Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.5

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyaṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 5
sūta uvāca
śravaṇāditrike 'śakto liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca śāṃkaram
saṃsthāpya nityamabhyarcya taretsaṃsārasāgaram

api dravyaṃ vahedeva yathābalamavaṃcayan
arpayelliṃgaberārthamarcayedapi saṃtatam

maṃḍapaṃ gopuraṃ tīrthaṃ maṭhaṃ kṣetraṃ tathotsavam
vastraṃ gaṃdhaṃ ca mālyaṃ ca dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ

vividhānnaṃ ca naivedyamapūpavyaṃjanairyutam
chatraṃ dhvajaṃ ca vyajanaṃ cāmaraṃ cāpi sāṃgakam

rājopacāravatsarvaṃ dhārayelliṃgaberayoḥ
pradakṣiṇāṃ namaskāraṃ yathāśakti japaṃ tathā

āvāhanādisargāṃtaṃ nityaṃ kuryātsubhaktitaḥ
itthamabhyarcya yandevaṃ liṃgebere ca śāṃkare

siddhimeti śivaprītyā hitvāpi śravaṇādikam
liṃgaberārcanāmātrānmuktāḥ purve mahājanāḥ

manuya ūcuḥ
beramātre tu sarvatra pūjyaṃte devatāgaṇāḥ
liṃgebere ca sarvatra kathaṃ saṃpūjyate śivaḥ

sūta uvāca
aho munīśvarāḥ puṇyaṃ praśnametanmahādbhutam
atra vaktā mahādevo nānyo 'sti puruṣaḥ kvacit

śivenoktaṃ pravakṣyāmi kramādgurumukhācchrutam
śivaiko brahmarūpatvānniṣkalaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

rūpitvātsakalastadvattasmātsakalaniṣkalaḥ
niṣkalatvānnirākāraṃ liṃgaṃ tasya samāgatam

sakalatvāttathā beraṃ sākāraṃ tasya saṃgatam
sakalākalarūpatvādbrahmaśabdābhidhaḥ paraḥ

api liṃge ca bere ca nityamabhyarcyate janaiḥ
abrahmatvāttadanyeṣāṃ niṣkalatvaṃ na hi kvacit

tasmātte niṣkale liṃge nārādhyaṃte sureśvarāḥ
abrahmatvācca jīvatvāttathānye devatāgaṇāḥ

tūṣṇīṃ sakalamātratvādarcyaṃte beramātrake
jīvatvaṃ śaṃkarānyeṣāṃ brahmatvaṃ śaṃkarasya ca

vedāṃtasārasaṃsiddhaṃ praṇavārthe prakāśanāt
evameva purā pṛṣṭo maṃdare nandikeśvaraḥ

sanatkumāramuninā brahmaputreṇa dhīmatā
sanatkumāra uvāca
śivānyadevavaśyānāṃ sarveṣāmapi sarvataḥ

beramātraṃ ca pūjārthaṃ śrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ ca bhūriśaḥ
śivamātrasya pūjāyāṃ liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca dṛśyate

atastadbrūhi kalyāṇa tattvaṃ me sādhubodhanam
nandikeśvara uvāca
anuttaramimaṃ praśnaṃ rahasyaṃ brahmalakṣaṇam

kathayāmi śivenoktaṃ bhaktiyuktasya te 'nagha
śivasya brahmarūpatvānniṣkalatvācca niṣkalam

liṃgaṃ tasyaiva pūjāyāṃ sarvavedeṣu saṃmatam
tasyaiva sakalatvācca tathā sakalaniṣkalam

sakalaṃ ca tathā beraṃ pūjāyāṃ lokasaṃmatam
śivānyeṣāṃ ca jīvatvātsakalatvācca sarvataḥ

beramātraṃ ca pūjāyāṃ saṃmataṃ vedanirṇaye
svāvirbhāve ca devānāṃ sakalaṃ rūpameva hi

śivasya liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca darśane dṛśyate khalu
sanatkumāra uvāca
uktaṃ tvayā mahābhāga liṃgaberapracāraṇam

śivasya ca tadanyeṣāṃ vibhajya paramārthataḥ
tasmāttadeva paramaṃ liṃgaberādisaṃbhavam

śrotumicchāmi yogīṃdra liṃgāvirbhāvalakṣaṇam
nandikeśvara uvāca
śṛṇu vatsa bhavatprītyā vakṣyāmi paramārthataḥ

purā kalpe mahākāle prapanne lokaviśrute
āyudhyetāṃ mahātmānau brahmaviṣṇū parasparam

tayormānaṃ nirākartuṃ tanmadhye parameśvaraḥ
niṣkalastaṃbharūpeṇa svarūpaṃ samadarśayat

tataḥ svaliṃgacihnatvātstambhato niṣkalaṃ śivaḥ
svaliṃgaṃ darśayāmāsa jagatāṃ hitakāmyayā

tadāprabhṛti lokeṣu niṣkalaṃ liṃgamaiśvaram
sakalaṃ ca tathā beraṃ śivasyaiva prakalpitam

śivānyeṣaḥ tu devānāṃ beramātraṃ prakalpitam
tattadberaṃ tu devānāṃ tattadbhogapradaṃ śubham
śivasya liṃgaberatvaṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ śubham