Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
कालतत्त्वनिर्णयः / Doctrine of Kāla (Time) and Its Subordination to Śiva
कालं प्रज्ञाविशेषेण को ऽतिवर्तितुमर्हति । कालेन तु कृतं कर्म न कश्चिदतिवर्तते
kālaṃ prajñāviśeṣeṇa ko 'tivartitumarhati | kālena tu kṛtaṃ karma na kaścidativartate
Who, by any special brilliance of intellect, can truly overstep Time? And whatever action is fashioned by Time—no one can pass beyond its ordained result.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahākāla
FAQs
The verse teaches that worldly intelligence cannot defeat Kāla (Time) or the karmic order it administers; liberation is implied to lie not in outsmarting fate, but in taking refuge in Shiva—the Lord of Time—who grants release from bondage.
Linga-worship centers the seeker on Shiva as Kāla-antaka (the One who ends the tyranny of time). By worshipping Saguna Shiva through the Linga with devotion and purity, one seeks grace that loosens karmic bonds governed by time.
A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with daily Shiva-puja—ideally with vibhuti (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudraksha—cultivating detachment from time-driven anxieties and karma-fruits.