Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.34

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe āmuṣmikakarmavidhivarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 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
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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

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tathaiva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śrāṃtaḥ saṃvignalocanaḥ
kleśena mahatā tūrṇamadhastādutthito 'bhavat

samāgatāvathānyonyaṃ vismayasmeravīkṣaṇau
māyayā mohitau śaṃbhoḥ kṛtyākṛtyaṃ na jagmatuḥ

pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvatastasya cāgrataśca sthitāvubhau
praṇipatya kimātmedamityaciṃtayatāṃ tadā