Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17
स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake
कूलशाखिशिखालीनकोकिलाकुलकूजितैः । आतपोपहतान्सर्वान्नामंत्रयदिवानिशम्
kūlaśākhiśikhālīnakokilākulakūjitaiḥ | ātapopahatānsarvānnāmaṃtrayadivāniśam
Par le chœur des kokila perchés sur les branches et les cimes du rivage, le bosquet résonnait de chant, comme s’il appelait sans relâche, par leur nom, tous les êtres accablés et frappés par l’ardeur du soleil, jour et nuit.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; the verse personifies the grove’s cuckoo-chorus as a compassionate summons to heat-struck beings—an image of grace calling the weary toward refuge.
Significance: Suggests the kṣetra as a ‘cooling’ refuge (śītala-prasāda) where beings are called by name—echoing the personal, saving dimension of Śiva’s anugraha.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It depicts nature as a constant summons to remembrance—like a living mantra—suggesting that the world itself can awaken the heat-wearied soul toward Shiva, the cooling refuge (śānti) beyond suffering.
The ceaseless “calling by name” mirrors nāma-smaraṇa (repetition of Shiva’s names) directed to Saguna Shiva, commonly centered on the Linga as the accessible form through which devotion becomes steady and continuous.
Practice continuous japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—especially during heat, distress, or restlessness, using rudrākṣa for steadiness and cultivating an unbroken flow of remembrance (aniśam).