The Linga Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas and a Shaivism text of Hinduism. The text’s title Linga refers to the iconographical symbol for Shiva. The author and date of the Linga Purana are unknown, and estimates place the original text to have been composed between the 5th and 10th century CE.
The Linga Purana states, “Shiva is signless, without colour, taste, smell, that is beyond word or touch, without quality, motionless and changeless“. The source of the universe is signless, and all of the universe is the manifested Linga, a union of unchanging Principles and the ever-changing nature.
The Shiva Purana is a work dealing with Shiva in general. It was composed by the sage Parashara, Vyasa’s father, and Vyasa condensed it into a much shorter piece, with some or all of the removed parts put into the Vayu Purana.
The Linga Purana, on the other hand, was composed later and puts more emphasis on Shiva’s Linga form, how to worship a Shiva Linga, etc. However, it still recounts stories of Shiva unconnected to the Shiva Linga.
This is the Fifth Puran and one of the major eighteen Puranas. The Ling Puran contains Hindu religious text which explores the origins of universe, origins of Linga and emergence of Brahma, Vishnu and all the Vedas. Ling Puran is about the greatness of Lord Shiva and propagation of Linga-Puja.