Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

कुलालचक्रवद्भ्रान्तस् तत्रैव परिवर्तते इत्येवं हि मनुष्यादिः संसारः स्थावरान्तिकः

Transliteration

kulālacakravadbhrāntas tatraiva parivartate ityevaṃ hi manuṣyādiḥ saṃsāraḥ sthāvarāntikaḥ

Translation

Like a potter’s wheel whirling in delusion, the bound paśu turns again and again within the very same circuit. Thus saṃsāra proceeds—from human and other births—down to the state of the immobile (sthāvara), so long as the paśu remains fettered by pāśa and does not take refuge in Pati, Śiva.

Word by Word

• कुलाल-चक्रवत्: like a potter’s wheel

• भ्रान्तः: deluded, भ्रमित

• तत्र एव: right there, in that very cycle

• परिवर्तते: turns about, revolves

• इति एवम्: thus indeed

• हि: surely

• मनुष्य-आदिः: beginning with human (and other forms)

• संसारः: transmigratory existence

• स्थावर-अन्तिकः: reaching up to the immobile state (ending in/including plant-like births).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Linga-worship as turning from the repetitive wheel of saṃsāra to Pati (Śiva); devotion and surrender to Śiva through the Liṅga is implied as the remedy for the Paśu’s bondage.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is implicitly the Pati—distinct from the revolving, deluded Paśu—and the one whose grace and lordship can end the otherwise self-perpetuating cycle of transmigration.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to the necessity of Pāśupata-oriented discipline—detachment from delusion and taking refuge in Śiva (often expressed through Liṅga-pūjā, japa, and contemplative practice) to break the cycle of repeated births.