Trikagni Kaalaya and Concept of Time

This is regarding my query in Rudra Patha which is the popular mantra:

namaste astu bhagavan-vishveshvaraya mahadevaya
tryambakaya tripurantakaya "trikagni-kalaya"
kalagnirudräya neelakanthaya mrutyunjayaya
sarveshvaraya sadashivaya shrimanmahadevaya namah.


Though strictly speaking this doesn't come in shatarudriya and has been
incorporated later, i generally chant this as a part of rudra parayana.

I have been taught to pronounce as "trikagni-kalaya". But what i observed in
Sringeri during Chandramoulishwara Puja is that vedic pundits are chanting as
"trikalaagni-kalaya". And Swamiji is not objecting to their pAtha bheda

As per my understanding, Rudra while dissolving this universe adopts the process
of involution by destroying the 3 puras and then 3 fires. ie., tripurAntakAya
(destroyer of 3 puras) and then trika-agni-kAlAya (destroyer of 3 fires).

What is the meaning of "trikAlAgnikAlAya" which is a dosha here and also the
sandhi is not fitting in the mantra. But in Sringeri, this mantra bheda is
followed.

Cyclical Time

The passage of 'linear' time has brought us where we are today. But Hinduism views the concept of time in a different way, and there is a cosmic perspective to it. Hindus believe the process of creation moves in cycles and that each cycle has four great epochs of time, namely Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kali Yuga. And because the process of creation is cyclical and never ending, it "begins to end and ends to begin".


Time is God

According to the Hindu theory of creation, time (Sanskrit 'kal') is a manifestation of God. Creation begins when God makes his energies active and ends when he withdraws all his energies into a state of inactivity. God is timeless, for time is relative and ceases to exist in the Absolute. The past, the present and the future coexist in him simultaneously.

Kalachakra: The Cycle of Time

God creates the cycle of time, called Kalachakra, in order to create divisions and movements of life and sustain the worlds in periodic time frames. God also uses time to create the 'illusions' of life and death. It is time, which is accountable for old age, death and dying of his creations. When we overcome time, we become immortal. Death is not the end of the line, but a gateway to the next cycle, to birth. This is also true of the universe itself and akin to the cyclic patterns in the rhythms of nature
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE WITH MODERN ATOMIC CLOCK:

Atomic clocks keep time better than any other clock. They even keep time better than the rotation of the Earth and the movement of the stars. Without atomic clocks, GPS navigation would be impossible, the Internet would not synchronize, and the position of the planets would not be known with enough accuracy for space probes and landers to be launched and monitored.
Atomic clocks are not radioactive. They do not rely on atomic decay. Rather, they have an oscillating mass and a spring, just like ordinary clocks.
The big difference between a standard clock in your home and an atomic clock is that the oscillation in an atomic clock is between the nucleus of an atom and the surrounding electrons. This oscillation is not exactly a parallel to the balance wheel and hairspring of a clockwork watch, but the fact is that both use oscillations to keep track of passing time. The oscillation frequencies within the atom are determined by the mass of the nucleus and the gravity and electrostatic "spring" between the positive charge on the nucleus and the electron cloud surrounding it.