Shloka 30

ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग-तदुपलिङ्ग-माहात्म्यवर्णनम्

Narration of the Greatness of the Jyotirliṅga and Associated Liṅgas

Devanagari script

एकं च पूजितं येन षण्मासं तन्निरन्तरम् । तस्य दुःखं न जायेत मातृकुक्षिसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

ekaṃ ca pūjitaṃ yena ṣaṇmāsaṃ tannirantaram | tasya duḥkhaṃ na jāyeta mātṛkukṣisamudbhavam

Translation

Whoever worships the One (Lord Śiva) continuously for six months—without interruption—will not be born into the sorrow that arises from dwelling in the mother’s womb.

Word by Word

• एकम्: one (object)
• एकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; numeral used substantively

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूजितम्: worshipped
• पूजितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘एकम्’

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• षण्मासम्: for six months
• षण्मासम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: षट् + मास

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun (referring to worship)

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; adverbial accusative qualifying the action

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जायेत: would arise
• जायेत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘may/should be born/arise’

• मातृकुक्षिसमुद्भवम्: born from the mother’s womb
• मातृकुक्षिसमुद्भवम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मातुः कुक्षेः समुद्भवम्; qualifies ‘दुःखम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General vrata-like discipline: uninterrupted worship for a fixed period yields release from saṃsāric rebirth and its prenatal suffering.

Significance: Highlights niyama (regularity) in worship as a catalyst for pāśa-kṣaya and freedom from punarjanma; frames liberation as relief from womb-suffering (garbha-duḥkha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches niṣkampa-bhakti (unbroken devotion): sustained worship of Śiva purifies the bound soul (paśu) and loosens the bonds (pāśa) that keep one cycling through embodied suffering, symbolized here by the pain of womb-existence.

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

In the Kotirudra context, worship is typically expressed through saguna upāsanā—especially Liṅga-pūjā—where continuity (nirantara) is emphasized as the key discipline that matures devotion into liberating grace (anugraha) of Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily, uninterrupted Śiva-pūjā for a fixed vow-period (six months), ideally with Liṅga worship, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and steady observances such as bhasma/tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa where appropriate.