The distinctive sign through which it is possible to
recognize the nature of someone is called a Linga (Shivling) (Shiva Purana
1.16.106)
Shiva is signless (sexless), without color, taste, or smell,
beyond word and touch, without quality, changeless, motionless. (Linga Purana
1.3.2-3) Basic nature is thus called the linga. The owner of the linga is
supreme divinity. (Linga Purana 1.17.5)
It is not the Linga itself which is worshipped but the owner
of the linga, the Progenitor, the Purusha. The linga leads to the Supreme Man,
to Shiva, whose symbol it is.
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