Shiva Purana

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रूपित्वात्सकलस्तद्वत्तस्मात्सकलनिष्कलः । निष्कलत्वान्निराकारं लिंगं तस्य समागतम् ११ ।

He is also Sakala as He has an embodied form. He is both Sakala and Niṣkala. It is in his Niṣkala aspect that the Liṅga is appropriate.

english translation

rUpitvAtsakalastadvattasmAtsakalaniSkalaH | niSkalatvAnnirAkAraM liMgaM tasya samAgatam 11 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript