Shloka 11

द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गावतारकथनम्

Account of the Twelve Jyotirliṅga Manifestations

Devanagari script

संस्तुतो लिंगरूपेण सुतदर्शनहेतुतः । गतस्तत्र महाप्रीत्या स शिवः स्वगिरेर्मुने

Transliteration

saṃstuto liṃgarūpeṇa sutadarśanahetutaḥ | gatastatra mahāprītyā sa śivaḥ svagirermune

Translation

హే స్వగిరి మునీ, తన కుమారుని దర్శనం కలిగించుటకై లింగరూపముగా స్తుతింపబడిన ఆ శివుడు మహాప్రీతితో అక్కడికి వెళ్లెను.

Word by Word

• संस्तुतः: praised
• संस्तुतः: कर्ता-विशेषण/विधेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘praised’

• लिङ्ग-रूपेण: in the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्ग-रूपेण: करण/प्रकार (Means/Mode/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘लिङ्गस्य रूपेण’

• सुत-दर्शन-हेतुतः: because of (the desire/cause of) seeing the son
• सुत-दर्शन-हेतुतः: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सुतस्य दर्शनस्य हेतुः’ → ‘हेतुतः’ (because of the cause)

• गतः: went
• गतः: क्रिया/विधेय (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• महा-प्रीत्या: with great joy
• महा-प्रीत्या: करण/भाव (Manner/feeling/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महती प्रीतिः’

• स: he
• स: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्व-गिरेः: of his own mountain
• स्व-गिरेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘स्वस्य गिरेः’ (of his own mountain)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Mallikārjuna

Sthala Purana: Śiva, pleased by praise and devotion, abides as liṅga at Śrīśaila; the verse frames the manifestation as purposive grace—Śiva ‘goes’ to the kṣetra to fulfill a devotee’s intimate longing (here expressed as ‘suta-darśana’).

Significance: Highlights the Siddhānta emphasis that Śiva’s anugraha is intentional and personal: He takes a form (liṅga) to become dṛśya (available to sight) and to grant specific boons that mature the soul.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga
• Shiva's son

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Śiva’s responsiveness to sincere praise offered to the Liṅga—Saguna worship that draws the Lord’s grace into a devotee’s life, here expressed as the granting of an auspicious vision and fulfillment of a heartfelt aim.

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

It explicitly presents Śiva being praised “as the Liṅga” and then moving with joy to bestow a boon, showing the Liṅga as a compassionate, accessible manifestation through which devotees approach the transcendent Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Liṅga-stuti and Liṅga-pūjā with devotion—supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and a prayerful intention—are implied as the practical means to invite Śiva’s grace.