Shloka 18

ओंकार-परमेश-लिङ्गकथा — The Narrative of the Oṃkāra Parameśa Liṅga

Gokarṇa–Vindhya Episode

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे चतुर्थ्यां कोटिरुद्रसंहितायामोंकारेश्वरज्योतिर्लिंगमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāmoṃkāreśvarajyotirliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีศิวมหาปุราณะ ภาคที่สี่ โกฏิรุทรสังหิตา บทที่สิบแปดชื่อว่า “พรรณนามหิมาแห่งโอมกาเรศวร โชติรลิงคะ” จบลงแล้ว।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रीशिवस्य महापुराणम्)

• चतुर्थ्याम्: in the fourth (book/section)
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)

• कोटि-रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Koṭirudra-saṃhitā
• कोटि-रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कोटिरुद्राणां संहिता)

• ओंकार-ईश्वर-ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: the description of the greatness of the Oṃkāreśvara Jyotirliṅga
• ओंकार-ईश्वर-ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-माहात्म्य-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्योतिः (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष-समाससमूहः (determinative chain)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• अष्टादशः: eighteenth
• अष्टादशः: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (अष्ट च दश च → अष्टादश)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (concluding narration to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Oṃkāreśvara

Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the completion of the Oṃkāreśvara-jyotirliṅga-māhātmya chapter in the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā, situating the preceding dialogue within the sacred geography and merit-literature of the kṣetra.

Significance: Hearing/reciting the māhātmya is itself treated as a meritorious act (śravaṇa-phala), inspiring pilgrimage, vrata, and liṅga-worship at Oṃkāreśvara.

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga

FAQs

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

This is a colophon verse marking the completion of the chapter on Oṃkāreśvara Jyotirliṅga’s māhātmya, emphasizing that the Purāṇa preserves a structured, authoritative account of Shiva’s sacred manifestations and their liberating power when approached with devotion (bhakti).

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

By naming “Oṃkāreśvara Jyotirliṅga,” it points to Saguna worship—Shiva graciously present as a luminous liṅga—through which devotees focus mind and heart, leading toward Shiva’s grace and ultimately realization of the Supreme (Pati) beyond bondage.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

While this specific verse is a closing marker, the chapter framing implies Jyotirliṅga-centered practice: pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā), liṅga abhiṣeka, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and devotionally remembering Shiva as Oṃkāreśvara.