Shloka 47
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
महामहोत्सवस्तत्र प्रबभूवाद्भुतो द्विजाः । महेशकीर्तनं चक्रुस्सर्वे च सुखविह्वलाः
mahāmahotsavastatra prababhūvādbhuto dvijāḥ | maheśakīrtanaṃ cakrussarve ca sukhavihvalāḥ
โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย ณ ที่นั้นได้บังเกิดมหามโหตสวะอันน่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง ทุกคนปลาบปลื้มปีติและร่วมขับคีรตนะสรรเสริญพระมหีศวร (พระศิวะ)
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: In Ujjayinī, Śiva’s manifest presence as Mahākāla becomes the city’s spiritual axis; public kīrtana and festival joy are portrayed as the immediate fruit of His grace and protective lordship over the kṣetra.
Significance: Kīrtana and darśana in Mahākāla-kṣetra are framed as bestowing fearlessness, inner steadiness, and Śiva’s anugraha that turns collective life toward bhakti.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It highlights bhakti as an immediate purifier: collective glorification of Maheśa generates uplifting joy that turns the mind toward Śiva, the Pati (Lord) who grants grace and liberation.
In the Kotirudra context (Jyotirliṅga-centered devotion), kīrtana is a primary mode of Saguna Śiva worship—praising the Lord’s names, qualities, and sacred presence associated with the liṅga.
Nāma-kīrtana (repetition/singing of Śiva’s names) as congregational devotion; it can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple liṅga-upacāra worship.