Shloka 47
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
सुधूपितं समुत्थाप्य शिक्योपरि निधाय च । पंचब्रह्ममये रम्ये रथे संस्थापयेत्तनुम्
sudhūpitaṃ samutthāpya śikyopari nidhāya ca | paṃcabrahmamaye ramye rathe saṃsthāpayettanum
ਸੁਗੰਧ ਧੂਪ ਨਾਲ ਧੂਪਿਤ ਉਸ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ ਉਠਾ ਕੇ ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਯ (ਢੋਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਝੋਲੀ/ਝੂਲਾ) ਉੱਤੇ ਰੱਖੇ। ਫਿਰ ਪੰਚਬ੍ਰਹਮਮਯ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਰਥ ਉੱਤੇ ਉਸ ਤਨੂ (ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਿਤ ਰੂਪ) ਨੂੰ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰੇ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse describes pañcabrahma-based installation imagery (pañcabrahma-ratha) used in Kailāsa-tradition worship/arcana procession.
Mantra: (सूचित) पञ्चब्रह्म-सम्बद्ध मन्त्राः: सद्योजात-वामदेव-अघोर-तत्पुरुष-ईशान
Type: stotra
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It presents Shiva as the Panchabrahma—His fivefold self-revelation—teaching that ritual acts like incense and installation are outer supports for inner reverence to Pati (the Lord) who manifests through sacred form for the devotee’s uplift.
The verse describes handling and installing a consecrated form (“tanu”), consistent with Saguna worship where Shiva is approached through a sanctified emblem/form; the Panchabrahma framework anchors the form in Shiva’s five-aspect theology.
A ritual sequence is implied: incense purification (dhūpa), careful lifting and carrying of the sanctified form, and firm installation on a Panchabrahma-consecrated chariot—paired with Panchabrahma remembrance/mantras during the procession.