Shloka 12
Gṛhapati’s Vow: Turning Grief into Mṛtyuñjaya–Mahākāla Sādhana (गृहपतेः प्रतिज्ञा—मृत्युंजय-महाकालजपः)
आवयोस्तापनाशाय महोपायस्त्वयेरितः । मृत्युंजयाख्यदेवस्य समाराधनलक्षणः
āvayostāpanāśāya mahopāyastvayeritaḥ | mṛtyuṃjayākhyadevasya samārādhanalakṣaṇaḥ
To remove the affliction troubling us both, you have indeed prescribed a great means—namely, the method and discipline of worship by which the Lord known as Mṛtyuñjaya, the Conqueror of Death, is duly propitiated.
Suta Goswami (narrating the dialogue within Śatarudrasaṃhitā; the line is spoken by a devotee addressing a revered instructor/authority in-context).
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahadeva
Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanatha
Sthala Purana: Mṛtyuñjaya/vaidya-bhāva (Śiva as the healer-conqueror of death) is thematically aligned with Vaidyanātha; the verse itself teaches the upāya of propitiating Mṛtyuñjaya to remove tāpa (affliction).
Significance: Ārogya (healing), mṛtyu-bhaya-śānti (pacification of fear of death), and pāśa-kṣaya through Śiva’s anugraha.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: liberating
FAQs
It presents Mṛtyuñjaya Shiva as the supreme refuge for overcoming inner and outer suffering—showing that affliction is best dissolved through disciplined devotion (samārādhana) to Shiva, who grants both protection and the higher freedom of liberation.
Mṛtyuñjaya is a Saguna (personal) form of Shiva approached through concrete worship—often centered on the Shiva-linga—where ritual devotion and mantra-based propitiation become the means to receive Shiva’s grace.
The verse points to samārādhana of Mṛtyuñjaya—practically expressed through Mṛtyuñjaya mantra japa, linga-abhisheka with purity and devotion, and steady meditation on Shiva as the conqueror of death and fear.