Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 40
रामेश्वरलिङ्गप्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Origin of the Rāmeśvara Liṅga
सूत उवाच । इत्युक्तस्तु शिवस्तत्र लिंगरूपोऽभवत्तदा । रामेश्वरश्च नाम्ना वै प्रसिद्धो जगतीतले
sūta uvāca | ityuktastu śivastatra liṃgarūpo'bhavattadā | rāmeśvaraśca nāmnā vai prasiddho jagatītale
Sūta thưa: Được thỉnh cầu như vậy, Śiva liền hiển lộ ngay tại nơi ấy trong hình tướng Liṅga. Và với danh xưng “Rāmeśvara”, Ngài quả thật trở nên lừng danh trên mặt đất.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Jyotirlinga: Rāmeśvara
Sthala Purana: Responding to Rāma’s request, Śiva manifests ‘there’ as a liṅga and becomes famed as Rāmeśvara—establishing the kṣetra’s central icon and its salvific reputation.
Significance: Darśana of the Rāmeśvara-liṅga is portrayed as direct access to Śiva’s localized grace; the liṅga becomes a stable locus for purification and liberation-oriented worship.
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It affirms Śiva’s compassionate accessibility: when invoked with devotion, the Supreme Lord manifests in a worshipable form (Liṅga) to grant grace and establish a sacred tirtha that uplifts the world.
The verse explicitly states Śiva ‘became Liṅga-form’ (liṅga-rūpa), highlighting Saguna upāsanā—approaching the transcendent Nirguṇa reality through the consecrated Liṅga as a concrete focus for devotion and realization.
Liṅga-pūjā at a Jyotirliṅga—abhisheka with water (and other prescribed offerings), japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and remembrance of Śiva as Rāmeśvara with steady bhakti.