Shloka 45

रामेश्वरलिङ्गप्रादुर्भावः

The Manifestation/Origin of the Rāmeśvara Liṅga

Devanagari script

इति वश्च समाख्यातं ज्योतिर्लिगं शिवस्य तु । रामेश्वराभिधं दिव्यं शृण्वतां पापहारकम्

Transliteration

iti vaśca samākhyātaṃ jyotirligaṃ śivasya tu | rāmeśvarābhidhaṃ divyaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpahārakam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശിവന്റെ ദിവ്യ ജ്യോതിര്ലിംഗം ‘രാമേശ്വരം’ എന്നു നിങ്ങളോട് പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു; അതിന്റെ ശ്രവണമാത്രം ശ്രോതാക്കളുടെ പാപം ഹരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/प्रति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप (your/to you) — सन्दर्भानुसार ‘to you’ (dative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• समाख्यातम्: has been explained
• समाख्यातम्: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has been declared/told’

• ज्योतिः-लिङ्गम्: the Jyotirliṅga
• ज्योतिः-लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म/वाच्य-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘ज्योतिषः लिङ्गम्’

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• रामेश्वर-अभिधम्: named Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वर-अभिधम्: Karma (कर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘रामेश्वर इति अभिधा यस्य’ (named Rāmeśvara)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (कर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ज्योतिर्लिङ्गम् इति विशेषणम्

• शृण्वताम्: of those who listen
• शृण्वताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अधिकारी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शृण्वत् (कृदन्त; √श्रु धातु, शतृ-वर्तमान)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त; षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन (genitive plural) ‘of those who are listening’

• पाप-हारकम्: remover of sins
• पाप-हारकम्: Karma (कर्म/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हारक (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘पापं हरति’ (sin-removing)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Liṅgodbhava

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Rāmeśvara

Sthala Purana: Concluding declaration (phalaśruti) of the Rāmeśvara Jyotirliṅga narrative: the divya Jyotirliṅga’s very śravaṇa is pāpa-haraṇa.

Significance: Śravaṇa (hearing) of the māhātmya itself is meritorious and sin-destroying; establishes the text as a tirtha-in-sound (śabda-tīrtha) leading toward purification and grace.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rameshvara (Jyotirlinga)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that śravaṇa (devotional hearing) of a Jyotirliṅga’s māhātmya is itself a purifying sādhanā: by turning the mind toward Pati (Śiva), accumulated pāpa is weakened and the aspirant becomes fit for grace and liberation-oriented devotion.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By naming Rāmeśvara as Śiva’s Jyotirliṅga, the text affirms Saguna worship through the liṅga as a concrete, grace-bearing focus in which the infinite (Nirguṇa) is approached through a luminous, worshipable form for devotees.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular recitation and listening to the Rāmeśvara Jyotirliṅga māhātmya, followed by liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), is implied as an accessible practice for purification.