Shloka 66
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
अनेमिरिष्टनेमिश्च मुकुन्दो विगतज्वरः । स्वयंज्योतिर्महाज्योतिस्तनुज्योतिरचंचलः
anemiriṣṭanemiśca mukundo vigatajvaraḥ | svayaṃjyotirmahājyotistanujyotiracaṃcalaḥ
هو الذي لا حافّة له ولا حدّ، وهو أيضاً الربّ ذو الحافّة الكاملة بلا عيب. هو موكوندا (Mukunda)، واهبُ الموكشا، منزَّهٌ عن حُمّى الآلام. هو نورٌ بذاته—النور العظيم—وجوهرُ صورته نورٌ، ثابتٌ لا يتزعزع.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Liṅgodbhava
Sthala Purana: The epithets ‘svayaṃ-jyoti’ and ‘mahā-jyoti’ evoke the Liṅgodbhava motif: the endless pillar of light revealing Śiva’s supremacy beyond limits (anemi) and granting mokṣa (mukunda).
Significance: Contemplation of Śiva as self-effulgent light is held to burn pāśa (bondage) and steady the mind toward liberation.
Mantra: अनेमिरिष्टनेमिश्च मुकुन्दो विगतज्वरः । स्वयंज्योतिर्महाज्योतिस्तनुज्योतिरचंचलः
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
This verse praises Shiva as the self-effulgent Supreme Light (svayaṃjyoti, mahājyoti) who is steady and unchanging; contemplating Him dissolves inner “fever” (jvara)—restlessness, sorrow, and bondage—leading the soul toward liberation.
The Jyotirlinga embodies Shiva as Light: the formless (nirguṇa) reality made approachable through a sacred form (saguṇa). Worship of the Linga trains the devotee to recognize Shiva as the inner, self-luminous presence beyond all limits.
Meditate on Shiva as a steady flame of light in the heart while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; in Jyotirlinga worship, offer a ghee lamp (dīpa) and pray for the cooling of jvara—mental agitation and suffering.