Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 49
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
स्वभावमेके मन्यंते कालमेके विमोहिताः । देवस्य महिमा ह्येष येनेदं भ्राम्यते जगत्
svabhāvameke manyaṃte kālameke vimohitāḥ | devasya mahimā hyeṣa yenedaṃ bhrāmyate jagat
ある者はそれをただの自性（svabhāva）と思い、また迷える者は時（kāla）と思う。だがこれはまさしく主神（デーヴァ）の威光であり、これによって全世界は動かされ、巡り回る。
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It redirects causality away from blind “nature” or impersonal “time” and affirms Pati (Lord Shiva) as the conscious sovereign power whose śakti makes the jagat function—supporting devotion and surrender as the path beyond delusion.
The Liṅga signifies Shiva as the transcendent ground and the immanent governor of cosmic processes; worship of Saguna Shiva trains the mind to see time and nature as dependent powers, ultimately rooted in the Lord’s mahimā.
Meditate on Shiva as the inner ruler of kāla and svabhāva while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering water to the Shiva-liṅga, and applying Tripuṇḍra-bhasma as a reminder that all motion and change rest in Him.