Shloka 74
नारीसन्देहभञ्जक-शम्भ्ववतारकथा
The Account of Śambhu’s Incarnation that Dispels Doubts Concerning Women
या विप्रवनिता पूर्वंतमपुष्णात्स्वपुत्रवत् । सैव माताभवत्तस्य स भ्राता द्विजनन्दनः
yā vipravanitā pūrvaṃtamapuṣṇātsvaputravat | saiva mātābhavattasya sa bhrātā dvijanandanaḥ
That brāhmaṇa lady who, in earlier times, had nurtured him as though he were her own son—she indeed became his mother; and the twice-born youth whom she had borne became his brother, O best of brāhmaṇas.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse situates Śiva’s worship as the causal backdrop for Dharmagupta’s royal enjoyment in Vidarbha.
Significance: Frames arādhana of Śiva as yielding both dharmic prosperity (bhoga) and auspicious stability, encouraging devotees to integrate worship with righteous kingship/householder life.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights how dharmic care and selfless nurturing create sacred bonds, suggesting that relationships can be shaped by prior merit (puṇya) and divine ordering, which Shaiva tradition views as operating under the Lord’s governance.
Though not directly about the Liṅga, it supports the Shaiva view that Saguna Shiva oversees worldly order (dharma) and karmic fruition; devotion to Shiva aligns one’s conduct with that divine order.
The implied practice is dharmic living supported by Shiva-bhakti—regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and offering service to others as an act of devotion.