Installation of Śiva’s image (śivamūrti-pratiṣṭhā) - Verse 53
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 76.53
Sanskrit Original
रथे सुसंस्थितं देवं चतुराननसारथिम। तदाकारतया सो ऽपि गत्वा शिवपुरं सुखी।।
rathe susaṃsthitaṃ devaṃ caturānanasārathim| tadākāratayā so 'pi gatvā śivapuraṃ sukhī||
Sūta said: He who makes the idol of Śiva, the lord of the chiefs of Devas, Iśvara the destroyer of the Tripuras, with bow and arrows in his hands, the crescent moon as an ornament, seated in a chariot accompanied by Umā and being charioteered by the four-faced lord (Brahmā), assumes that form (of Śiva) and goes to the city of Siva. He is happy and he undoubtedly sports like the second Śiva. O excellent brahmins, after enjoying great pleasures there, as much as he desires and having obtained perfect knowledge after due deliberation he is liberated there itself.