Shloka 8
ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची
प्रजापतीनां सर्गश् च पृथिव्युद्धरणं तथा ब्रह्मणश् च दिवारात्रम् आयुषो गणनं पुनः
prajāpatīnāṃ sargaś ca pṛthivyuddharaṇaṃ tathā brahmaṇaś ca divārātram āyuṣo gaṇanaṃ punaḥ
It further describes the emanation of the Prajāpatis, the lifting up of the Earth, Brahmā’s day and night, and again the reckoning of the span of life (cosmic time).
Suta Goswami
FAQs
By listing core cosmological themes—creation, the Earth’s restoration, and cosmic time—the verse frames Linga worship as devotion to Pati (Śiva), the transcendent ground who regulates sṛṣṭi and kāla, not merely a local deity of a single rite.
Though Śiva is not named, the verse points to Shiva-tattva indirectly: the ordered unfolding of creators (Prajāpatis), preservation of the world (Earth’s uplift), and measurement of time imply a supreme Lord beyond Pāśa (bondage) who governs the cosmic functions that bind and release the Pashu (soul).
No specific pūjā-vidhi or Pāśupata-yoga technique is stated; the takeaway is contemplative—meditation on kāla (cosmic time) and sṛṣṭi as manifestations under Pati, supporting a Shaiva jñāna-bhakti orientation that later grounds Linga-pūjā.