Shloka 14

ज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्य-प्रस्तावना तथा सोमनाथ-प्रसङ्गः

Prologue to the Glory and Origin of the Jyotirliṅgas; Somnātha Episode Begins

Devanagari script

चंद्रोऽपि वचनं तस्य न चकार विमोहितः । शिवमायाप्रभावेण यया संमोहितं जगत्

Transliteration

caṃdro'pi vacanaṃ tasya na cakāra vimohitaḥ | śivamāyāprabhāveṇa yayā saṃmohitaṃ jagat

Translation

Selbst Candra, der Mond, tat in Verblendung sein Wort nicht; denn er wurde von der Macht von Śivas Māyā überwältigt, durch die die ganze Welt betört wird.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end of quotation
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), इति-शब्दः; quotation/closure particle (उक्तिसमाप्तिसूचक)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• चतुर्थ्याम्: in the fourth
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal used adjectivally (क्रमवाचक विशेषण)

• कोटि-रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Koṭirudra-saṃhitā
• कोटि-रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• सोमनाथ-ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-उत्पत्ति-वर्णनम्: the description of the origin of the Somanātha Jyotirliṅga
• सोमनाथ-ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-उत्पत्ति-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता/विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्योतिः (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शीर्षकवाचक (title as nominative)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/नामनिर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः title-marker (नाम-प्रयोगः)

• चतुर्दशः: fourteenth
• चतुर्दशः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विषय/शीर्षक (chapter as subject)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Somanātha

Sthala Purana: Colophon sealing the chapter that narrates the origin (utpatti) of the Somanātha Jyotirliṅga—Śiva’s self-manifest light-emblem arising to resolve Soma’s affliction and establish a perennial refuge for devotees.

Significance: Darśana of the first among Jyotirliṅgas; sought for purification, restoration from decline, and Śiva’s anugraha (grace) overcoming pāśa.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Chandra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It highlights that even exalted deities like Candra can be veiled by Śiva’s Māyā; liberation comes not by status but by Śiva’s grace and right knowledge (jñāna) supported by devotion.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Since Māyā deludes the mind, the Purana points devotees toward Saguna Śiva worship—especially through the Jyotirliṅga—so the heart becomes steady and receptive to Śiva’s revealing grace beyond delusion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” along with liṅga-pūjā and applying tripuṇḍra (bhasma), is implied as a practical discipline to reduce भ्रम (delusion) and cultivate Śiva-bhakti.