Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58
मुनिमोहशमनम्
Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī
नवमासोषितश्चापि योनिच्छिद्रादवाङ्मुखः हेल्ल् ततः स्वकर्मभिः पापैर् निरयं सम्प्रपद्यते
navamāsoṣitaścāpi yonicchidrādavāṅmukhaḥ hell tataḥ svakarmabhiḥ pāpair nirayaṃ samprapadyate
Having remained confined and dried for nine months, the embodied being rushes forth headlong through the opening of the womb. Then, driven by the sins born of its own actions, it falls into naraka (hell)—such is the hard pāśa (bondage) that karma weaves for the paśu (individual soul) when it turns away from the Lord, the Pati.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames human birth and suffering as effects of karma (pāśa); Linga-worship is implied as a Shaiva means to purify actions, turn the pashu toward Pati (Shiva), and thereby avoid further descent into naraka.
Shiva-tattva is implied as Pati—the transcendent Lord beyond karma—while the soul (pashu) falls into suffering when bound by its own deeds; liberation comes by reorientation to the Lord rather than remaining under karmic compulsion.
The verse highlights karmic accountability; the practical takeaway aligns with Shaiva disciplines—Pashupata Yoga and Shiva-puja (especially Linga-archana with repentance, japa, and vrata)—as means to burn pāpa and loosen pāśa.