Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 75
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
पुलस्त्यः पुलहोऽगस्त्यो जातूकर्ण्यः पराशरः । निरावरणनिर्वारो वैरंच्यो विष्टरश्रवाः
pulastyaḥ pulaho'gastyo jātūkarṇyaḥ parāśaraḥ | nirāvaraṇanirvāro vairaṃcyo viṣṭaraśravāḥ
Sina Pulastya, Pulaha, Agastya, Jātūkarṇya, at Parāśara; gayundin sina Nirāvaraṇa, Nirvāra, Vairaṃcya, at Viṣṭaraśravas—ang mga iginagalang na rishi na ito man ay ibinibilang sa mga pinupuri sa banal na salaysay na ito.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: This verse is a catalog of ṛṣis; it functions as a transmission/lineage marker rather than a shrine legend.
Significance: General: honoring the ṛṣi-lineage (guru-paramparā) is treated as supportive of śravaṇa and right understanding leading toward Śiva’s anugraha.
FAQs
It honors the rishi-paramparā (lineage of realized seers) as witnesses and transmitters of Śiva-tattva; in Shaiva Siddhanta, such authoritative remembrance supports śraddhā and steadies the seeker on the path of devotion leading toward Śiva’s grace.
By listing revered sages within the Kotirudra context, the text frames Jyotirliṅga worship as a tradition validated by ancient seers—supporting saguna upāsanā (devotional worship of Śiva in form) as a legitimate means to approach the transcendent (nirguṇa) Śiva.
The verse implicitly recommends śravaṇa and smaraṇa—listening to and recollecting the sacred lineage while undertaking Jyotirliṅga darśana—supported by daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a steady practice.