Linga Purana

by B. K. Chaturvedi

The Linga Purana deals with a variety of subjects-geographical, historical, religious and the like which need elucidation. This task could not be accomplished by a mere translation. Extensive footnotes have been provided to supply the background, without which the exegesis of the text would not be possible.Linga Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is divided into two parts. These parts contain the description regarding the origin of universe, origin of 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.