कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

By chiselling round six parts of the top portion, the head of Sivalinga is rendered to be in
the form of cucumber. By worshipping such linga, various groups of demi-gods such as
Sadhyas, Siddhas , Maruths and others attained supreme powers and supreme state.
अथवान्यप्रकारेण शिरोवर्धनमुच्यते ।
अष्टधा विभजेत्तारं अध्यर्धेन विवर्धनात् ।। ५८
छत्रशीर्षं इति प्रोक्तं त्रपुषाभं निगद्यते ।
षडंशैस्त्रपुषं वा स्यात्सार्धद्व्यंशेन वर्तनम् ।। ५९
कुक्कुटाण्ड शिरः प्रोक्तं चिस्तारार्धं प्रवर्तितम् ।
चन्द्रखण्डनिभं प्रोक्तं विस्तारात्त्र्यंश वर्तितम् ।। ६०
बुद्बुदाभं शिरस्सार्धं त्र्यंशेनाष्ट विभाजिते ।
एतानि सर्वलिङ्गानां सनातन शिरांसि हि ।। ६१
athava'nya praka'ren.a s'irovardhanam ucyate /
as"t'adha' vibhajet ta'ram adhyardhena vivardhana't // 58
chatras'i'rs"am itiproktam trapus"a'bham nigadyate /
s"ad'ams'aistrapus"am va' syat sa'rdha dvyams'ena vartanam // 59
kukut'a'n.d'a s'irah prokta vista'ra'rdha pravartitam /
candrakhan.d'anibham proktam vista'ra't tryams'a vartitam // 60
budbudha'bham s'irassa'rdha tryams'ena's"t'a vibha'jite /
eta'ni sarvalin'ga'na'm sana'tana s'ira'ms'i ca // 61
The process of rounding off the top of linga is now told in a different way. The perimeter of the
rudra bhaga should be divided into eight parts. By chiselling round the top by one and a half of
these eight parts, a parosol-like top gets formed(chatra sirsha). By dividing the perimeter into
six equal parts and chiselling the top by two and a half parts of these six parts, a cucumber-like
top gets formed. By chiselling round the top by half of the diameter of rudra bhaga, the top of
the linga is rendered to look like hen`s egg. By chiselling round the top by one third of the
diameter of rudra bhaga, the top of the linga is rendered to look like the halfmoon. By dividing
the diameter of rudra bhaga into eight equal parts and by chiselling round the top by three and
a half parts of these eight parts, a bubble-like top of the linga is formed. These variously
shaped tops of all types of lingas have been accepted and applied by the experts from a very
long time.