Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.9

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāmaṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 9
nandikeśvara uvāca
tatrāṃtare tau ca nāthaṃ praṇamya vidhimādhavau
baddhāṃjalipuṭau tūṣṇīṃ tasthaturdakṣavāmagau

tatra saṃsthāpya tau devaṃ sakuṭuṃbaṃ varāsane
pūjayāmāsatuḥ pūjyaṃ puṇyaiḥ puruṣavastubhiḥ

pauruṣaṃ prākṛtaṃ vastujñeyaṃ dīrghālpakālikam
hāranūpurakeyūrakirīṭamaṇikuṃḍalaiḥ

yajñasūtrottarīyasrakkṣaumamālyāṃgulīyakaiḥ
puṣpatāṃbūlakarpūracaṃdanāgurulepanaiḥ

dhūpadīpasitacchatravyajanadhvajacāmaraiḥ
anyairdivyopahāraiśca vāṅmanotītavaibhavaiḥ

patiyogyaiḥ paśvalabhyaistau samarcayatāṃ patim
yadyacchreṣṭhatamaṃ vastu patiyogyaṃ hitaddhvaje

tadvastvakhilamīśopi pāraṃ paryacikīrṣayā
sabhyānāṃ pradadau hṛṣṭaḥ pṛthaktatra yathākramam

kolāhalo mahānāsīttatra tadvastu gṛhṇatām
tatraiva brahmaviṣṇubhyāṃ cārcitaḥ śaṃkaraḥ purā

prasannaḥ prāha tau namrau sasmitaṃ bhaktivardhanaḥ
īśvara uvāca
tuṣṭo 'hamadya vāṃ vatsau pūjayā 'sminmahādine

dinametattataḥ puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati mahattaram
śivarātririti khyātā tithireṣā mama priyā

etatkāle tu yaḥ kuryātpūjāṃ malliṃgaberayoḥ
kuryāttu jagataḥ kṛtyaṃ sthitisargādikaṃ pumān

śivarātrāvahorātraṃ nirāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ
arcayedvā yathānyāyaṃ yathābalamavaṃcakaḥ

yatphalaṃ mama pūjāyāṃ varṣamekaṃ niraṃtaram
tatphalaṃ labhate sadyaḥ śivarātrau madarcanāt

maddharmavṛddhikālo 'yaṃ caṃdrakāla ivāṃbudheḥ
pratiṣṭhādyutsavo yatra māmako maṃgalāyanaḥ

yatpunaḥ staṃbharūpeṇa svāvirāsamahaṃ purā
sa kālo mārgaśīrṣe tu syādārdrā ṛkṣamarbhakau

ārdrāyāṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu yaḥ paśyenmāmumāsakham
madberamapi vā liṃgaṃ sa guhādapi me priyaḥ

alaṃ darśanamātreṇa phalaṃ tasmindine śubhe
abhyarcanaṃ cedadhikaṃ phalaṃ vācāmagocaram

raṇaraṃgatale 'muṣminyadahaṃ liṃgavarṣmaṇā
jṛṃbhito liṃgavattasmālliṃgasthānamidaṃ bhavet

anādyaṃtamidaṃ staṃbhamaṇumātraṃ bhaviṣyati
darśanārthaṃ hi jagatāṃ pūjanārthaṃ hi putrako

bhogāvahamidaṃ liṃgaṃ bhuktiṃ muktyekasādhanam
darśanasparśanadhyānājjaṃtūnāṃ janmamocanam

analācalasaṃkāśaṃ yadidaṃ liṃgamutthitam
aruṇācalamityeva tadidaṃ khyātimeṣyati

atra tīrthaṃ ca bahudhā bhaviṣyati mahattaram
muktirapyatra jaṃtūnāṃ vāsena maraṇena ca

sthotsavādikalyāṇaṃ janāvāsaṃ tu sarvataḥ
atra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

matkṣetrādapi sarvasmātkṣetrametanmahattaram
atra saṃsmṛtimātreṇa muktirbhavati dehinām

tasmānmahattaramidaṃ kṣetramatyaṃtaśobhanam
sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvamuktikaraṃ śubham

arcayitvā 'tra māmeva liṃge liṃginamīśvaram
sālokyaṃ caiva sāmīpyaṃ sārūpyaṃ sārṣṭireva ca

sāyujyamiti pañcaite kriyādīnāṃ phalaṃ matam
sarvepi yūyaṃ sakalaṃ prāpsyathāśu manoratham

nandikeśvara uvāca
ityanugṛhya bhagavānvinītau vidhimādhavau
yatpūrvaṃ prahataṃ yuddhe tayoḥ sainyaṃ parasparam

tadutthāpayadatyarthaṃ svaśaktyāmṛtadhārayā
tayormāḍhyaṃ ca vairaṃ ca vyapanetumuvāca tau

sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ ceti svarūpadvayamasti me
nānyasya kasyacittasmādanyaḥ sarvopyanīśvaraḥ

purastātstaṃbharūpeṇa paścādrūpeṇa cārbhakau
brahmatvaṃ niṣkalaṃ proktamīśatvaṃ sakalaṃ tathā

dvayaṃ mamaiva saṃsiddhaṃ na madanyasya kasyacit
tasmādīśatvamanyeṣāṃ yuvayorapi na kvacit

tadajñānena vāṃ vṛttamīśamānaṃ mahādbhutam
tannirākartumatraivamutthito 'haṃ raṇakṣitau

tyajataṃ mānamātmīyaṃ mayīśe kurutaṃ matim
matprasādena lokeṣu sarvopyarthaḥ prakāśate

gurūktirvyaṃjakaṃ tatra pramāṇaṃ vā punaḥ punaḥ
brahmatattvamidaṃ gūḍhaṃ bhavatprītyā bhaṇāmyaham

ahameva paraṃ brahma matsvarūpaṃ kalākalam
brahmatvādīśvaraścāhaṃ kṛtyaṃ menugrahādikam

bṛhattvādbṛṃhaṇatvācca brahmāhaṃ brahmakeśavau
samatvādvyāpakatvācca tathaivātmāhamarbhakau

anātmānaḥ pare sarve jīvā eva na saṃśayaḥ
anugrahādyaṃ sargāṃgaṃ jagatkṛtyaṃ ca paṃkajam

īśatvādeva me nityaṃ na madanyasya kasyacit
ādau brahmattvabuddhyarthaṃ niṣkalaṃ liṃgamutthitam

tasmādajñātamīśatvaṃ vyaktaṃ dyotayituṃ hi vām
sakalohamato jātaḥ sākṣādīśastu tatkṣaṇāt

sakalatvamato jñeyamīśatvaṃ mayi satvaram
yadidaṃ niṣkalaṃ staṃbhaṃ mama brahmatvabodhakam

liṃgalakṣaṇayuktatvānmama liṃgaṃ bhavedidam
tadidaṃ nityamabhyarcyaṃ yuvābhyāmatra putrakau

madātmakamidaṃ nityaṃ mama sānnidhyakāraṇam
mahatpūjyamidaṃ nityamabhedālliṃgasiṃginoḥ

yatrapratiṣṭhitaṃ yena madīyaṃ liṃgamīdṛśam
tatra pratiṣṭhitaḥ sohamapratiṣṭhopi vatsakau

matsāmyamekaliṃgasya sthāpane phalamīritam
dvitīye sthāpite liṃge madaikyaṃ phalameva hi

liṃgaṃ prādhānyataḥ sthāpyaṃ tathāberaṃ tu gauṇakam
liṃgābhāvena tatkṣetraṃ saberamapi sarvataḥ