Origin of the Liṅga (liṅgodbhava) - Verse 50
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 17.50
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Sanskrit Original
किमिदं त्विति संचिन्त्य मया तिष्ठन्महास्वनम। लिङ्गस्य दक्षिणे भागे तदापश्यत्सनातनम।।
kimidaṃ tviti saṃcintya mayā tiṣṭhanmahāsvanam| liṅgasya dakṣiṇe bhāge tadāpaśyatsanātanam||
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Brahmā said: Thinking what it could be, Viṣṇu stood there together with me. Then he saw the eternal first letter ‘a’ on the right hand side of the Liṅga; then on the left the letter ‘u’; thereafter, the letter ‘m’ in the middle and the vibratory tone in the end. That tone was ‘Om’.