Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 16
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 46.16
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Sanskrit Original
स्वेषुस्वेषु च पक्षेषु प्रधानास्ते यथा द्विजाः। ब्रह्मा हरश्च भगवान्विष्णुर्देवी रमा धरा।।
sveṣusveṣu ca pakṣeṣu pradhānāste yathā dvijāḥ| brahmā haraśca bhagavānviṣṇurdevī ramā dharā||
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The sages said: All these are firmly founded on the Liṅga:—Upendra, Brahmā, Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, Īśvara and others. They have installed Maheśvara Śiva, whose physical form is the Liṅga. O brahmins, they have become the chief among their kinsmen by installing Śiva thus.