मृत्युञ्जयेन मन्त्रेण तस्य तुष्टो यतो हरः । तेन मृत्युञ्जयेशेति ख्यातं लिंगं धरातले
mṛtyuñjayena mantreṇa tasya tuṣṭo yato haraḥ | tena mṛtyuñjayeśeti khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ dharātale
മൃത്യുഞ്ജയ മന്ത്രത്തിലൂടെ ഹരൻ (ശിവൻ) അവനിൽ പ്രസന്നനായി. അതിനാൽ ആ ലിംഗം ഭൂമിയിൽ ‘മൃത്യുഞ്ജയേശ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Mṛtyuñjayeśa
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A focus on the liṅga with an inscribed or proclaimed name ‘Mṛtyuñjayeśa’; devotees chant as a luminous aura encircles the shrine, suggesting the mantra’s power making the liṅga famous across the earth.
Mantra-sādhana is shown as a cause of divine pleasure, which sanctifies a place and establishes enduring sacred fame.
Mṛtyuñjayeśa Liṅga at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Japa of the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra as the devotional practice that pleases Śiva.