Shiva Purana

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लिंगं प्राधान्यतः स्थाप्यं तथाबेरं तु गौणकम् । लिंगाभावेन तत्क्षेत्रं सबेरमपि सर्वतः ४६ ।

sanskrit

The installation of the phallic emblem is primary and that of embodied idol is secondary. A temple with the embodied idol of Śiva is unfructuous if it has no phallic image.

english translation

liMgaM prAdhAnyataH sthApyaM tathAberaM tu gauNakam | liMgAbhAvena tatkSetraM saberamapi sarvataH 46 |

hk transliteration