Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यः पश्येद्भक्तितो ज्योतिर्लिंगं त्र्यंबकनामकम् । पूजयेत्प्रणमेत्स्तुत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

yaḥ paśyedbhaktito jyotirliṃgaṃ tryaṃbakanāmakam | pūjayetpraṇametstutvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Whoever, with devotion, beholds the Jyotirliṅga known as Tryambaka, and then worships it, bows down, and offers praise—such a person is released from all sins.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun (सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• paśyet: should see
• paśyet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• jyotiḥ-liṅgam: the Jyotirliṅga
• jyotiḥ-liṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘jyotiṣaḥ liṅgam’

• tryaṃbaka-nāmakam: named Tryambaka
• tryaṃbaka-nāmakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tryaṃbaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘tryaṃbakasya nāma yasya’ = ‘named Tryambaka’

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• praṇamet: should bow
• praṇamet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-nam (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• stutvā: having praised
• stutvā: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having praised’

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः ‘sarvāṇi pāpāni’

• pramucyate: is freed; is released
• pramucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-muc (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tryambakeśvara

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Tryambakeśvara

Sthala Purana: The māhātmya emphasizes a fourfold devotional sequence—darśana, pūjā, praṇāma, stuti—culminating in sarva-pāpa-pramocana at Tryambaka.

Significance: Darśana and worship of the Jyotirliṅga with bhakti grants comprehensive purification, preparing the paśu (bound soul) for Śiva’s grace and higher realization.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotional darśana of the Tryambaka Jyotirliṅga—followed by pūjā, namaskāra, and stuti—purifies the soul and removes pāpa, supporting the Shaiva Siddhanta emphasis on Shiva’s grace responding to sincere bhakti.

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

The Jyotirliṅga is a sacred Saguna focus through which devotees approach the transcendent (Nirguna) Shiva; seeing, worshipping, and praising the liṅga becomes a direct, embodied means to receive Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform liṅga-darśana with devotion, offer simple pūjā (water, bilva leaves, lamp), do praṇāma, and recite stuti/mantra such as the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” or the Tryambaka (Mahāmṛtyuñjaya) mantra.