Matsyapurana 53.38

53.38

kalpānte laiṅgamityuktaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmaṇā svayam
tadekādaśasāhasraṃ phālgunyāṃ yaḥ prayacchati
tiladhenusamāyuktaṃ sa yāti śivasāmyatām //

11. *The Linga Purâṇa.*—The Purâṇa in which Śiva explained the virtues of Agni and the four Vargas, *viz.*, Dharma, Artha, Kâma and Mokṣa, by manifesting Himself through the pillar of fire, which commences with the description of Âgneya Kalpa, and which was uttered by Brahmâ Himself, is styled Linga Purâṇa, and it contains 11,000 ślokas. One who gives away this Purâṇa, along with sesamum and cow in charity, on the full-moon day, in the month of Phâlguna, attains the form of and similarity with Śiva.—36-37.