Samkhya Karika 41

चित्रं यथाश्रयमृते स्थाण्वादिभ्यो यथा विना छाया ।
तद्वद्विनाऽविशेषैः न तिष्ठति निराश्रयं लिङ्गम् ॥ ४१॥

citraṁ yathāśrayamṛte sthāṇvādibhyo yathā vinā chāyā ।
tadvadvinā’viśeṣaiḥ na tiṣṭhati nirāśrayaṁ liṅgam ॥ 41॥

citraṁ=painting; yathā=just as; āśrayam=support; ṛte=without; sthāṇu=tree/stake; ādibhyaḥ=etc.; yathā=just as; vinā=without; chāyā=shade; tadvaṭ=similarly; vinā=without; viśeṣaiḥ=specific objects; na=does not; tiṣṭhati=stays; nirāśrayaṁ=without support; liṅgam=subtle body

As a picture cannot stand without a support, as a shadow cannot exist without a post and such other objects, similarly the “linga” cannot subsist without the specific objects and a support.