Shiva Purana

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गोकर्णे शिवलिंगं तु मोक्षद्वार उदाहृतः ।। महाबलाभिधानोऽसौ पूजितः संस्तुतो द्विजाः ।। २४ ।।

sanskrit

O brahmins, the Mahābala image of Śiva at Gokarṇa worshipped and eulogised is the doorway to salvation.

english translation

gokarNe zivaliMgaM tu mokSadvAra udAhRtaH || mahAbalAbhidhAno'sau pUjitaH saMstuto dvijAH || 24 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript