Prayer to Śiva - Verse 56
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 96.56
Sanskrit Original
ध्वान्तोदरे शशाङ्कस्य जनित्वा परमेश्वरः। कालो ऽसि त्वं महाकालः कालकालो महेश्वरः।।
dhvāntodare śaśāṅkasya janitvā parameśvaraḥ| kālo 'si tvaṃ mahākālaḥ kālakālo maheśvaraḥ||
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.