कालकालाय कालाय कालातीताय ते नमः । नमोऽविद्यानिहंत्रे ते नमः पापहराय च
kālakālāya kālāya kālātītāya te namaḥ | namo'vidyānihaṃtre te namaḥ pāpaharāya ca
اے موت کی بھی موت، اے خود کال، اور اے کال سے ماورا! تجھے نمسکار۔ اے اوِدیا کے ناس کرنے والے! تجھے نموں؛ اور اے پاپ ہَرنے والے! تجھے بھی نمسکار۔
Śrī Rāma
Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Cosmic Śiva as Kāla: a dark-blue, vast presence behind a liṅga; a wheel of time dissolves; a devotee prays for ignorance and sin to be removed; sea-wind suggests Setu.
Liberation comes from the Lord who conquers death and removes ignorance—the root of bondage.
Setu/Rāmeśvara context; the theology is expressed through Śiva’s cosmic epithets while praising the Setu-deity.
No formal rite; the verse functions as japa-worthy praise (nāma-stuti) focusing on avidyā- and pāpa-destruction.