Shloka 9
रामेश्वरलिङ्गप्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Origin of the Rāmeśvara Liṅga
पद्मैरष्टादशाख्यैश्च ययौ तीरं पयोनिधेः । दक्षिणे सागरे यो वै दृश्यते लवणाकरः
padmairaṣṭādaśākhyaiśca yayau tīraṃ payonidheḥ | dakṣiṇe sāgare yo vai dṛśyate lavaṇākaraḥ
Mit den luftigen Lotos-Sitzen, die als die „Achtzehn“ bekannt sind, gelangte er an das Ufer des Ozeans — des salztragenden Meeres, das man wahrlich im Süden erblickt.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Jyotirlinga: Rāmeśvara
Sthala Purana: Rāma reaches the southern ocean-shore en route to Laṅkā; in the wider Rāmeśvara sthala-tradition, this liminal seashore becomes the setting for Śiva-ārādhana culminating in establishment/worship of the liṅga before the crossing.
Significance: Tīrtha-snāna and Śiva-darśana at the oceanic threshold; expiation and purification before undertaking a dharmic campaign; remembrance of Rāma’s Śiva-bhakti.
FAQs
It frames the sacred geography of the Jyotirlinga narrative: moving toward the southern oceanic tirtha symbolizes approaching Shiva’s sanctifying presence through pilgrimage undertaken with devotion and purity.
Kotirudrasaṃhitā connects locations (tirthas) to Saguna Shiva’s manifest grace as Jyotirlingas; the journey to the sea-shore prepares the devotee to encounter Shiva’s visible, worshipable form in a consecrated place.
Undertake tirtha-yatra with japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and maintain śauca (purity); on reaching a sacred water-body, perform ācamana and worship Shiva with flowers (padma) as an offering.