣāñchivalokehi tiṣṭhati
sakāmaḥ punarāgatya rājendrobhāratebhavet

niṣkāmaḥ pūjayennityaṃ pārthivaṃliṃgamuttamam
śivaloke sadā tiṣṭhettataḥ sāyujyamāpnuyāt

pārthivaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ ca vipro yadi na pūjayet
sayātinarakaṃghoraṃśūlaprotaṃ sudāruṇam

yathākathaṃcidvidhināramyaṃ liṃgaṃ prakārayet
pañcasūtravidhānāṃ ca pārthivena vicārayet

akhaṇḍaṃtaddhikartavyaṃnavikhaṇḍaṃprakārayet
dvikhaṇḍaṃtuprakurvāṇonaivapūjāphalaṃlabhet

ratnajaṃ hemajaṃ liṃgaṃ pāradaṃ sphāṭikaṃ tathā
pārthivaṃ puṣparāgotthamakhaṃḍaṃ tu prakārayet

akhaṃḍaṃ tu caraṃ liṃgaṃdvikhaṃḍamacaraṃ smṛtam
khaṃḍākhaṃḍavicāroyaṃ sacarācarayoḥ smṛtaḥ

vedikātumahāvidyāliṃgaṃdevo maheśvaraḥ
ato hi sthāvareliṃge smṛtāśreṣṭhādikhaṃḍitā

dvikhaṃḍaṃsthāvaraṃliṃgaṃkartavyaṃhividhānataḥ
akhaṃḍaṃjaṃgamaṃproktaṃśaivasiddhāntavedibhiḥ

dvikhaṃḍaṃtucarāṃliṃgaṃkurvantyajñānamohitāḥ
naivasiddhāntavettāro munayaḥ śāstrakovidāḥ

akhaṃḍaṃsthāvaraṃliṃgaṃdvikhaṃḍaṃcaramevaca
yekurvantinarāmūḍhānapūjāphalabhāginaḥ

tasmācchāstroktavidhinā akhaṃḍaṃcarasaṃjñakam
dvikhaṃḍaṃ sthāvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kartavyaṃ parayā mudā

akhaṃḍe tu care pūjāsampūrṇaphaladāyinī
dvikhaṃḍe tu care pūjāmahāhānipradā smṛtā

akhaṃḍe sthāvare pūjā na kāmaphaladāyinī
pratyavāyakarīnityamityuktaṃśāstravedibhiḥ