Shloka 9
Ghuśmeśa-jyotirliṅga-māhātmya
The Greatness of the Ghuśmeśa Jyotirlinga
तेन दुःखं कृतं नैव वस्तुज्ञानपरेण हि । आत्मनस्तारकश्चात्मा ह्यात्मनः पावनश्च सः
tena duḥkhaṃ kṛtaṃ naiva vastujñānapareṇa hi | ātmanastārakaścātmā hyātmanaḥ pāvanaśca saḥ
तेन तत्त्वज्ञानपरायणेन दुःखं न किञ्चिदेव कृतं; आत्मैव ह्यात्मनस्तारकः, स एव चात्मनः पावनः।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that when one is firmly established in tattva-jñāna (knowledge of Reality), suffering loses its power; liberation and purification arise from awakening to the true Self—understood in Shaiva Siddhanta as realized through Shiva’s grace and right knowledge.
Linga worship disciplines the mind and purifies the devotee, leading from Saguna devotion (form-based worship) toward insight into Shiva-tattva; this verse highlights the culmination—inner purification and freedom from sorrow through realized knowledge.
Regular Shiva-upāsanā supporting tattva-jñāna—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Shiva as the inner witness, and purificatory observances such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as aids to steadiness and clarity.