Shloka 54
गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification
ज्योतिर्लिंगमिदं प्रोक्तं त्र्यंबकं नाम विश्रुतम् । स्थितं तटे हि गौतम्या महापातकनाशनम्
jyotirliṃgamidaṃ proktaṃ tryaṃbakaṃ nāma viśrutam | sthitaṃ taṭe hi gautamyā mahāpātakanāśanam
এই জ্যোতির্লিঙ্গ ‘ত্র্যম্বক’ নামে প্ৰসিদ্ধ বুলি কোৱা হৈছে। ই গৌতমী নদীৰ তীৰত অৱস্থিত আৰু মহাপাতকনাশক॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tryambakeśvara
FAQs
The verse identifies Tryambaka as a Jyotirliṅga—Śiva’s self-manifest, luminous presence—affirming that sincere approach to this sacred form and place purifies even mahāpātakas, pointing the devotee toward Śiva’s grace and liberation.
By naming the Jyotirliṅga “Tryambaka,” the Purana presents Śiva in a worshipable, saguna focus (the Liṅga) through which the devotee can access the transcendent reality of Śiva; the Liṅga serves as the sanctioned, purifying locus of devotion and surrender.
Undertake tīrtha-sevā at the Gautamī’s bank with Liṅga-abhisheka (water, bilva leaves), japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and contemplation of Śiva as Tryambaka (the Three-eyed Lord) while praying for inner purification.