Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 188
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
शिरसो ऽङ्गिरसश्चैव श्रोत्रादत्रिं तथासृजत् पुलस्त्यं च तथोदानाद् व्यानाच्च पुलहं पुनः
śiraso 'ṅgirasaścaiva śrotrādatriṃ tathāsṛjat pulastyaṃ ca tathodānād vyānācca pulahaṃ punaḥ
Mula sa ulo ay iniluwal niya si Aṅgiras; mula sa tainga ay pinalitaw din niya si Atri. Mula sa hiningang paakyat (udāna) ay inihayag niya si Pulastya, at muli mula sa hiningang lumalaganap (vyāna) ay nilikha niya si Pulaha.
Suta Goswami (narrating the creation account as taught in the Linga Purana)
FAQs
It frames creation as an ordered emanation from the divine source; in Linga-worship, the Linga signifies that same Pati—Shiva—who becomes the ground of all beings and sages, so worship is directed to the causal reality behind manifestation.
Shiva-tattva is implied as the supreme causal principle (Pati) whose power of manifestation operates through subtle channels—limbs and prāṇa—showing that the cosmos arises from consciousness and its śakti, not from inert matter alone.
The verse foregrounds prāṇa-functions (udāna and vyāna); in a Shaiva-Pāśupata yogic reading, mastery and purification of prāṇa supports inner worship (antar-yāga), aligning the individual pashu with the Lord (Pati) beyond pasha (bondage).