कालमार्गादहं यस्मान्मोचितोऽहं महेश्वर । महाकालमिति ख्यातं लिंगं तस्माद्भवत्विदम्
kālamārgādahaṃ yasmānmocito'haṃ maheśvara | mahākālamiti khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ tasmādbhavatvidam
Puesto que he sido liberado del sendero de Kāla (la muerte), oh Maheśvara, que este liṅga sea por ello célebre con el nombre de «Mahākāla».
Kālabhīti
Tirtha: Mahākāla-liṅga (Dhārā context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee, freed from the dark ‘road of Time,’ offers a vow before Śaṅkara; the liṅga is consecrated by name ‘Mahākāla,’ with Kāla’s noose broken and a radiant aura around the liṅga.
Śiva, as Mahākāla, transcends Time and death; devotion to him grants release from fear and mortality’s bondage.
A Mahākāla-named liṅga is being established and glorified; the verse provides an etymological/legendary basis for its fame.
It primarily institutes the sacred name “Mahākāla” for the liṅga, indicating it as a worship-worthy, fear-dispelling shrine.