Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 19
Kumārasya Krāuñcaparvatagamanam
Kumāra’s Departure to Mount Krāuñca
तद्दिनं हि समारभ्य मल्लिकार्जुनसंभवम् । लिंगं चैव शिवस्यैकं प्रसिद्धं भुवनत्रये
taddinaṃ hi samārabhya mallikārjunasaṃbhavam | liṃgaṃ caiva śivasyaikaṃ prasiddhaṃ bhuvanatraye
اسی دن سے مَلّیکارْجُن کے روپ میں ظاہر ہونے والا بھگوان شِو کا وہ واحد لِنگ تینوں لوکوں میں مشہور ہو گیا۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Jyotirlinga: Mallikārjuna
Sthala Purana: After Śiva’s manifestation as a Jyotirliṅga at Śrīśaila, the liṅga became celebrated in all the three worlds as “Mallikārjuna,” signifying Śiva’s self-revealed presence for the uplift of beings.
Significance: Darśana of the Jyotirliṅga is held to confer both bhukti (worldly well-being) and the orientation toward mukti through Śiva’s grace.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It declares the enduring fame of Śiva’s Liṅga manifestation as Mallikārjuna, affirming that when Śiva reveals Himself in a consecrated form for devotees, that sacred presence becomes a world-sustaining means of grace and liberation.
By naming the Liṅga as Śiva’s ‘one’ celebrated form, the verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: devotees approach the transcendent (Nirguṇa) Lord through the tangible, worshipable Liṅga that embodies His accessible compassion and power.
A practical takeaway is regular Liṅga-pūjā—abhisheka with water, bilva offerings, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” performed with devotion as a direct approach to Mallikārjuna’s grace.