Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 33
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे चतुर्थ्यां कोटिरुद्रसहितायां धुश्मेशज्योतिर्लिंगोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasahitāyāṃ dhuśmeśajyotirliṃgotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीशिवमहापुराण के चतुर्थ भाग कोटिरुद्रसंहिता में “धुश्मेश ज्योतिर्लिंग की उत्पत्ति के माहात्म्य का वर्णन” नामक तैंतीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
Suta Goswami
Jyotirlinga: Ghṛṣṇeśvara
Sthala Purana: Colophon explicitly frames the chapter as the māhātmya of the manifestation (utpatti) of the Dhuśmeśa Jyotirliṅga, identified in later/common tradition with Ghṛṣṇeśvara among the twelve.
Significance: Textual authority-marker: establishes the episode as kṣetra-māhātmya supporting tīrtha-yātrā and liṅga-darśana as a merit-bearing act.
FAQs
This is the chapter-colophon, marking the completion of the teaching on the Dhuśmeśa Jyotirlinga’s manifestation and its māhātmya—affirming that Shiva, as Jyotis (divine Light), becomes accessible to devotees through a sacred, worship-worthy form.
By naming the topic as “Jyotirliṅga-utpatti-māhātmya,” it frames the Liṅga as Shiva’s compassionate, saguna focus for devotion—through which the nirguna Reality is approached by darśana, pūjā, and remembrance.
It implicitly points to Jyotirlinga pilgrimage and Liṅga-pūjā—especially abhiṣeka with devotion, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and disciplined worship aligned with Shaiva observances.