Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 56
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
एतज्ज्योतिर्लिंगकथां यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विंदति
etajjyotirliṃgakathāṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati
凡诵读——乃至仅仅聆听——此《光明灵伽》（Jyotirliṅga）的神圣传说者，皆得脱离一切罪垢，并凭至上主湿婆（Śiva）、最高之主宰（Pati）的恩典，获得福享（bhukti）与解脱（mukti）。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Phala-śruti: hearing/reciting the Jyotirliṅga narrative itself functions as a salvific act, purifying pāpa and granting bhukti–mukti.
Significance: Śravaṇa-pāṭha is elevated to a ‘portable pilgrimage’: merit of tīrtha-yātrā is accessed through kathā-śravaṇa, culminating in Śiva’s prasāda.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It states the phalaśruti (fruit of listening/reciting): the Jyotirliṅga narrative purifies karmic sin and, by Śiva’s grace, bestows both dharmic prosperity (bhukti) and ultimate release (mukti).
The Jyotirliṅga is Śiva’s accessible, saguna manifestation of infinite light; hearing its mahātmya is itself an act of bhakti and smaraṇa that connects the devotee to Śiva as Pati, the liberator.
Regular śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) of Jyotirliṅga-kathā—ideally with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and simple Liṅga-pūjā (water/abhisheka) on auspicious days like Mahāśivarātri.