Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 66
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
एवं गोपसुतो दिष्ट्या शिवपूजां विलोक्य च । अमंत्रेणापि संपूज्य शिवं शिवमवाप्तवान्
evaṃ gopasuto diṣṭyā śivapūjāṃ vilokya ca | amaṃtreṇāpi saṃpūjya śivaṃ śivamavāptavān
یوں گوالے کے بیٹے نے خوش بختی سے بھگوان شِو کی پوجا دیکھی؛ اور منتر کے بغیر بھی شِو کی کامل پوجا کر کے اس نے شِوَتْو—مبارکی اور موکش—حاصل کیا۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: General purāṇic motif: even minimal, mantra-less worship performed with sincerity and contact with Śiva-pūjā (darśana/saṅga) becomes a cause for Śiva’s grace, culminating in ‘śiva-prāpti’.
Significance: Teaches that darśana of Śiva-pūjā and simple offering—even without mantra—can mature into Śiva’s anugraha and liberation when devotion is present.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse teaches that Śiva’s grace responds to sincere devotion: even simple, unmantraed worship—when done with faith after witnessing true Śiva-pūjā—can lead to the attainment of Śiva, i.e., auspicious liberation.
It highlights Saguna worship (Śiva approached through pūjā and visible rites). Even if formal mantra-vidhi is absent, heartfelt reverence toward Śiva as worshipped (often as the Liṅga in Purāṇic practice) becomes a direct means to receive His saving grace.
Prioritize Śiva-darśana and simple Śiva-pūjā with sincerity—offering water, bilva leaves, and respectful remembrance; mantra is powerful, but this verse emphasizes devotion and attentive worship as the essential practice.