Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29
अवभृथस्नान-तीर्थयात्रा-तेजोदर्शनम् | Avabhṛtha Bath, Tīrtha-Pilgrimage, and the Vision of Divine Radiance
अविमुक्तेश्वरस्यापि लिंगस्याभ्यर्चनं सकृत् । आकाशे महतस्तस्य तेजोराशेश्च दर्शनम्
avimukteśvarasyāpi liṃgasyābhyarcanaṃ sakṛt | ākāśe mahatastasya tejorāśeśca darśanam
Schon eine einzige Verehrung des Liṅga von Avimukteśvara gewährt die Schau — am Himmel erscheinend — der gewaltigen Fülle göttlicher Strahlkraft jenes großen Herrn.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: Avimukteśvara (Lord of Avimukta/Kāśī) is celebrated as granting immediate salvific fruit: even once-only worship yields a theophany—vision of a vast tejo-rāśi (mass of divine radiance) appearing in the sky, echoing Kāśī’s status as a liberation-field.
Significance: Ekavāra-abhyarcana (single sincere worship) is portrayed as sufficient to trigger sākṣātkāra-like darśana, emphasizing Śiva’s readiness to bestow grace in Kāśī.
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
Cosmic Event: Theophanic sky-vision (ākāśa-darśana) of divine radiance
FAQs
It teaches that even minimal, sincere devotion to Avimukteśvara’s Liṅga can open the devotee to Shiva-darśana—an experiential glimpse of the Lord as pure, overwhelming tejas (divine radiance), indicating grace that loosens bondage (pāśa) and turns the soul toward liberation.
The Liṅga is Saguna Shiva’s accessible form for worship; through that concrete symbol, the devotee is led toward the subtler revelation of Shiva’s luminous reality (tejorāśi), bridging form-based devotion and the higher vision of the formless-transcendent Lord.
Perform even once a focused Liṅga-pūjā/abhisheka to Avimukteśvara with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and steady contemplation on Shiva as light (tejas), seeking darśana through devotion and inner stillness.