मृत्युञ्जयेन मन्त्रेण तस्य तुष्टो यतो हरः । तेन मृत्युञ्जयेशेति ख्यातं लिंगं धरातले
mṛtyuñjayena mantreṇa tasya tuṣṭo yato haraḥ | tena mṛtyuñjayeśeti khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ dharātale
ਮ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯੁੰਜਯ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਜਦੋਂ ਹਰ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਇਆ, ਤਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਲਿੰਗ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ‘ਮ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯੁੰਜਯੇਸ਼’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Mṛtyuñjayeśa
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A focus on the liṅga with an inscribed or proclaimed name ‘Mṛtyuñjayeśa’; devotees chant as a luminous aura encircles the shrine, suggesting the mantra’s power making the liṅga famous across the earth.
Mantra-sādhana is shown as a cause of divine pleasure, which sanctifies a place and establishes enduring sacred fame.
Mṛtyuñjayeśa Liṅga at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Japa of the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra as the devotional practice that pleases Śiva.
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