Shiva Purana

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त्रिपादं मंत्रजाप्याच्च पूजया पूर्णभक्तिमान् । शिवलिंगं च भक्तं च पूज्य मोक्षं लभेन्नरः ११६ ।

sanskrit

Three-fourths can be achieved by the recital of mantras and a man be comes full-fledged devotee by means of worship. A man who worships both the phallic emblem of Śiva and the devotees of Śiva attains salvation.

english translation

tripAdaM maMtrajApyAcca pUjayA pUrNabhaktimAn | zivaliMgaM ca bhaktaM ca pUjya mokSaM labhennaraH 116 |

hk transliteration

य इमं पठतेऽध्यायं शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः । तस्यैव शिवभक्तिश्च वर्धते सुदृढा द्विजाः ११७ ।

sanskrit

O brahmins, stable devotion can be found firmly established and flourishing only in that person who reads this chapter or listens to it attentively.

english translation

ya imaM paThate'dhyAyaM zRNuyAdvA samAhitaH | tasyaiva zivabhaktizca vardhate sudRDhA dvijAH 117 |

hk transliteration