अध्याय ७७
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे शिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठाफलकथनं नाम षट्सप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठापुण्यं च लिङ्गस्थापनमेव च लिङ्गानां चैव भेदाश् च श्रुतं तव मुखादिह
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge śivamūrtipratiṣṭhāphalakathanaṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ liṅgapratiṣṭhāpuṇyaṃ ca liṅgasthāpanameva ca liṅgānāṃ caiva bhedāś ca śrutaṃ tava mukhādiha
हिन्दी अर्थ
देवैरनुष्ठितं पूर्व ब्रह्मणा विष्णुना तथा
English
riie meritorious acts of preparation aird installation of the Lihga and the differences annng the various types of Lihgas have been heard as described \)y you. It behoves you to narrate the benefit that accrues from ljuilding Siva's temple by means of materials beginning with clay and ending with jewels.