Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29
उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना
लोकान्तकश् च दीप्तास्यस् तथा दैत्यान्तकः प्रभुः मृत्युहृत् कालहा कालो मृत्युञ्जयकरस् तथा
lokāntakaś ca dīptāsyas tathā daityāntakaḥ prabhuḥ mṛtyuhṛt kālahā kālo mṛtyuñjayakaras tathā
He is Lokāntaka, the Ender of worlds; Dīptāsya, whose countenance blazes; the Lord who brings the Daityas to their end; the Remover of death; the Slayer of Kāla; Time itself; and Mṛtyuñjaya, the Bestower of victory over death.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s Shiva-Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames the Linga as Pati (the Lord) who governs dissolution and protects the devotee (pashu) from the bondage of fear—especially the fear of death—by revealing Shiva as both Time and the One who transcends Time.
Shiva-tattva is shown as sovereign and all-encompassing: He ends worlds (laya), destroys demonic forces (adharma), removes death, and is simultaneously Kāla (the cosmic order of time) and Kālahā (the one who overcomes time), indicating transcendence beyond pasha (bondage).
The verse supports Mṛtyuñjaya-oriented japa and Linga-upāsanā: meditating on Shiva as the conqueror of death to loosen pasha (limitations like fear, karma, and mortality) and stabilize the pashu in devotion and inner stillness aligned with Pashupata discipline.