Shiva Purana

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अखण्डं तद्धि कर्तव्यं न विखण्डं प्रकारयेत् । द्विखण्डं तु प्रकुर्वाणो नैव पूजाफलं लभेत् २८ ।

sanskrit

The earthen phallic image shall be made as a single whole. Making it piecemeal i.e if the image is made joining two or more pieces, he will never derive the merit of worship.

english translation

akhaNDaM taddhi kartavyaM na vikhaNDaM prakArayet | dvikhaNDaM tu prakurvANo naiva pUjAphalaM labhet 28 |

hk transliteration