Shloka 53
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
नूनमस्य विरोधेन शिवः क्रोधं करिष्यति । तत्क्रोधाद्धि वयं सर्वे भविष्यामो विनष्टकाः
nūnamasya virodhena śivaḥ krodhaṃ kariṣyati | tatkrodhāddhi vayaṃ sarve bhaviṣyāmo vinaṣṭakāḥ
Sesungguhnya, dengan menentangnya, Dewa Śiva akan murka. Dan akibat kemurkaan itu, benar-benar kita semua akan binasa sama sekali.
Suta Goswami (narrating the fear expressed by the concerned beings in the Kotirudra narrative)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: The narrative tension frames Mahākāla’s kṣetra as protected by Śiva’s sovereignty: hostility toward His devotee is feared to provoke Rudra’s wrath, leading to ruin—an implicit warning about aparādha in a jyotirliṅga-kṣetra.
Significance: Cultivates fear of aparādha and respect for kṣetra-dharma; encourages surrender and reconciliation as the safer path in Mahākāla’s domain.
FAQs
The verse warns that “virodha” (opposition rooted in ego and adharma) invites the force of Shiva’s corrective power; in Shaiva Siddhanta, ruin follows not from Shiva’s cruelty but from the soul’s self-created bondage colliding with divine order.
It reinforces turning from antagonism to reverence—approaching Saguna Shiva through Linga-worship as a concrete act of surrender, aligning one’s will with Shiva rather than resisting the divine presence that sustains dharma.
Adopt a pacifying, devotional regimen: daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) with remembrance of Shiva, and humble prayer for kṣamā (forgiveness) to dissolve the tendency toward virodha.