Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
स एव कालो गोप्ता च विश्वस्याधिपतिः प्रभुः । तं विश्वाधिपतिं ज्ञात्वा मृत्युपाशात्प्रमुच्यते
sa eva kālo goptā ca viśvasyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ | taṃ viśvādhipatiṃ jñātvā mṛtyupāśātpramucyate
Lui seul est le Temps (Kāla), le Protecteur et le Souverain Seigneur de l’univers. En connaissant ce Seigneur comme Maître de tout, on est délivré du nœud de la mort.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahākāla
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: Mahākāla as the Lord of Time who subdues death; the jyotirliṅga is revered as the timeless sovereign whose grace grants freedom from mṛtyu-bhaya.
Significance: Darśana/abhisheka is sought for protection, fearlessness, and liberation from the ‘noose of death’ (mṛtyupāśa) through Mahākāla’s anugraha.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: liberating
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It declares Shiva as Pati—the Supreme Lord who is also Kala (Time) and the cosmic Protector; realizing Him as the universal sovereign cuts the pasha (bond) of death and leads toward moksha.
By worshipping Shiva in a tangible form such as the Linga, the devotee contemplates the same truth taught here—Shiva as Vishvādhipati and Kala—so devotion ripens into liberating knowledge (jñāna) of the Lord.
Meditate on Shiva as Kala and Vishvādhipati while doing japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and Linga-dhyana; the takeaway is steady remembrance that the Lord alone transcends death.