Shiva Purana
ब्रह्मणा विष्णुना वापि रुद्रेणान्येन केन वा ॥ लिंगप्रतिष्ठामुत्सृज्य क्रियते स्वपदस्थितिः ॥ ३ ॥
It is only by resorting to the installation of the Liṅga that Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra or other deities maintain their splendour.
english translation
brahmaNA viSNunA vApi rudreNAnyena kena vA ॥ liMgapratiSThAmutsRjya kriyate svapadasthitiH ॥ 3 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript