Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 24
Ghuśmeśa-jyotirliṅga-māhātmya
The Greatness of the Ghuśmeśa Jyotirlinga
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्तं तया श्रुत्वा सुधर्मा ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । शिवं सस्मार मनसा तदाग्रहनिपीडितः
sūta uvāca | evamuktaṃ tayā śrutvā sudharmā brāhmaṇottamaḥ | śivaṃ sasmāra manasā tadāgrahanipīḍitaḥ
ਸੂਤ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਉਸ ਦੇ ਬਚਨ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਸੁਧਰਮਾ, ਉਸ ਆਗ੍ਰਹ ਨਾਲ ਦਬਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ, ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗਾ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the narrative emphasizes smaraṇa (remembrance) as the pivot by which the bound soul turns toward Śiva’s anugraha.
Significance: General: mental remembrance of Śiva under distress is portrayed as efficacious and grace-inviting.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights śiva-smaraṇa (remembering Śiva) as immediate refuge when the devotee is mentally pressured—showing that inner turning to Pati (Śiva) begins the loosening of pasha (bondage) in a Shaiva Siddhanta sense.
Even without describing an external rite here, the verse points to Saguna-upāsanā through mental remembrance—an inward worship that supports later outward devotion to Śiva as Linga/Jyotirlinga in the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā context.
A simple practice is mānasa-japa and dhyāna: mentally repeat the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and contemplate Śiva when distressed, making remembrance itself an act of worship.