Shloka 20

Bhaimaśaṅkara-māhātmya: Śiva’s Descent in Kāmarūpa and the Rise of Bhīma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे चतुर्थ्यां कोटिरुद्रसंहितायां भीमेश्वरज्योतिर्लिगमाहात्म्ये भीमासुरकृतोपद्रववर्णनं नाम विंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhīmeśvarajyotirligamāhātmye bhīmāsurakṛtopadravavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کی چوتھی کوٹیرُدر سنہِتا میں، بھیمیشور جیوتِرلِنگ کے ماہاتمیہ کے ضمن میں، ‘بھیم اسُر کے کیے ہوئے اُپدرَووں کی تفصیل’ نامی بیسواں ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसमाप्ति (Colophon marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: समाप्त्यर्थ-निपात (closing particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī-Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative; ‘in’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-कर्मधारय (title compound), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• चतुर्थ्याम्: in the fourth (book)
• चतुर्थ्याम्: अधिकरण-विशेषण (Qualifier of locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• कोटिरुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Koṭirudra-saṃhitā
• कोटिरुद्र-संहितायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘Koṭirudra’ as qualifier of संहिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भीमेश्वर-ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-माहात्म्ये: in the Māhātmya of the Bhīmeśvara Jyotirliṅga
• भीमेश्वर-ज्योतिः-लिङ्ग-माहात्म्ये: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘māhātmya of Bhīmeśvara-jyotirliṅga’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भीमासुर-कृत-उपद्रव-वर्णनम्: the description of the disturbance caused by Bhīmāsura
• भीमासुर-कृत-उपद्रव-वर्णनम्: सम्बोध्य/शीर्षक (Title/subject heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमासुर (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; (i) भीमासुरकृत = तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (‘done by Bhīmāsura’), (ii) उपद्रववर्णन = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘description of disturbance’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: विशेषणार्थ (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning ‘named/called’)

• विंशः: twentieth
• विंशः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of अध्यायः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal: twentieth)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: कर्ता (Karta; ‘chapter is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (compiler-style colophon concluding the chapter, traditionally narrated by Sūta to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Bhīmaśaṃkara

Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the close of the chapter on Bhīmāsura’s oppression within the Bhīmeśvara Jyotirliṅga māhātmya, preparing the listener for the ensuing resolution through Śiva’s protective manifestation.

Significance: Traditional phalaśruti implication: attentive hearing of the māhātmya is meritorious and reinforces pilgrimage faith in Bhīmeśvara/Bhīmaśaṅkara.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Bhimasura
• Bhimeshvara Jyotirlinga

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

This is a chapter-colophon marking the completion of a section that frames Bhīmasura’s oppression as the karmic backdrop against which Śiva’s grace is revealed through the Bhīmeśvara Jyotirliṅga—teaching that refuge in Pati (Śiva) protects the bound soul (paśu) from affliction (pāśa).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By naming the “Bhīmeśvara Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya,” it points directly to Saguna worship through the Jyotirliṅga—Śiva’s accessible, radiant emblem—emphasizing that devotion and pilgrimage centered on the liṅga are primary means of receiving Śiva’s anugraha (saving grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a māhātmya context for a Jyotirliṅga, the implied practice is liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with traditional Śaiva observances like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as supportive disciplines.