Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 20
Kumārasya Krāuñcaparvatagamanam
Kumāra’s Departure to Mount Krāuñca
तल्लिंगं यः समीक्षेत स सर्वैः किल्बिषैरपि । मुच्यते नात्र सन्देहः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
talliṃgaṃ yaḥ samīkṣeta sa sarvaiḥ kilbiṣairapi | mucyate nātra sandehaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
Sinumang tumingin sa Śiva-liṅga na iyon ay napapalaya kahit sa lahat ng kasalanan—walang pag-aalinlangan—at nakakamit ang lahat ng ninanais. Sa pananaw ng Śaiva Siddhānta, ang ganitong darśana ay naglilinis sa paśu (kaluluwang nakagapos) at inihaharap ito kay Śiva, ang Pati, na nagbibigay ng bhukti (kaganapang makamundo) at ng landas tungo sa mukti (kalayaan).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Jyotirlinga: Mallikārjuna
Sthala Purana: The Mallikārjuna Jyotirliṅga is praised as sin-destroying by mere darśana, emphasizing Śiva’s accessibility and salvific grace at Śrīśaila.
Significance: Darśana is said to remove pāpa/impurities and grant desired ends; in Siddhānta terms, it weakens pāśa (bondage) and turns the paśu toward Pati through anugraha.
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse teaches the purifying power of Śiva-liṅga darśana: sincere beholding of the Liṅga dissolves karmic impurity (kilbiṣa) and aligns the bound soul (paśu) toward Śiva (Pati), making the heart fit for grace and liberation.
It affirms Saguna worship through the Liṅga as a direct means of receiving Śiva’s grace. The Liṅga is the accessible form through which devotees perform darśana and devotion, leading to both worldly fulfilment and the higher aim of moksha.
Practice reverent Liṅga-darśana with bhakti—visit a Jyotirlinga or a consecrated Śiva shrine, offer water and bilva leaves, and inwardly remember Śiva with the pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while taking darśana.