Shloka 56
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
एतज्ज्योतिर्लिंगकथां यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विंदति
etajjyotirliṃgakathāṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati
Whoever recites—or even hears—this sacred account of the Jyotirliṅga is released from all sins and, through the grace of Lord Śiva, the Supreme Pati, attains both worldly fulfillment (bhukti) and final liberation (mukti).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Phala-śruti: hearing/reciting the Jyotirliṅga narrative itself functions as a salvific act, purifying pāpa and granting bhukti–mukti.
Significance: Śravaṇa-pāṭha is elevated to a ‘portable pilgrimage’: merit of tīrtha-yātrā is accessed through kathā-śravaṇa, culminating in Śiva’s prasāda.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It states the phalaśruti (fruit of listening/reciting): the Jyotirliṅga narrative purifies karmic sin and, by Śiva’s grace, bestows both dharmic prosperity (bhukti) and ultimate release (mukti).
The Jyotirliṅga is Śiva’s accessible, saguna manifestation of infinite light; hearing its mahātmya is itself an act of bhakti and smaraṇa that connects the devotee to Śiva as Pati, the liberator.
Regular śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) of Jyotirliṅga-kathā—ideally with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and simple Liṅga-pūjā (water/abhisheka) on auspicious days like Mahāśivarātri.