Shloka 24
Ghuśmeśa-jyotirliṅga-māhātmya
The Greatness of the Ghuśmeśa Jyotirlinga
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्तं तया श्रुत्वा सुधर्मा ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । शिवं सस्मार मनसा तदाग्रहनिपीडितः
sūta uvāca | evamuktaṃ tayā śrutvā sudharmā brāhmaṇottamaḥ | śivaṃ sasmāra manasā tadāgrahanipīḍitaḥ
Sūta said: Hearing those words spoken by her, Sudharmā—the best of brāhmaṇas—oppressed by that insistence, inwardly remembered Lord Śiva in his mind.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the narrative emphasizes smaraṇa (remembrance) as the pivot by which the bound soul turns toward Śiva’s anugraha.
Significance: General: mental remembrance of Śiva under distress is portrayed as efficacious and grace-inviting.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights śiva-smaraṇa (remembering Śiva) as immediate refuge when the devotee is mentally pressured—showing that inner turning to Pati (Śiva) begins the loosening of pasha (bondage) in a Shaiva Siddhanta sense.
Even without describing an external rite here, the verse points to Saguna-upāsanā through mental remembrance—an inward worship that supports later outward devotion to Śiva as Linga/Jyotirlinga in the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā context.
A simple practice is mānasa-japa and dhyāna: mentally repeat the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and contemplate Śiva when distressed, making remembrance itself an act of worship.