Installation of the Liṅga (Pratiṣṭhita or Liṅgasthāpana) - Verse 17
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 46.17
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Sanskrit Original
लक्ष्मीर्धृतिः स्मृतिः प्रज्ञा धरा दुर्गा शची तथा। रुद्राश्च वसवः स्कन्दो विशाखः शाख एव च।।
lakṣmīrdhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ prajñā dharā durgā śacī tathā| rudrāśca vasavaḥ skando viśākhaḥ śākha eva ca||
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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.