Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 42
पाशुपतज्ञानप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Pāśupata Knowledge
Paśu–Pāśa–Paśupati
वर्तमानान्यतीतानि भविष्यन्त्यपि कृत्स्नशः । दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव कालभेदाः कलादयः
vartamānānyatītāni bhaviṣyantyapi kṛtsnaśaḥ | diśaśca vidiśaścaiva kālabhedāḥ kalādayaḥ
वर्तमान, भूत व भविष्य—हे सर्व कृत्स्नपणे ज्ञात होते; दिशा-विदिशा, काळभेद आणि कला इत्यादी सर्व मापेही त्यात प्रकट आहेत।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: No Jyotirliṅga linkage; the verse asserts Śiva’s transcendence over time (past/present/future) and space (directions), themes used in Siddhānta to distinguish Pati from māyā-bound categories.
Significance: Encourages jñāna-bhakti: meditating on Śiva as the knower and ruler of time-space loosens identification with kāla and deśa (key aspects of pāśa).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It points to the all-encompassing knowledge that includes past, present, future, space (directions), and time-measures—highlighting that the Supreme Lord (Pati) is not limited by kāla (time) or deśa (space), unlike the bound soul (paśu).
The Liṅga is revered as the sign of the limitless Reality: when devotees worship Saguna Shiva through the Liṅga, they contemplate the Lord as the ground of all time and space, whose awareness is complete and undivided.
Meditate on Shiva as Kāla-kāla (Lord over time) while repeating the Panchakshara—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"—and mentally offer all past actions, present experience, and future anxieties into the Liṅga as an inner surrender.