Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
वंशानुवर्णनम् — सात्वतवंशः, स्यमन्तक-प्रसङ्गः, कृष्णावतारः, शिवप्रसादः (पाशुपतयोगः)
अयं स गर्भो देवक्या यो नः क्लेश्यान्हरिष्यति उग्रसेनात्मजायाथ कंसायानकदुन्दुभिः
ayaṃ sa garbho devakyā yo naḥ kleśyānhariṣyati ugrasenātmajāyātha kaṃsāyānakadundubhiḥ
“This indeed is the very child in Devakī’s womb who will remove our afflictions (kleśas).” Thus did Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva) speak to Kaṃsa, the son of Ugrasena. In the deeper Shaiva sense, it points to the advent of a divinely empowered agent through whom Pati (the Lord) loosens pasha (bondage) and ends the kleśas that torment the pashu (the bound soul).
Suta Goswami (narrating an internal account involving Vasudeva addressing Kaṃsa)
FAQs
Though narrative in tone, it underscores the Shaiva principle that liberation from kleśas comes by Pati’s anugraha; Linga worship is a primary upāya in the Linga Purana for receiving that grace and loosening pasha.
Shiva-tattva is implied as the transcendent Pati who operates through worldly events to remove suffering; the ‘remover of afflictions’ motif aligns with Shiva as the inner cause of klesha-kshaya and bondage-release for the pashu.
No specific rite is prescribed in this line; the takeaway is klesha-kshaya as the goal—classically pursued in the Linga Purana through Shiva-bhakti, Linga-puja, and Pashupata-oriented discipline aimed at cutting pasha.