Shloka 78
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
इदं पवित्रं परमं रहस्यं सर्वसौख्यदम् । आख्यानं कथितं स्वर्ग्यं शिवभक्तिविवर्द्धनम्
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ rahasyaṃ sarvasaukhyadam | ākhyānaṃ kathitaṃ svargyaṃ śivabhaktivivarddhanam
Diese heilige Erzählung ist das höchste Geheimnis und schenkt jedes Glück. Sie wurde als himmelführender Bericht verkündet und mehrt die Hingabe an Herrn Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Sthala Purana: Not a specific sthala episode; it is a phalaśruti-style valuation of the preceding Mahākāla narrative as a purifying ‘parama rahasya’ that increases Śiva-bhakti and yields merit.
Significance: Hearing/reciting the māhātmya is framed as a meritorious act leading to higher worlds and, more importantly, intensifying devotion—treated in Siddhānta as a vehicle for Śiva’s anugraha through śravaṇa.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It declares the narrated account to be a purifying, esoteric teaching that brings auspiciousness and strengthens Śiva-bhakti—devotion that, in Śaiva Siddhānta, ripens the soul toward Śiva’s grace.
By praising the narrative as a means to increase devotion to Śiva, it supports Saguna upāsanā—hearing and recounting Śiva’s līlās and tīrthas (such as Jyotirliṅgas) as a direct aid to worship and inner purification.
The implied practice is śravaṇa and kīrtana—listening to and reciting Śiva Purāṇa kathā with devotion; it may be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a focused bhakti discipline.