Shloka 40
रामेश्वरलिङ्गप्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Origin of the Rāmeśvara Liṅga
सूत उवाच । इत्युक्तस्तु शिवस्तत्र लिंगरूपोऽभवत्तदा । रामेश्वरश्च नाम्ना वै प्रसिद्धो जगतीतले
sūta uvāca | ityuktastu śivastatra liṃgarūpo'bhavattadā | rāmeśvaraśca nāmnā vai prasiddho jagatītale
సూతుడు అన్నాడు—ఇలా పలికిన వెంటనే శివుడు అక్కడే లింగరూపంగా అవతరించాడు. ‘రామేశ్వర’ అనే నామంతో ఆయన భూలోకమంతట ప్రసిద్ధుడయ్యాడు।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Jyotirlinga: Rāmeśvara
Sthala Purana: Responding to Rāma’s request, Śiva manifests ‘there’ as a liṅga and becomes famed as Rāmeśvara—establishing the kṣetra’s central icon and its salvific reputation.
Significance: Darśana of the Rāmeśvara-liṅga is portrayed as direct access to Śiva’s localized grace; the liṅga becomes a stable locus for purification and liberation-oriented worship.
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It affirms Śiva’s compassionate accessibility: when invoked with devotion, the Supreme Lord manifests in a worshipable form (Liṅga) to grant grace and establish a sacred tirtha that uplifts the world.
The verse explicitly states Śiva ‘became Liṅga-form’ (liṅga-rūpa), highlighting Saguna upāsanā—approaching the transcendent Nirguṇa reality through the consecrated Liṅga as a concrete focus for devotion and realization.
Liṅga-pūjā at a Jyotirliṅga—abhisheka with water (and other prescribed offerings), japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and remembrance of Śiva as Rāmeśvara with steady bhakti.