Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25
सूर्यरश्मिस्वरूपकथनम्
Surya-Rashmi Svarupa Kathana
शनैश्चरं पुनश् चापि रश्मिर् आप्यायते स्वराट् एवं सूर्यप्रभावेन नक्षत्रग्रहतारकाः
śanaiścaraṃ punaś cāpi raśmir āpyāyate svarāṭ evaṃ sūryaprabhāvena nakṣatragrahatārakāḥ
Again, Svarāṭ—the sovereign Sun—nourishes even Śanaiścara (Saturn) with his rays; thus, by the Sun’s potency, the constellations, planets, and stars are sustained. In Shaiva understanding, this sustaining power ultimately belongs to Pati—Śiva—who manifests as the cosmic order that upholds all luminous regulators of time and karma.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames cosmic maintenance as a sacred hierarchy of energies: the Sun sustains the grahas, and in Linga-centered Shaiva vision that sustaining order is rooted in Pati (Śiva), whom the Linga signifies as the support of the universe.
Though Surya is named as the immediate nourisher, Shiva-tattva is implied as the ultimate adhāra (ground) of all prabhāva (power) that regulates time, light, and karmic fruition—functions experienced by the pashu within saṃsāra.
A direct practice is not stated; the takeaway is contemplative upāsanā: meditate on the Linga as Pati, the inner governor behind Surya and the grahas, aligning one’s karma (pāśa) toward liberation through Shaiva devotion and discipline.