Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 51
ज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्य-प्रस्तावना तथा सोमनाथ-प्रसङ्गः
Prologue to the Glory and Origin of the Jyotirliṅgas; Somnātha Episode Begins
सोमेश्वरश्च नामासीद्विख्यातो भुवन त्रये । क्षयकुष्ठादिरोगाणां नाशकः पूजनाद्द्विजाः
someśvaraśca nāmāsīdvikhyāto bhuvana traye | kṣayakuṣṭhādirogāṇāṃ nāśakaḥ pūjanāddvijāḥ
وہ “سومیشور” کے نام سے مشہور ہوا، تینوں جہانوں میں معروف۔ اے دِوِجوں، اس کی پوجا سے دق، کوڑھ اور دیگر بیماریاں مٹ جاتی ہیں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Somanātha
Sthala Purana: The established Lord becomes famed as Someshvara across the three worlds; worship (pūjanāt) destroys kṣaya, kuṣṭha, and other diseases—framing the Jyotirliṅga as a locus of healing grace.
Significance: Worship at Someshvara is praised as removing bodily afflictions and, by implication, the deeper ‘disease’ of bondage; pilgrims seek ārogya and pāpa-kṣaya.
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse proclaims Someshvara as a universally revered manifestation of Shiva whose worship removes afflictions; in Shaiva Siddhanta, such “disease-destruction” also points to the cleansing of impurities (mala) through devotion and grace.
Someshvara is approached as Saguna Shiva through the Jyotirlinga form; the text emphasizes that concrete Linga worship (pūjā) becomes a channel for Shiva’s anugraha (grace), yielding both worldly relief and inner purification.
Perform Someshvara Linga pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and traditional offerings; the takeaway is steady, faith-filled worship as the stated means for removing suffering.