Shloka 26
गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification
इति श्री शिवमहापुराणे चतुर्थ्यां कोटिरुद्रसंहितायां । त्र्यंबकेश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः
iti śrī śivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ | tryaṃbakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah dalam Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, pada bagian keempat—Koṭirudra-saṃhitā—berakhir bab kedua puluh enam yang berjudul “Uraian Kemuliaan Tryambakeśvara.”
Suta Goswami
Jyotirlinga: Tryambakeśvara
Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the completion of the Tryambakeśvara-māhātmya chapter; it functions as a textual ‘seal’ situating the preceding narrative within the jyotirliṅga’s glory-literature.
Significance: Signals that the chapter is intended for śravaṇa/pāṭha as a merit-bearing act connected to the Tryambakeśvara kṣetra.
FAQs
This is the colophon marking the completion of the Tryambakeśvara-māhātmya chapter, emphasizing that the glory of a Jyotirliṅga is preserved as authoritative Purāṇic teaching meant to inspire bhakti and pilgrimage-oriented remembrance of Śiva.
By naming Tryambakeśvara and framing the section as “māhātmya,” it points to Saguna Śiva worship through the Jyotirliṅga—Śiva made accessible to devotees via a sacred locus where devotion, ritual, and grace converge.
As a chapter-ending marker for a Jyotirliṅga-māhātmya, it implicitly supports practices like visiting the kṣetra, performing liṅga-abhisheka, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with bhakti and purity.