Shloka 66
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
अनेमिरिष्टनेमिश्च मुकुन्दो विगतज्वरः । स्वयंज्योतिर्महाज्योतिस्तनुज्योतिरचंचलः
anemiriṣṭanemiśca mukundo vigatajvaraḥ | svayaṃjyotirmahājyotistanujyotiracaṃcalaḥ
He is without rim or limit, and yet the Lord of flawless, perfect measure. He is Mukunda, the giver of mokṣa, free from every fever of affliction. Self-luminous, He is the Great Light—His very form is Light—unmoving and unwavering.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Liṅgodbhava
Sthala Purana: The epithets ‘svayaṃ-jyoti’ and ‘mahā-jyoti’ evoke the Liṅgodbhava motif: the endless pillar of light revealing Śiva’s supremacy beyond limits (anemi) and granting mokṣa (mukunda).
Significance: Contemplation of Śiva as self-effulgent light is held to burn pāśa (bondage) and steady the mind toward liberation.
Mantra: अनेमिरिष्टनेमिश्च मुकुन्दो विगतज्वरः । स्वयंज्योतिर्महाज्योतिस्तनुज्योतिरचंचलः
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
This verse praises Shiva as the self-effulgent Supreme Light (svayaṃjyoti, mahājyoti) who is steady and unchanging; contemplating Him dissolves inner “fever” (jvara)—restlessness, sorrow, and bondage—leading the soul toward liberation.
The Jyotirlinga embodies Shiva as Light: the formless (nirguṇa) reality made approachable through a sacred form (saguṇa). Worship of the Linga trains the devotee to recognize Shiva as the inner, self-luminous presence beyond all limits.
Meditate on Shiva as a steady flame of light in the heart while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; in Jyotirlinga worship, offer a ghee lamp (dīpa) and pray for the cooling of jvara—mental agitation and suffering.