Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 74
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
श्रीकरोपि महातेजा उपदिष्टो हनूमता । ब्राह्मणैस्सहधर्मज्ञैश्चक्रे शम्भोस्समर्हणम्
śrīkaropi mahātejā upadiṣṭo hanūmatā | brāhmaṇaissahadharmajñaiścakre śambhossamarhaṇam
Śrīkara juga, yang bercahaya wibawa dan telah diajarkan oleh Hanumān, bersama para brahmana yang mengetahui dharma, melaksanakan pemujaan dan penghormatan yang layak kepada Dewa Śambhu (Śiva).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Śrīkara, instructed by Hanūmān, performs Śambhu’s proper worship with dharma-knowing brāhmaṇas—this is the immediate ritual prelude to the Mahākāla-centered culmination stated in v75–76.
Significance: Highlights the Siddhāntic pathway: right instruction (upadeśa), association with dharmic teachers, and correct ārādhana lead toward Śiva’s anugraha.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It emphasizes that Shiva-worship becomes firmly established when guided by a realized devotee (Hanumān) and performed in harmony with dharma; honoring Śambhu with reverence purifies the devotee and supports liberation-oriented devotion.
By stating “Śambhoḥ samarhaṇam” (proper honoring of Śambhu), the verse points to saguna upāsanā—ritual reverence to Shiva (commonly through the Śiva-liṅga) performed according to dharma and traditional guidance.
The takeaway is disciplined Shiva-pūjā under right instruction—offering with reverence, supported by dharmic conduct; practitioners may pair this with japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as the inner honoring of Śambhu.