Skandapurana 4.51.4.5

4.51.4.5

vijigye tripuraṃ yastu helayaikeṣu mokṣaṇāt ..
taṃ samabhyarcya bhūteśaṃ ko na pūjyatamo bhavet ..58..
trijagajjayino hetostryakṣasyārādhanaṃ param ..
ko nārādhayati bradhnasārasya smaravidviṣaḥ .. 59 ..
yasyākṣipakṣmasaṃkocājjagatsaṃkocametyadaḥ ..
vikasvaraṃ vikāsācca kasya pūjyatamo na saḥ .. 4.2.51.60 ..
śaṃbhorliṃgaṃ samabhyarcya puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam ..
prāpnotyatra pumānsadyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 61 ..
samarcya śāṃbhavaṃ liṃgamapijanmaśatārjitam ..
pāpapuṃjaṃ jahātyeva pumānatra kṣaṇāddhruvam .. 62 ..
kiṃkiṃ na saṃbhavedatra śivaliṃgasamarcanāt ..
putrāḥ kalatra kṣetrāṇi svargo mokṣopyasaṃśayam .. 63 ..
trailokyaiśvaryasaṃpattirmayā prāptā sahasrago ..
śivaliṃgārcanādekātsatyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 64 ..
ayameva paroyogastvidameva paraṃ tapaḥ ..
idameva paraṃ jñānaṃ sthāṇuliṃgaṃ yadarcyate .. 65..
yairliṃgaṃ sakṛdapyatra pūjitaṃ pārvatīpateḥ ..
kuto duḥkhabhayaṃ teṣāṃ saṃsāre duḥkhabhājane .. 66 ..
sarvaṃ parityajya rave yo liṃgaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ ..
na taṃ pāpāni bādhaṃte mahāṃtyapi divākara .. 67 ..
liṃgārcane bhavedvṛddhisteṣāmevātra bhāskara ..
yeṣāṃ punarbhavacchedaṃ cikīrṣati maheśvaraḥ ..68..
na liṃgārādhanātpuṇyaṃ triṣulokeṣu cāparam ..
sarvatīrthābhiṣekaḥ syālliṃgasnānāṃbu sevanāt .. 69 ..
tasmālliṃgaṃ tvamapyarka samarcaya maheśituḥ ..
saṃprāptaṃ paramāṃ lakṣmīṃ mahātejobhi jṛṃbhaṇīm .. 4.2.51.70 ..
iti śrutvā harervākyaṃ tadārabhya sahasraguḥ ..
vidhāya sphāṭikaṃ liṃgaṃ munedyāpi samarcayet .. 71 ..
gurutvena tadākalya vivasvānādikeśavam ..

He who conquered Tripura with ease merely by releasing a single arrow— / by thoroughly worshipping that Lord of beings, who would not become most worthy of worship? / For the sake of conquering the three worlds, the worship of the three-eyed Lord is supreme; / who would not worship the essence of the sun, the enemy of Smara? / By the closing of whose eyelashes this entire universe shrinks, / and blossoms forth from their opening—to whom would he not be most worthy of worship? / By worshipping the liṅga of Śambhu, a person attains here at once / the four goals of human life; about this, no doubt should be entertained. / By properly worshipping the liṅga belonging to Śambhu, a person instantly and surely / leaves behind the accumulated mass of sins gathered even over hundreds of lifetimes. / What, indeed, would not come to be here by the proper worship of Śiva's liṅga? / Sons, wives, fields, heaven, and even liberation, without a doubt! / The abundance of the sovereignty of the three worlds was attained by me, O thousand-rayed one, / solely through the worship of the liṅga of Śiva—this is truth, truth, again and again! / This alone is the highest yoga, this alone is the supreme austerity, / this alone is the highest knowledge: that the liṅga of Sthāṇu is worshipped. / By whomsoever the liṅga of Pārvatī's lord has been worshipped even once here, / whence could there be any fear of suffering for them in this transmigration, which is a vessel of sorrow? / Renouncing everything, O Sun, he who has gone to the liṅga for refuge— / even great sins do not torment him, O light-maker! / Growth in the worship of the liṅga belongs only to those here, O sun, / whose severance of rebirth Maheśvara desires to effect. / In the three worlds there is no merit higher than the worship of the liṅga; / by resorting to the bath-water of the liṅga, there is the ablution of all sacred fords. / Therefore, O Sun, do you also worship the liṅga of the Great Lord; / you have attained supreme splendor that expands with great brilliance." / Having heard this speech of Hari, the thousand-rayed one from then on, / having fashioned a crystal liṅga, O sage, worships it even today. / Having acknowledged Ādikeśava as his guru at that time, the sun