Shloka 39

ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग-तदुपलिङ्ग-माहात्म्यवर्णनम्

Narration of the Greatness of the Jyotirliṅga and Associated Liṅgas

Devanagari script

केदारेश्वरसंजातं भूतेशं यमुना तटे । महापापहरं प्रोक्तं पश्यतामर्चतान्तथा

Transliteration

kedāreśvarasaṃjātaṃ bhūteśaṃ yamunā taṭe | mahāpāpaharaṃ proktaṃ paśyatāmarcatāntathā

Translation

On the bank of the Yamunā is Bhūteśa, arisen as Kedāreśvara. It is proclaimed to destroy even great sins—for those who behold it and likewise worship it.

Word by Word

• केदारेश्वरसंजातम्: arisen from Kedāreśvara
• केदारेश्वरसंजातम्: Karma (कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केदारेश्वर + संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (केदारेश्वरात् संजातम्), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; qualifies (लिङ्गम् understood)

• भूतेशम्: Bhūteśa (Lord of beings)
• भूतेशम्: Karma (कर्म) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + ईश (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (भूतानां ईशः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (epithet)

• यमुना: of Yamunā
• यमुना: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive) एकवचन (implicit with तटे: ‘on the bank of Yamunā’)

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महापापहरम्: remover of great sins
• महापापहरम्: Karma (कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (महापापं हरति/हरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; qualifies (लिङ्गम् understood)

• प्रोक्तम्: declared/said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya-puraka (क्रियापूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is declared’

• पश्यताम्: of those who behold
• पश्यताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु) → पश्यत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle) → षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of those who see’ (genitive absolute-like)

• अर्चताम्: of those who worship
• अर्चताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) → अर्चत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle) → षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of those who worship’

• अन्यथा: thus/likewise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘otherwise/also/so’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha

Sthala Purana: The verse identifies Bhūteśa on the Yamunā bank as ‘arisen as Kedāreśvara’, reflecting a Kedāra-manifestation motif. While the canonical Kedāranātha is Himalayan, this passage suggests a Kedāra-nāma/manifestation associated with Yamunā-side sacred geography in this catalog.

Significance: Mahā-pāpa-hara: darśana plus arcana are both efficacious—seeing (darśana) initiates grace, worship (arcana) deepens it, culminating in karmic attenuation (pāśa-kṣaya).

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kedāreśvara
• Bhūteśa
• Yamunā

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva’s saguna presence as Kedāreśvara/Bhūteśa at a sacred tīrtha grants powerful purification: darśana (seeing with devotion) and arcana (ritual worship) are said to destroy even grave sins, preparing the soul for liberation under Pati (Śiva).

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

Kedāreśvara is invoked as a manifest form of Śiva associated with a holy locale; the verse emphasizes saguna upāsanā—approaching Śiva through tangible presence (tīrtha/linga), receiving darśana, and performing arcana as a direct means of grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform darśana and arcana: offer water (especially at a river-tīrtha), bilva leaves, and repeat the Panchākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with repentance and devotion, understanding Śiva as the remover of mahāpāpa.