Shloka 32
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गावतारकथनम्
Account of the Twelve Jyotirliṅga Manifestations
ज्योतिर्लिंगस्वरूपेण संस्थितस्तत्र मुक्तिदः । स्वयं सिद्धस्वरूपो हि तथा स्वपुरि स प्रभुः
jyotirliṃgasvarūpeṇa saṃsthitastatra muktidaḥ | svayaṃ siddhasvarūpo hi tathā svapuri sa prabhuḥ
Established there in the very form of the Jyotirliṅga, the Lord bestows liberation. Indeed, that Prabhu is self-manifest and ever-accomplished in nature, and likewise abides in His own divine city as the sovereign presence.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: Viśveśvara is said to be established ‘there’ as Jyotirliṅga and explicitly called muktida (giver of liberation). The phrase svayaṃ-siddha-svarūpa underscores self-manifestation (not human-installed), aligning with Jyotirliṅga theology: Śiva reveals himself as light and grants mokṣa by presence and grace.
Significance: Frames the kṣetra as a direct locus of anugraha: liberation is not merely post-mortem but a fruit of contact with the self-revealed Lord and his ‘own city’ (svapurī) understood as a privileged salvific space.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It declares that Shiva’s Jyotirliṅga presence is not merely symbolic but a liberating manifestation—darśana and devotion to this self-manifest Lord lead the soul toward mokṣa under Shiva’s grace (pati-anugraha).
The verse frames the Liṅga as Shiva’s accessible, saguna mode of presence—yet rooted in the Jyotis (transcendent light). Worship of the Jyotirliṅga thus bridges form-based devotion with realization of Shiva’s supreme reality.
Jyotirliṅga-centered upāsanā: perform Liṅga abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (especially Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and meditate on Shiva as the self-manifest light that grants liberation.