Shloka 61

ज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्य-प्रस्तावना तथा सोमनाथ-प्रसङ्गः

Prologue to the Glory and Origin of the Jyotirliṅgas; Somnātha Episode Begins

Devanagari script

इति सर्वः समाख्यातः सोमेशस्य समुद्भवः । एवं सोमेश्वरं लिंगं समुत्पन्नं मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

iti sarvaḥ samākhyātaḥ someśasya samudbhavaḥ | evaṃ someśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ samutpannaṃ munīśvarāḥ

Translation

ఇలా సోమేశుని అవతరణకు సంబంధించిన సమస్త వృత్తాంతం చెప్పబడింది. ఓ మునీశ్వరులారా, ఈ విధంగా సోమేశ్వర లింగం ఉద్భవించింది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्योपसंहार (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative/thus)

• सर्वः: entire; all
• सर्वः: कर्ता/विषय (topic/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘वृत्तान्तः/वर्णनः’)

• समाख्यातः: has been narrated; was told
• समाख्यातः: विधेय (predicate—‘has been narrated’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सोमेशस्य: of Someśa
• सोमेशस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• समुद्भवः: origin; arising
• समुद्भवः: विषय/कर्ता (subject complement/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus; in this way
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in this manner)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: कर्म (Karma/Direct object—understood with ‘(आहुः/वदन्ति)’ or apposition to liṅga)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga; emblem
• लिङ्गम्: विषय (topic/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (contextually appositional)

• समुत्पन्नम्: arisen; produced
• समुत्पन्नम्: विधेय (predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘लिङ्गम्’

• मुनीश्वराः: O lords of sages
• मुनीश्वराः: सम्बोधन (Vocative-like address; syntactically nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/वक्तृ-सम्बोधन (addressing sages)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Someshvara (Jyotirlinga/Someśa)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It serves as a concluding seal to the Someshvara origin account, emphasizing that the Jyotirlinga is a manifested, grace-filled form of Śiva (Pati) accessible to devotees for liberation through devotion and right worship.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By stating that the Someśvara Liṅga “came into being,” the text highlights Saguna Śiva’s compassionate self-manifestation as the Liṅga—an icon through which the formless (Nirguna) is approached in a concrete, worshipful way.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is focused Liṅga-upāsanā: approach the Jyotirlinga with devotion, perform abhiṣeka and japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and contemplate Śiva as the indwelling Lord revealed through the Liṅga.