Prayer to Śiva - Verse 55
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 96.55
Sanskrit Original
स्थूला ये हि प्रपश्यन्ति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम। द्यावापृथिव्या इन्द्राग्नि- यमस्य वरुणस्य च।।
sthūlā ye hi prapaśyanti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam| dyāvāpṛthivyā indrāgni- yamasya varuṇasya ca||
Vīrabhadra said:: Only to the gross intellect appear the great forms of Viṣṇu, Indra, Agni, Yama, Varuṇa, of heaven and earth. You are born in the belly of the moon.[7] You are Kāla. Parameśvara is Mahākāla. Maheśvara is Kālakāla. Hence, you will become the victim of Death through the burning digit of Ugra (Śiva). The lord with a steady bow is imperishable, heroic and superior to the universe. He destroys fear of fever.[8] He is the lord of all animals and birdsand gold(?).Neither you nor the four-faced deity can be the overlord and ruler of the entire universe.