Shloka 34
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
एतस्मिन्समये तत्र स्वाविरासीच्छिवो द्रुतम् । ज्योतिरूपो महेशश्च संतुष्टः प्रत्युवाच ह
etasminsamaye tatra svāvirāsīcchivo drutam | jyotirūpo maheśaśca saṃtuṣṭaḥ pratyuvāca ha
ಅದೇ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಪ್ರಕಟನಾದನು. ಜ್ಯೋತಿರೂಪ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರನು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತಿಯುತ್ತರವಾಗಿ ನುಡಿದನು.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It highlights Śiva as Pati (the supreme Lord) who, pleased by devotion, reveals Himself as jyoti—pure, grace-bestowing consciousness—showing that divine response arises from bhakti and surrender.
The ‘jyotirūpa’ manifestation echoes the Jyotirliṅga principle: the formless (nirguṇa) reality becomes approachable through a luminous, worship-worthy form (saguṇa), establishing the Linga as a bridge between transcendence and devotion.
Meditate on Śiva as inner light while offering Linga-pūjā with the Panchākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating the attitude that sincere worship invites the Lord’s immediate grace.