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
പ്രത്യേക പ്രജ്ഞാതേജസ്സാൽ കാലത്തെ ആരാണ് അതിക്രമിക്കാൻ കഴിയുക? കാലം നിർമിച്ച കര്മ്മം—അതിന്റെ നിശ്ചിത ഫലം—ആരും കടന്നുപോകാൻ കഴിയില്ല.
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.