Installation of Śiva’s image (śivamūrti-pratiṣṭhā) - Verse 62
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 76.62
Sanskrit Original
ब्रह्माणं दक्षिणे तस्य कृताञ्जलिपुटं स्थितम। मध्ये लिङ्गं महाघोरं महाम्भसि च संस्थितम।।
brahmāṇaṃ dakṣiṇe tasya kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ sthitam| madhye liṅgaṃ mahāghoraṃ mahāmbhasi ca saṃsthitam||
Sūta said: By making the idols as follows and installing them with devotion one shall attain oneness with Śiva. The unchanging lord is in the form of a Liṅga surrounded by great clusters of flames; the moon-crested Īśvara as seated in the centre of the Liṅga. The Liṅga should be made in the ether with Brahmā with folded hands in the form of a swan standing on. the right and Viṣṇu in the form of a Boar standing beneath the Liṅga with his face turned down. The terrible great Liṅga is stationed in the middle of the great waters.