Shloka 52
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
पूजां कृत्वा महेशस्य मिलित्वा च परस्परम् । हित्वा चांतर्मलं तत्र लेभिरे परमं सुखम्
pūjāṃ kṛtvā maheśasya militvā ca parasparam | hitvā cāṃtarmalaṃ tatra lebhire paramaṃ sukham
മഹേശനെ പൂജിച്ച് പരസ്പരം സൗഹൃദത്തോടെ ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടി, അവിടെത്തന്നെ അന്തർമലം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് പരമസുഖം പ്രാപിച്ചു।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Jyotirlinga: Ghṛṣṇeśvara
Sthala Purana: Worship at the Ghuśmeśa Liṅga results in the casting off of inner impurity (antarmala) and attainment of supreme bliss, highlighting the site’s salvific efficacy.
Significance: Frames the jyotirliṅga as a locus of mala-kṣaya and sukha/ānanda—Śaiva Siddhānta’s emphasis on grace removing bondage.
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-bhakti expressed through proper pūjā purifies the antahkaraṇa (inner instrument), dissolving antarmala (inner defilement) and revealing parama-sukha—bliss aligned with liberation.
In the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā’s Jyotirliṅga context, worship of Saguna Śiva (as the Liṅga/manifest Lord) becomes the practical means by which devotees purify themselves and experience the Lord’s grace as supreme bliss.
Perform Śiva-pūjā with devotion and purity, keep harmonious company with fellow devotees (satsaṅga), and cultivate inner cleansing through japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined mind—so the “inner impurity” is relinquished.