The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.227

13.14.227

pratyakṣamiti | liṅgaṃ śivamūrterjñāpakaṃ vigrahaṃ bhagena aṅkitaṃ pratyakṣaṃ paśya | piṇḍikā liṅgākārā jaladhārā ca bhagākāreti laukikaṃ pratyakṣam | śāstrīyaṃ pratyakṣaṃ tu śrutiḥ prāmāṇyaṃ pratyanapekṣatvāt tacca padaṃ yadviṣṇorupamaṃ nidhāyi tena pāsi guhyaṃ nāma gonāmiti | asyārthaḥ - yat yato hetoḥ viṣṇoḥ padaṃ sthānaṃ pratimeti yāvat tataḥ sryupasthaṃ viṣṇuryoniṃ kalpayatviti mantravarṇāt upamaṃ nikaṭe sthitvā māti veśyatītyupamaṃ kṛtvā nidhāyi nihitam aḍabhāvaśchāndasaḥ tena hetunā tvaṃ gonām indriyāṇāṃ madhye yadgopyamavācyamindriyaṃ bhagaṃ liṅgaṃ pāsi rakṣasi tannāma ca pāsi | tatrāpi bhagasaṃyogāt bhagavāniti nāma dhārayasi liṅgarūpatvācca liṅgamiti vivekaḥ | bhagaliṅgasamudāye'pi liṅgamiti nāma cchatriṇo yāntītivalliṅgasamavāyādeva jñeyaṃ tacca bhagāṅkitaṃ liṅgaṃ rudreṇa rudrātmanāvirbhūtam ||