Skandapurana 6.3.198.57

6.3.198.57

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tenaivamukte sahasā kṛtvā bhūmaṇḍalaṃ dvidhā .
niḥsṛtau śūlamūlāgrālliṅgārcāpratirūpiṇau .. 198.57 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
When he had spoken thus, suddenly cleaving the earth in two,
two forms, an image and a liṅga, came forth from the base and the tip of the stake.