Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ज्योतिर्लिंगस्वरूपेण संस्थितस्तत्र मुक्तिदः । स्वयं सिद्धस्वरूपो हि तथा स्वपुरि स प्रभुः

Transliteration

jyotirliṃgasvarūpeṇa saṃsthitastatra muktidaḥ | svayaṃ siddhasvarūpo hi tathā svapuri sa prabhuḥ

Translation

అక్కడ ఆయన జ్యోతిర్లింగ స్వరూపంగా స్థితుడై ముక్తిని ప్రసాదిస్తాడు. ఆ ప్రభువు స్వయంసిద్ధ, స్వయంభూ స్వరూపుడు; తన స్వపురిలోనూ అదే విధంగా విరాజిల్లును.

Word by Word

• ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-स्वरूपेण: in the form of the Jyotirliṅga
• ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-स्वरूपेण: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—ज्योतिःलिङ्गस्य स्वरूपम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘स्वरूपेण’ = “in the form/nature of …”

• संस्थितः: is situated
• संस्थितः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी विशेषण (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थः “स्थितः/स्थापितः = having been situated/standing”

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मुक्तिदः: giver of liberation
• मुक्तिदः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—मुक्तिं ददाति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (agent-noun)

• स्वयम्: by himself; of himself
• स्वयम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः/स्वतः इत्यर्थे (reflexive adverb)

• सिद्ध-स्वरूपः: of self-established nature
• सिद्ध-स्वरूपः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सिद्धं स्वरूपं यस्य/सिद्धं एव स्वरूपम् इति कर्मधारयः; विशेषणम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• स्व-पुरि: in his own city
• स्व-पुरि: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—स्वस्य पुरी इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

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

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Viśveśvara is said to be established ‘there’ as Jyotirliṅga and explicitly called muktida (giver of liberation). The phrase svayaṃ-siddha-svarūpa underscores self-manifestation (not human-installed), aligning with Jyotirliṅga theology: Śiva reveals himself as light and grants mokṣa by presence and grace.

Significance: Frames the kṣetra as a direct locus of anugraha: liberation is not merely post-mortem but a fruit of contact with the self-revealed Lord and his ‘own city’ (svapurī) understood as a privileged salvific space.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that Shiva’s Jyotirliṅga presence is not merely symbolic but a liberating manifestation—darśana and devotion to this self-manifest Lord lead the soul toward mokṣa under Shiva’s grace (pati-anugraha).

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

The verse frames the Liṅga as Shiva’s accessible, saguna mode of presence—yet rooted in the Jyotis (transcendent light). Worship of the Jyotirliṅga thus bridges form-based devotion with realization of Shiva’s supreme reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Jyotirliṅga-centered upāsanā: perform Liṅga abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (especially Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and meditate on Shiva as the self-manifest light that grants liberation.