Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 50 — देवपुर्यः, पुराणि, आयतनानि च; श्रीकण्ठाधिपत्य-प्रतिपादनम्
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे एकोनपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच शितान्तशिखरे शक्रः पारिजातवने शुभे तस्य प्राच्यां कुमुदाद्रिकूटो ऽसौ बहुविस्तरः
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge ekonapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca śitāntaśikhare śakraḥ pārijātavane śubhe tasya prācyāṃ kumudādrikūṭo 'sau bahuvistaraḥ
Thus, in the revered Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, in the Pūrva-bhāga, the forty-ninth chapter begins. Sūta said: On the peak called Śitānta, Śakra (Indra) was present in the auspicious Pārijāta grove; and to its east stood the broad-spreading summit of Mount Kumudādri.
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It establishes the narrative setting in Deva-loka, a typical Purāṇic prelude that frames later instructions on Śiva (Pati) and the means by which bound souls (paśu) approach liberation through liṅga-centered devotion and rite.
Indirectly: by situating Indra and the celestial realm, it prepares the contrast between limited deva-sovereignty and Śiva-tattva as the supreme Pati beyond all lokas—toward whom even devas ultimately turn.
No specific pūjā-vidhi or Pāśupata-yoga practice is stated in this opening verse; it functions as a scene-setting śloka that precedes the doctrinal or ritual content of the chapter.