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Shiva Purana

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तदूर्ध्वं हि व्रजंत्येते पौरुषद्र व्यपूजकाः । तदर्वाक्छक्तिलिंगं तु शिवलिंगं तदूर्ध्वकम् ७६ ।

Those who worship the entity of Puruṣa go beyond that point. Śaktiliṅga is beneath that point but Śivaliṅga is beyond.

english translation

तदर्वागावृतं लिंगं तदूर्ध्वं हि निरावृति । तदर्वाक्कल्पितं लिंगं तदूर्ध्वं वै न कल्पितम् ७७ ।

The unmanifest liṅga is beneath that point but the manifest one is beyond. The conceived liṅga is beneath and the unconceived one is beyond.

english translation

तदर्वाग्बाह्यलिंगं स्यादंतरंगं तदूर्ध्वकम् । तदर्वाक्छक्तिलोका हि शतं वै द्वादशाधिकम् ७८ ।

The external liṅga is beneath that point and the internal one is beyond. The Śaktilokas numbering hundred and twelve are beneath that point.

english translation

तदर्वाग्बिंदुरूपं हि नादरूपं तदुत्तरम् । तदर्वाक्कर्मलोकस्तु तदूर्ध्वं ज्ञानलोककः ७९ ।

The Bindurūpa is beneath that point and Nādarūpa is beyond. The Karmaloka is beneath that point and Jñānaloka is beyond that.

english translation

नमस्कारस्तदूर्ध्वं हि मदाहंकारनाशनः । जनिजं वै तिरोधानं नानिषिद्ध्यातते इति 1-17-८० ।

Obeisance which is beyond that point quells pride and egotism. The word Jan means evanescence, Na is a negative particle.

english translation