Shloka 30

ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग-तदुपलिङ्ग-माहात्म्यवर्णनम्

Narration of the Greatness of the Jyotirliṅga and Associated Liṅgas

Devanagari script

एकं च पूजितं येन षण्मासं तन्निरन्तरम् । तस्य दुःखं न जायेत मातृकुक्षिसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

ekaṃ ca pūjitaṃ yena ṣaṇmāsaṃ tannirantaram | tasya duḥkhaṃ na jāyeta mātṛkukṣisamudbhavam

Translation

Sesiapa yang memuja Yang Esa (Śiva) tanpa putus selama enam bulan berturut-turut, maka tidak akan lahir ke dalam dukacita yang timbul daripada berada dalam rahim ibu.

Word by Word

• एकम्: one (object)
• एकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; numeral used substantively

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

• पूजितम्: worshipped
• पूजितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘एकम्’

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• षण्मासम्: for six months
• षण्मासम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: षट् + मास

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun (referring to worship)

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; adverbial accusative qualifying the action

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• जायेत: would arise
• जायेत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘may/should be born/arise’

• मातृकुक्षिसमुद्भवम्: born from the mother’s womb
• मातृकुक्षिसमुद्भवम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मातुः कुक्षेः समुद्भवम्; qualifies ‘दुःखम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General vrata-like discipline: uninterrupted worship for a fixed period yields release from saṃsāric rebirth and its prenatal suffering.

Significance: Highlights niyama (regularity) in worship as a catalyst for pāśa-kṣaya and freedom from punarjanma; frames liberation as relief from womb-suffering (garbha-duḥkha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches niṣkampa-bhakti (unbroken devotion): sustained worship of Śiva purifies the bound soul (paśu) and loosens the bonds (pāśa) that keep one cycling through embodied suffering, symbolized here by the pain of womb-existence.

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

In the Kotirudra context, worship is typically expressed through saguna upāsanā—especially Liṅga-pūjā—where continuity (nirantara) is emphasized as the key discipline that matures devotion into liberating grace (anugraha) of Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily, uninterrupted Śiva-pūjā for a fixed vow-period (six months), ideally with Liṅga worship, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and steady observances such as bhasma/tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa where appropriate.