Shloka 32
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गावतारकथनम्
Account of the Twelve Jyotirliṅga Manifestations
ज्योतिर्लिंगस्वरूपेण संस्थितस्तत्र मुक्तिदः । स्वयं सिद्धस्वरूपो हि तथा स्वपुरि स प्रभुः
jyotirliṃgasvarūpeṇa saṃsthitastatra muktidaḥ | svayaṃ siddhasvarūpo hi tathā svapuri sa prabhuḥ
وہ وہاں جیوتِرلِنگ کے روپ میں قائم ہو کر مُکتی عطا کرتا ہے۔ وہی پربھو خودسِدھ، سویمبھو سوروپ ہے اور اپنی دیویہ پوری میں بھی اسی طرح جلوہ گر ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: Viśveśvara is said to be established ‘there’ as Jyotirliṅga and explicitly called muktida (giver of liberation). The phrase svayaṃ-siddha-svarūpa underscores self-manifestation (not human-installed), aligning with Jyotirliṅga theology: Śiva reveals himself as light and grants mokṣa by presence and grace.
Significance: Frames the kṣetra as a direct locus of anugraha: liberation is not merely post-mortem but a fruit of contact with the self-revealed Lord and his ‘own city’ (svapurī) understood as a privileged salvific space.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It declares that Shiva’s Jyotirliṅga presence is not merely symbolic but a liberating manifestation—darśana and devotion to this self-manifest Lord lead the soul toward mokṣa under Shiva’s grace (pati-anugraha).
The verse frames the Liṅga as Shiva’s accessible, saguna mode of presence—yet rooted in the Jyotis (transcendent light). Worship of the Jyotirliṅga thus bridges form-based devotion with realization of Shiva’s supreme reality.
Jyotirliṅga-centered upāsanā: perform Liṅga abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (especially Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and meditate on Shiva as the self-manifest light that grants liberation.