Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 56
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
विविशुस्ते पुरीं रम्यां महाकालस्य भूभृतः । महाकालं समानर्चुश्चंद्रसेनानुमोदिताः
viviśuste purīṃ ramyāṃ mahākālasya bhūbhṛtaḥ | mahākālaṃ samānarcuścaṃdrasenānumoditāḥ
Các vị vua ấy bước vào thành trì mỹ lệ của Mahākāla; và được vua Candrasena chuẩn thuận, họ cung kính phụng thờ Mahākāla—Śiva, Đại Chúa Tể của Thời Gian.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahākāla
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: The rulers enter Mahākāla’s city (Ujjayinī) and, with Candrasena’s sanction, perform proper worship of Mahākāla—highlighting the kṣetra’s protocol: approach through humility and right guidance, culminating in jyotirliṅga-arcana.
Significance: Darśana and pūjā of Mahākāleśvara grant protection from time/death-fear, purification of hostility, and eligibility for Śiva’s grace.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights that approaching a Jyotirliṅga-kṣetra with reverence and receiving proper sanction from dharmic authority leads to orderly, merit-bearing worship of Śiva as Mahākāla—the Time-transcending Pati who grants protection and liberation.
Mahākāla here is Saguna Śiva worshipped in the liṅga-form at his sacred city; the verse emphasizes communal, ritually correct arcana (worship) directed to the Jyotirliṅga manifestation.
Perform respectful temple entry and proper arcana to the liṅga—offering water and sacred items while mentally remembering Śiva as Mahākāla; japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) is a fitting meditative accompaniment.