Hymn to the Linga of Siva}- - Verse 20-22

The massive column of flame stood touching heaven and earth. In the midst of it we saw the unmanifest Linga of excessive brilliance1 , highly illuminated and of the size of PradeSa (the distance between the thumb and the little finger). The Lihga shone in the middle. It was neither made of gold nor of silver nor of stone. It could not be specified. It was inconceivable. It was sometimes perceptible and sometimes imperceptible. It had great splendour and was very terrible. It