Shloka 27
Kāla-vañcana (Overcoming/Outwitting Time) and the Pañcabhūta Basis of the Body
यश्चोपलक्षयेन्नित्यैराकारं घटिकाद्वयम् । जित्वा मृत्युं तथा कामं स्वेच्छया पर्य्यटेदिह
yaścopalakṣayennityairākāraṃ ghaṭikādvayam | jitvā mṛtyuṃ tathā kāmaṃ svecchayā paryyaṭediha
恒常の修習によって、二ガティカーの間であっても時（カーラ）の微妙なる「相」を観得する者は、死と欲を克服し、この世において自らの意のままに自在に歩む。
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it is a yogic claim within the ‘outwitting Time’ teaching: perceiving kāla’s subtle mark leads to victory over mṛtyu and kāma.
Significance: Positions Śiva’s upadeśa as granting jīvanmukti-like freedom (svecchācāra in the sense of unbound movement) through mastery over time-consciousness.
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Kāla (time) is treated as a subtle perceivable principle; ‘two ghaṭikās’ functions as a yogic temporal measure rather than an astronomical event.
FAQs
It teaches that steady yogic awareness of time (kāla) and its subtle movement leads to mastery over fear of death and over craving (kāma), culminating in inner freedom while living.
In Shaiva Siddhanta, devotion to Saguna Shiva (often through Linga worship) purifies the mind, and that purified mind becomes fit for yogic steadiness—through which one transcends bondage to kāla and kāma by Shiva’s grace.
A meditative discipline of continuous attention (dhāraṇā) on the subtle flow of time and breath—supported by Shaiva sādhanā such as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady vairāgya to weaken desire.