Shloka 55
रावणस्य तपः-शिवानुग्रहः — Rāvaṇa’s Austerity and Śiva’s Bestowal of Grace
अमोघया सुदृष्ट्या वै वैद्यवद्योजितानि मे । शिरांसि संधयित्वा तु दृष्टानि परमात्मना
amoghayā sudṛṣṭyā vai vaidyavadyojitāni me | śirāṃsi saṃdhayitvā tu dṛṣṭāni paramātmanā
“Indeed, by His unfailing, auspicious glance, my severed heads were rejoined—set together as expertly as a physician would do—and thus I was restored by the vision and grace of the Supreme Self (Śiva).”
Suta Goswami (narrating the Kotirudra Samhita account to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vaidyanātha
Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha
Sthala Purana: Śiva’s ‘amoghā sudṛṣṭi’ (infallible auspicious glance) heals the devotee by rejoining severed heads ‘like a physician’; this healing-grace becomes the theological basis for the epithet Vaidyanātha—‘Lord of Physicians’.
Significance: Darśana at Vaidyanātha is famed for ārogya (healing), removal of afflictions, and as a gateway to bhukti and mukti through Śiva’s prasāda.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (saving grace): His mere auspicious glance restores what is broken, symbolizing the soul’s healing and reintegration when touched by the Lord’s compassion.
The verse emphasizes darśana—encountering Śiva in a gracious, personal (saguṇa) mode. In Jyotirliṅga/Liṅga worship, devotees seek this same transforming “glance” through devotion, pilgrimage, and daily pūjā.
A practical takeaway is to cultivate darśana-bhakti: worship the Liṅga with pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), apply tripuṇḍra bhasma, and meditate on Śiva’s compassionate gaze as inward purification and restoration.