Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15
उपलेपनादिकथनम्
Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship
यज्ञार्थं पशुहिंसा च क्षत्रियैर्दुष्टशासनम् विहिताविहितं नास्ति योगिनां ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
yajñārthaṃ paśuhiṃsā ca kṣatriyairduṣṭaśāsanam vihitāvihitaṃ nāsti yogināṃ brahmavādinām
For the sake of yajña, even the killing of an animal is spoken of; and for Kṣatriyas, the chastisement of the wicked is enjoined. Yet for Yogins, the proclaimers of Brahman—established in the vision of Pati (Śiva)—there is no rigid divide of “prescribed” and “prohibited,” for they act from purified knowledge beyond pāśa, the bonds.
Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames outer ritual (yajña) and social duty as conditional dharma, while pointing Linga-centered yogic realization toward Pati (Śiva) where bondage-born dualities of “allowed/forbidden” fall away in purified awareness.
By implying a Brahman-established yogin’s standpoint, it gestures to Shiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati—beyond moral dualities—while still upholding dharma for embodied pashus bound by pāśa.
It contrasts Vedic yajña-dharma and kṣatriya duty with the yogin’s higher discipline—Pāśupata-oriented inner purification and Brahman-abidance—where action is guided by jñāna rather than rule-based dualism.