Shloka 32
गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification
किं चान्यच्च शृणु स्वामिन्वपुषा सुन्दरेण ह । तिष्ठ त्वं मत्समीपे वै सगणसांबिकः प्रभो
kiṃ cānyacca śṛṇu svāminvapuṣā sundareṇa ha | tiṣṭha tvaṃ matsamīpe vai sagaṇasāṃbikaḥ prabho
اور مزید سنئے، اے مالک! اپنے حسین پیکر کو اختیار فرما کر، اے پرَبھُو، گنوں کے ساتھ اور امبیکا سمیت میرے قریب ہی قیام فرمائیے۔
A devotee/narrative petitioner addressing Lord Shiva (as part of Suta Goswami’s narration in the Kotirudrasaṃhitā)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it is a localization motif—requesting Śiva’s beautiful embodied presence with gaṇas and Ambikā near Gaṅgā, typical of establishing a sacred kṣetra around a tīrtha.
Significance: Sanctifies a place by invoking Śiva’s ‘sundara-vapuḥ’ and his parivāra; suggests a kṣetra where devotees can approach Śiva with the Mother and gaṇas as a living sacred court.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It expresses bhakti as intimate nearness (sāmīpya) to Pati—praying that Shiva, in a gracious and beautiful manifest form, remain present with His full divine retinue, indicating protective, accessible grace.
While Jyotirliṅga worship often points to Shiva’s transcendent reality, this verse highlights saguna-upāsanā—seeking Shiva’s personal presence and darśana, which the Liṅga also mediates as a sacred focus for experiencing His nearness.
A practical takeaway is to perform darśana-focused worship—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with mental visualization of Shiva’s auspicious form with Ambikā and the gaṇas, requesting His abiding presence during pūjā.