स्वयं चैव शिवो भूत्वा परां शक्तिं प्रपूजयेत् । शक्तिं बेरं च लिंगं च ह्यालेख्या मायया यजेत् १३६ ।
Even when the aspirant has become Śiva he shall worship the Parā. He shall worship Śakti, the embodied and the phallic form of Śiva after faultlessly making images of the same.