Shloka 78
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
इदं पवित्रं परमं रहस्यं सर्वसौख्यदम् । आख्यानं कथितं स्वर्ग्यं शिवभक्तिविवर्द्धनम्
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ rahasyaṃ sarvasaukhyadam | ākhyānaṃ kathitaṃ svargyaṃ śivabhaktivivarddhanam
เรื่องเล่าศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้เป็นความลับสูงสุด ประทานความสุขทั้งปวง ได้กล่าวไว้ว่าเป็นอาขยานนำสู่สวรรค์ และยังเพิ่มพูนศรัทธาภักดีต่อพระศิวะ
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Sthala Purana: Not a specific sthala episode; it is a phalaśruti-style valuation of the preceding Mahākāla narrative as a purifying ‘parama rahasya’ that increases Śiva-bhakti and yields merit.
Significance: Hearing/reciting the māhātmya is framed as a meritorious act leading to higher worlds and, more importantly, intensifying devotion—treated in Siddhānta as a vehicle for Śiva’s anugraha through śravaṇa.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It declares the narrated account to be a purifying, esoteric teaching that brings auspiciousness and strengthens Śiva-bhakti—devotion that, in Śaiva Siddhānta, ripens the soul toward Śiva’s grace.
By praising the narrative as a means to increase devotion to Śiva, it supports Saguna upāsanā—hearing and recounting Śiva’s līlās and tīrthas (such as Jyotirliṅgas) as a direct aid to worship and inner purification.
The implied practice is śravaṇa and kīrtana—listening to and reciting Śiva Purāṇa kathā with devotion; it may be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a focused bhakti discipline.