Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 24
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
भूयोभूयस्समभ्यर्च्य पत्रैः पुष्पैर्मनोरमैः । नृत्यं च विविधं कृत्वा प्रणनाम पुनःपुनः
bhūyobhūyassamabhyarcya patraiḥ puṣpairmanoramaiḥ | nṛtyaṃ ca vividhaṃ kṛtvā praṇanāma punaḥpunaḥ
اس نے بار بار دلکش پتّوں اور خوشنما پھولوں سے (شِو کی) پوجا کی؛ اور طرح طرح کے رقص کرکے وہ بار بار سجدۂ تعظیم کرتا رہا۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the Kotirudra Samhita account to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Naṭarāja
Sthala Purana: The devotee intensifies worship through repeated archana with leaves/flowers and expresses bhakti through dance and repeated prostrations—mirroring temple utsava-bhakti in a non-temple setting.
Significance: Affirms that embodied devotion (nṛtya, namaskāra) is a valid offering; encourages kīrtana/nṛtya as bhakti-sādhana.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights steadfast bhakti: repeated offerings and repeated prostrations train the devotee in humility (śaraṇāgati) and single-pointed devotion toward Pati (Śiva), loosening the bonds (pāśa) that bind the soul (paśu).
The verse describes saguna-upāsanā expressed through tangible worship—offering leaves and flowers to Śiva (commonly to the Liṅga) and honoring Him with bodily devotion (dance and namaskāra), a classic Purāṇic mode of Liṅga-pūjā.
Perform repeated pūjā with sacred leaves/flowers and conclude with repeated praṇāma; as an inner practice, pair each bow with japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to unite body, speech, and mind in devotion.