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Shiva Purana

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प्रणवे चैव चोंकारनामासील्लिंगमुत्तमम् ॥ परमेश्वरनामासीत्पार्थिवश्च मुनीश्वर ॥ २१॥

The excellent phallic image abides in the syllable Oṃkāra. O great sage, it also abides in the earthen phallic image in Oṃkāra Māndhātā.

english translation

भक्ताभीष्टप्रदो ज्ञेयो योपि दृष्टोर्चितो मुने ॥ ज्योतिर्लिंगे महादिव्ये वर्णिते ते महामुने॥ २२॥

O sage, O great sage, whatever is seen or worshipped ill the extremely divine phallic image described to you is the bestower of the desires of all devotees.

english translation

केदारेशोवतारस्तु पंचमः परमश्शिवः ॥ ज्योतिर्लिंगस्वरूपेण केदारे संस्थितस्य च ॥ २३ ॥

The fifth great incarnation of Śiva is the Kedāreśā. He is stationed in Kedāra in the form of Jyotirliṅga.

english translation

नरनारायणाख्यौ याववतारौ हरेर्मुने ॥ तत्प्रार्थितश्शिवस्तत्स्थैः केदारे हिमभूधरे ॥ २४ ॥

It was at the request of the twofold incarnations of Viṣṇu, named Nara and Nārāyaṇa that Śiva stayed in Kedāra on the mountain Himavat, O sage.

english translation

ताभ्यां च पूजितो नित्यं केदारेश्वरसंज्ञकः ॥ भक्ताभीष्टप्रदः शम्भुर्दर्शनादर्चनादपि ॥ २५॥

Śiva named Kedāreśvara was worshipped everyday by them. He is the bestower of the desires of the devotees, by his sight and worship.

english translation