Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 48
मृत्युञ्जय-विद्या-प्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Transmission of the Mṛtyuñjaya Vidyā
त्वयेदं स्थापितं लिंगं शुक्रेशमिति संज्ञितम् । येऽर्चयिष्यंति भनुजास्तेषां सिद्धिर्भविष्यति
tvayedaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ śukreśamiti saṃjñitam | ye'rcayiṣyaṃti bhanujāsteṣāṃ siddhirbhaviṣyati
આ લિંગ તમારા દ્વારા સ્થાપિત થયું છે અને ‘શુક્રેશ’ નામે ઓળખાય છે. ભાનુના વંશજો જે તેની અર્ચના કરશે, તેમને નિશ્ચિત સિદ્ધિ મળશે.
Lord Shiva (bestowing the name and फलश्रुति for the Liṅga worship)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Śiva names a newly established Liṅga as “Śukreśa” and grants a phalaśruti: Bhānu’s descendants who worship it attain siddhi. The naming functions as a local-māhātmya establishing the site’s salvific efficacy.
Significance: Worship (arcana) of the Śukreśa-liṅga is promised siddhi—interpretable in Śaiva Siddhānta as both laukika success and, when joined with right devotion/knowledge, a movement toward Śiva’s anugraha.
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse functions as a phalaśruti: Śiva sanctifies a specific Liṅga by naming it Śukreśa and declares that devoted worship (arcana) leads to siddhi—spiritual success under Śiva’s grace.
It affirms Saguna-upāsanā through the Liṅga: the formless (nirguṇa) Śiva becomes approachable through a consecrated form, and sincere arcana to that form is said to yield definite spiritual fruition.
Regular Liṅga-arcana—offering water, flowers, and mantra-japa (commonly the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is implied as the practical means for attaining siddhi through devotion.