Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
यदुवंश-प्रवचनम्: हैहय-क्रोष्टु-वंशविस्तारः (कृतवीर्यार्जुनादि, ज्यामघ-विदर्भ-शात्वत-पर्यन्तम्)
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे सोमवंशे ययातिचरितं नाम सप्तषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच यदोर्वंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्येष्ठस्योत्तमतेजसः संक्षेपेणानुपूर्व्याच्च गदतो मे निबोधत
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge somavaṃśe yayāticaritaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca yadorvaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi jyeṣṭhasyottamatejasaḥ saṃkṣepeṇānupūrvyācca gadato me nibodhata
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, sa Pūrva-bhāga, sa loob ng angkan ni Soma, nagsisimula ang kabanatang tinatawag na “Mga Gawa ni Yayāti.” Sinabi ni Sūta: “Ngayon ay isasalaysay ko ang lahi ni Yadu, ang panganay na nagliliwanag sa dakilang ningning. Makinig kayo sa akin habang aking inuusal—sa maikli at sa wastong pagkakasunod.”
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This opening verse frames the chapter as Purāṇic transmission (śravaṇa) by Sūta—an act treated as a dharmic upāsanā that purifies the paśu (individual soul) and prepares the mind for devotion to Pati, Śiva, even when the immediate topic is royal lineage.
Śiva-tattva is implicit: the Liṅga Purāṇa’s authority rests on guiding the listener from worldly history (vamśa, rājadharma) toward liberation from pāśa (bondage) through right understanding and disciplined hearing—ultimately oriented to Pati, the supreme Lord.
The practice emphasized is śravaṇa (attentive hearing) with anupūrvyā (proper sequence) and saṃkṣepa (essential grasp), which functions as a preparatory discipline aligned with Shaiva sādhanā—steady attention that supports later Pāśupata-oriented teachings.