Shloka 47
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
महामहोत्सवस्तत्र प्रबभूवाद्भुतो द्विजाः । महेशकीर्तनं चक्रुस्सर्वे च सुखविह्वलाः
mahāmahotsavastatra prababhūvādbhuto dvijāḥ | maheśakīrtanaṃ cakrussarve ca sukhavihvalāḥ
Wahai para brāhmaṇa, di sana bangkitlah suatu perayaan agung yang luar biasa. Semua orang diliputi sukacita, lalu melantunkan kīrtana memuji Maheśa (Tuhan Śiva).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: In Ujjayinī, Śiva’s manifest presence as Mahākāla becomes the city’s spiritual axis; public kīrtana and festival joy are portrayed as the immediate fruit of His grace and protective lordship over the kṣetra.
Significance: Kīrtana and darśana in Mahākāla-kṣetra are framed as bestowing fearlessness, inner steadiness, and Śiva’s anugraha that turns collective life toward bhakti.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It highlights bhakti as an immediate purifier: collective glorification of Maheśa generates uplifting joy that turns the mind toward Śiva, the Pati (Lord) who grants grace and liberation.
In the Kotirudra context (Jyotirliṅga-centered devotion), kīrtana is a primary mode of Saguna Śiva worship—praising the Lord’s names, qualities, and sacred presence associated with the liṅga.
Nāma-kīrtana (repetition/singing of Śiva’s names) as congregational devotion; it can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple liṅga-upacāra worship.