Shloka 42
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गावतारकथनम्
Account of the Twelve Jyotirliṅga Manifestations
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे तृतीयायां शतरुद्रसंहितायां सनत्कुमार नन्दीश्वरसंवादे द्वादशज्योतिर्लिंगावतारवर्णनं नाम द्विचत्वारिंशोध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ sanatkumāra nandīśvarasaṃvāde dvādaśajyotirliṃgāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ
یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کی تیسری شترُدر سنہتا میں، سنتکُمار اور نندییشور کے مکالمے کے اندر ‘دْوادش جیوتِرلِنگ اوتار-ورنن’ نامی بیالیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔
Suta Goswami (traditional Purāṇic colophon framing to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Sthala Purana: Colophon: marks the conclusion of the chapter narrating the twelve Jyotirliṅga manifestations within the Sanatkumāra–Nandīśvara dialogue, as transmitted by Sūta.
Significance: Signals textual closure and the completion of the Jyotirliṅga-avatāra teaching cycle; recitation of such colophons is traditionally considered auspicious in pāraṇa/reading-completions.
FAQs
This is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter describing the twelve Jyotirlinga manifestations—affirming that Shiva, the supreme Pati, becomes accessible to devotees through sacred luminous liṅgas, supporting bhakti that leads toward grace and liberation.
By naming “Jyotirliṅga-avatāra,” it frames the liṅga as Shiva’s saguna (worshippable) revelation—an embodied focus through which devotees approach the transcendent (nirguṇa) Shiva via devotion, pilgrimage, and ritual worship.
The verse itself is a chapter-ending marker, but its topic implies Jyotirlinga-oriented liṅga-pūjā—such as japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), abhiṣeka, and disciplined devotion, especially on Mahāśivarātri and during tīrtha-yātrā.