Shloka 56

गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification

Devanagari script

ज्योतिर्लिंगं त्र्यंबकं हि पूजितं गौतमेन ह । सर्वकामप्रदं चात्र परत्र परमुक्तिदम्

Transliteration

jyotirliṃgaṃ tryaṃbakaṃ hi pūjitaṃ gautamena ha | sarvakāmapradaṃ cātra paratra paramuktidam

Translation

Indeed, the Jyotirliṅga of Tryambaka was worshipped by Gautama. Here it grants the fulfillment of all worthy desires, and in the hereafter it bestows the supreme liberation (moksha).

Word by Word

• ज्योतिः-लिङ्गम्: the Jyotirlinga
• ज्योतिः-लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्योतिषः लिङ्गम्)

• त्र्यंबकम्: Tryambaka (name of Śiva)
• त्र्यंबकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण (ज्योतिर्लिङ्गम् इति)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• पूजितम्: worshipped
• पूजितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘पूजितम्’ = ‘was worshipped’

• गौतमेन: by Gautama
• गौतमेन: Kartr (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent in passive)

• ह: (emphatic particle)
• ह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; पदपूरण/अनुनासिक-भाव

• सर्व-काम-प्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्व-काम-प्रदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां कामानां प्रदम्) विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in the other world/thereafter)

• परम-उक्ति-दम्: bestowing supreme liberation
• परम-उक्ति-दम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परमायाः मुक्तेः दम्/दातृ) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tryambakeśvara

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Tryambakeśvara

Sthala Purana: Sage Gautama is presented as a paradigmatic worshipper of the Tryambaka Jyotirliṅga; the kṣetra grants worldly fulfillments (sarva-kāma) and culminates in para-mukti.

Significance: Integrates the two aims: iha (here) dharmic prosperity and paratra (hereafter) mokṣa—showing Śiva as both giver of boons and liberator.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Gautama

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that devotion to the Tryambakeśvara Jyotirliṅga yields both worldly well-being and the highest goal—liberation—showing Śiva as the gracious Pati who grants bhukti (enjoyment) and mukti (release).

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

By praising the Jyotirliṅga worship performed by Gautama, it presents the Liṅga as a saguna, accessible manifestation of Śiva’s transcendent light—through which devotees approach the nirguna reality and attain moksha.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Liṅga-pūjā at Tryambakeśvara with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a disciplined, reverent mind, aiming for inner purification that culminates in liberation.