Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 75
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
पुलस्त्यः पुलहोऽगस्त्यो जातूकर्ण्यः पराशरः । निरावरणनिर्वारो वैरंच्यो विष्टरश्रवाः
pulastyaḥ pulaho'gastyo jātūkarṇyaḥ parāśaraḥ | nirāvaraṇanirvāro vairaṃcyo viṣṭaraśravāḥ
普拉斯提耶、普拉哈、阿迦斯提耶、阇都迦耳尼耶、帕罗娑罗；又有尼罗阿伐罗那、尼尔瓦罗、毗兰支耶与毗湿多罗室罗婆——这些可敬的仙圣，也都列入此圣传所称扬之列。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: This verse is a catalog of ṛṣis; it functions as a transmission/lineage marker rather than a shrine legend.
Significance: General: honoring the ṛṣi-lineage (guru-paramparā) is treated as supportive of śravaṇa and right understanding leading toward Śiva’s anugraha.
FAQs
It honors the rishi-paramparā (lineage of realized seers) as witnesses and transmitters of Śiva-tattva; in Shaiva Siddhanta, such authoritative remembrance supports śraddhā and steadies the seeker on the path of devotion leading toward Śiva’s grace.
By listing revered sages within the Kotirudra context, the text frames Jyotirliṅga worship as a tradition validated by ancient seers—supporting saguna upāsanā (devotional worship of Śiva in form) as a legitimate means to approach the transcendent (nirguṇa) Śiva.
The verse implicitly recommends śravaṇa and smaraṇa—listening to and recollecting the sacred lineage while undertaking Jyotirliṅga darśana—supported by daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a steady practice.