Origin of the Liṅga (liṅgodbhava) - Verse 56
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 17.56
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Sanskrit Original
मात्रास्तिस्रस्त्वर्धमात्रं नादाख्यं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम। ऋग्यजुःसामवेदा वै मात्रारूपेण माधवः।।
mātrāstisrastvardhamātraṃ nādākhyaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam| ṛgyajuḥsāmavedā vai mātrārūpeṇa mādhavaḥ||
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Brahmā said: The three mātrās and half a mātrā called nāda, together constitute Brahman. The three Vedas Ṛk, Yajus and Sāman are in the form of the three mātrās. Viṣṇu contemplated on Śiva, the universal soul, through the words of the Vedas. The Vedas became a sage. Viṣṇu understood the glorious essence of the Vedas—the supreme lord through that sage alone.