Shiva Purana

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यथा देवीमुमामंके धृत्वा तिष्ठति शंकरः । तथा लिंगमिदं पीठं धृत्वा तिष्ठति संततम् २३ ।

Just as lord Śiva remains ever in close embrace of the Goddess Pārvatī, so also the phallic emblem holds on to the pedestal, for ever.

english translation

yathA devImumAmaMke dhRtvA tiSThati zaMkaraH | tathA liMgamidaM pIThaM dhRtvA tiSThati saMtatam 23 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript