Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 16
शक्त्यादिसृष्टिनिरूपणम् / The Account of Creation Beginning with Śakti
परमित्यायुषो नाम ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । तत्पराख्यं तदर्धं च परार्धमभिधीयते
paramityāyuṣo nāma brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ | tatparākhyaṃ tadardhaṃ ca parārdhamabhidhīyate
อายุขัยของพระพรหมผู้มีการบังเกิดอันไม่ปรากฏ เรียกว่า “ปรมะ” ในมาตราแห่งกาลนั้น ส่วนที่เรียกว่า “ปรา” และครึ่งหนึ่งของส่วนนั้น เรียกว่า “ปรารธะ”
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: kalpa-time reckoning (Brahmā’s lifespan; parārdha units)
FAQs
It frames even Brahmā’s vast lifespan as a named, measurable unit, implying that all created time is finite—while Shiva (Pati) transcends time and the unmanifest source itself.
By contrasting measurable cosmic ages with the unmanifest origin, it supports Linga-worship as contemplation of Shiva’s timeless reality, with the Linga representing the transcendent ground beyond Brahmā’s temporal cycles.
Meditate on Shiva as Kāla-tīta (beyond time) while repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” using the awareness that even Brahmā’s ‘Parārdha’ is within time, but Shiva grants liberation beyond it.