Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
बेहविओउर् ओफ़् पेओप्ले दुरिन्ग् युगान्त स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह क्वचित्क्वचित् अप्रग्रहास्ततस्ता वै लोभाविष्टास्तु कृत्स्नशः
behaviour of people during yugānta sthitāsvalpāvaśiṣṭāsu prajāsviha kvacitkvacit apragrahāstatastā vai lobhāviṣṭāstu kṛtsnaśaḥ
当劫末（yugānta）之时，众生仅余些许，人们此处彼处失却自制；继而为贪欲尽然所摄，行事无有内在的约束。在这被“缚”（pāśa）系缠的乱象中，兽魂（paśu）忘却主宰（Pati，湿婆），被欲望之绳索牵引而去。
Suta Goswami (narrating to the Sages at Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames yugānta as a time when pashas (bondages) like lobha dominate; Linga-worship is implied as the corrective—returning the pashu to remembrance of Pati (Śiva) through restraint, devotion, and inner purification.
By contrast: when beings lose restraint, they fall under pasha; Śiva-tattva stands as Pati—the sovereign principle beyond greed and compulsion—toward whom discipline and worship reorient the soul.
The verse highlights the need for pragraha (self-restraint), a core prerequisite for Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā—ethical control, sense-governance, and steady worship that weakens lobha as a binding pasha.