The
Linga Purana is one of the major eighteen
Puranas, a
Hindu religious text. Its current form can be dated back to 600 C.E. The extant text is divided into two parts, comprising 108 and 55 chapters respectively. These parts contain the description regarding the
origin of universe, the
linga, and emergence of
Brahma and
Vishnu, and all the
Vedas from the Linga. In this Purana,
Shiva directly tells sometimes the importance of worship of Linga and the correct rituals to be followed during the
puja of the linga.