Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 15

Kumārasya Krāuñcaparvatagamanam

Kumāra’s Departure to Mount Krāuñca

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवपुराणे चतुर्थ्यां कोटि रुद्रसंहिताया मल्लिकार्जुनद्वितीयज्योतिर्लिंगवर्णनंनाम पंचदशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivapurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭi rudrasaṃhitāyā mallikārjunadvitīyajyotirliṃgavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Śiva Purāṇa—en la Cuarta Saṃhitā, la Koṭirudra Saṃhitā—concluye el capítulo decimoquinto, titulado “Descripción de Mallikārjuna, el segundo Jyotirliṅga”.

Word by Word

• इति: thus/end of
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसमाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसंहारवाचक-अव्यय (quotative/closing particle)

• श्रीशिवपुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Purāṇa
• श्रीशिवपुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + शिव + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य पुराणम्) with श्री-उपपद, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• चतुर्थ्याम्: in the fourth (book/part)
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the fourth (section/book)’

• कोटिरुद्रसंहितायाः: of the Koṭirudra-saṃhitā
• कोटिरुद्रसंहितायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + रुद्र + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कोटिरुद्र-विषयिका संहिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• मल्लिकार्जुनद्वितीयज्योतिर्लिङ्गवर्णनम्: the description of Mallikārjuna, the second Jyotirliṅga
• मल्लिकार्जुनद्वितीयज्योतिर्लिङ्गवर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिकार्जुन + द्वितीय + ज्योतिः + लिङ्ग + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (मल्लिकार्जुनस्य द्वितीयस्य ज्योतिर्लिङ्गस्य वर्णनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable meaning ‘named/called’)

• पञ्चदशः: fifteenth
• पञ्चदशः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (पञ्च + दश), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अध्यायः इति विशेषण

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Mallikārjuna

Sthala Purana: Colophon identifying the chapter as the Mallikārjuna (second Jyotirliṅga) description; in the Srisailam tradition, Śiva manifests as Mallikārjuna and Devī as Bhramarāmbā, granting darśana and grace to devotees and to the divine family narrative centered on Kumāra.

Significance: One of the twelve Jyotirliṅgas; pilgrimage is credited with removal of pāśa (bondage), fulfillment of dharma/artha/kāma, and maturation toward mokṣa through Śiva’s anugraha.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Mallikārjuna

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

This is the colophon marking the completion of a chapter, emphasizing Mallikārjuna as a Jyotirliṅga—Śiva’s saguna, grace-bestowing manifestation through which devotees approach purification and liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By naming “Mallikārjuna” as a Jyotirliṅga, it frames Śiva’s worship through the Liṅga as a concrete, luminous focus for devotion, pilgrimage, and receiving Śiva’s anugraha (saving grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a chapter-end title for a Jyotirliṅga, it points to tīrtha-yātrā and Liṅga-pūjā—especially abhiṣeka, japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and steady dhyāna on Śiva as Pati (Lord) who loosens pāśa (bondage).