सद्यादि ब्रह्म चोच्चार्य ध्यात्वा देवं परं शुभम् । उदीर्य च महामंत्रमॐकारं नादघोषितम् १६ ।
Immediately after chanting the sacred syllable 'Brahma', meditating upon the Supreme Divine, One should recite the great mantra 'Om', which is the sound of cosmic vibration.
After establishing the Lingam there, one should connect it with a pedestal, Then, placing the Lingam with the pedestal, it should be bound with daily consecration (or offerings).
एवं बेरं च संस्थाप्यं तत्रैव परमं शुभम् । पंचाक्षरेण बेरं तु उत्सवार्थं वहिस्तथा १८ ।
Similarly the embodied image shall also be fixed there auspiciously. For the sake of festivals the embodied image shall be installed outside with the five-syllabled mantra.
बेरं गुरुभ्यो गृह्णीयात्साधुभिः पूजितं तु वा । एवं लिंगे च बेरे च पूजा शिवपदप्रदा १९ ।
The embodied image shall be taken from the preceptors or it must be one that has been worshipped by saintly men. Such an adoration of the embodied image and the phallic emblem accords the region of Śiva.