Shloka 26
ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग-तदुपलिङ्ग-माहात्म्यवर्णनम्
Narration of the Greatness of the Jyotirliṅga and Associated Liṅgas
ये निष्कामतया तानि पठिष्यन्ति शुभाशयाः । तेषां च जननीगर्भे वासो नैव भविष्यति
ye niṣkāmatayā tāni paṭhiṣyanti śubhāśayāḥ | teṣāṃ ca jananīgarbhe vāso naiva bhaviṣyati
Yaong may mabuting adhikain na bumibigkas ng mga banal na aral na iyon nang walang pagnanasa—malaya sa layuning makamundo—ay hindi na muling mananahan sa sinapupunan ng ina.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: The phalaśruti culminates: niṣkāma recitation (without worldly desire) leads to freedom from rebirth—no return to the mother’s womb—interpretable as Śiva’s liberating grace removing pāśa and ripening the paśu toward mokṣa.
Significance: Frames the highest pilgrimage as inner: desireless remembrance yields saṃsāra-cessation; aligns bhakti with vairāgya and jñāna.
Mantra: ye niṣkāmatayā tāni paṭhiṣyanti śubhāśayāḥ | teṣāṃ ca jananīgarbhe vāso naiva bhaviṣyati
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that desireless engagement with Shiva-centered scripture (niṣkāma pāṭha) purifies the soul and leads toward moksha—freedom from repeated birth—by dissolving binding karmic motives.
In the Kotirudra context (Jyotirlinga glory), it supports Saguna Shiva devotion: approaching Shiva’s sacred forms and narratives with pure intent, not for worldly gain, is said to culminate in liberation rather than mere merit.
Practice niṣkāma recitation—daily reading/chanting of Shiva Purana passages or Shiva stotras with a steady mind, ideally alongside japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offered without desire for rewards.