Shloka 54
Bhaimaśaṅkara-māhātmya: Śiva’s Descent in Kāmarūpa and the Rise of Bhīma
कृत्वा च पार्थिवीं मूर्तिं पूजयित्वा विधानतः । तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्नमस्कारादिभिः क्रमात्
kṛtvā ca pārthivīṃ mūrtiṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ | tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotrairnamaskārādibhiḥ kramāt
मिट्टी की मूर्ति बनाकर और विधि के अनुसार उसकी पूजा करके, उन्होंने क्रमशः नमस्कार आदि से आरंभ कर विविध स्तोत्रों द्वारा (शिव की) स्तुति की।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojata
Sthala Purana: The making of a pārthiva-mūrti (earthen emblem) reflects a portable, vow-based worship practice rather than a fixed jyotirliṅga shrine; it sacralizes place through rite (vidhāna) and devotion.
Significance: Highlights the accessibility of Śiva-upāsanā: even a clay form, when ritually installed and worshipped, becomes a conduit for anugraha—loosening pāśa through correct practice and bhakti.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that sincere devotion expressed through correctly ordered worship—making a simple earthen form and honoring Śiva with praise and reverence—can become a complete path of bhakti leading toward Śiva’s grace (anugraha) and inner purification.
By creating a tangible earthen form for worship, the devotee approaches Śiva as Saguna (with form) through the liṅga/embodied symbol, using stotras and namaskāra as devotional upacāras; through this, the mind is steadied and led toward the higher, formless reality.
It suggests parthiva-liṅga (clay) worship performed “vidhānataḥ” (by rule): begin with namaskāra, proceed step-by-step with prescribed offerings, and conclude with stotra-recitation—ideally supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).