Sivaanandalahari - 50

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*Sivaanandalahari - 50 (3)

 

*(continued from 50 (2))

 

All the bhoomis come to light as lingaswaroopam also the entire jagat has

bhaasitham in lingaswaroopam. Punya theerthaas are of lingaswaroopam. And

everything is based on lingaswaroopam only. There are crores and crores of

lingas in paathaaLa and and DevalOka. ParamEswara is praised in sakala

lOkas. The mahima of sivalinga is described in the kOti rudhra samhithai of

Siva PuraaNa. Let us now know of the mahima of the dwaadhasa linga among

the jyothir lingas.

 

sowraashtrE sOmanatham cha srisailE mallikaarjunam |

ujjayinyaam mahaakaalarmOnkaarE paramEsawaram ||

kEdhaaram himabathprashtE daakinyaam bheemasankaram |

vaaraaNasyaam cha viswEsam thrayambaka gOthameethate ||

vaidhyanaatham chithaabhoomou naagEsam dhaarukaavanE |

sEthubandhE cha raamEsam ghusmEsam cha sivaalayE ||

dhwaathasaithaani naamaani praatharutthaaya: patEth |

sarvapaapavinirmuktha: sarvasiddhi phalam labEth ||

yam yam kaamamapEkshyaiva patishyanthi narOtthamaa: |

praapsyamthi kaamam tham tha hi parathrEha muneeswaraa: ||

yE vishkaamathayaa thaani patishyanthi subhaasayaa: |

thEshaam cha jananeegharbhE vaasO naiva bhavishyathi ||

jyOthishaam chaiba lingaanaambrahmaadhimiralE dwijaa: |

visEshatha: phalam vakthum sakyathE na paraisthathaa ||

Eka cha poojitham yEna shaNmaasam thannirantharam |

thasya dhu:kham na jaayEth maathrukukshisamudhbhavam |

heenayOnou yadhaa jaathO jyOthirlingam cha pasyathi |

thasya janma bhavEthathra vimalE sathkulE puna: ||

sathkulE janma sampraapya dhanaatayO vEdhapaaragha: |

subhakarma thadhaakruthvaa bhukthir yaathyanapaayineem ||

mlEcchO vaapyanthyajO vaapi shantO vaapi muneeswaraa: |

dwijO bhoothwaa bhavEnmukthasthasmaatthadharsanam charEth ||

 

That is sOmanaadhEswaralingam, mallikkaarjunalingam, mahaakaalEswaralingam,

OnkaarEswaralingam, kEdhaarEswaralingam, bheemEswaralingam,

visvEswaralingam, thryambakEswaralingam, vaidhyanaathEswaralingam,

naagEswaralingam, raamEswaralingam, gusmEswaralingam are the twelve

jyothirlingas that are the most important ones among the millions of

lingas. Whosoever thinks of the jyothirlinga will be rid of all his paapas,

he becomes vimukthan and he attains sarvaabheeshtan. Because of

dwaathasalingasmaraNam one becomes the beneficiary of aihika aamushmika

sukham. One who remains nishkaama would never enter maathru kukshi. The

mahimaa of these dwaadhasa lingas cannot be described even by hari, brahma

and other devaas. If one worships a jyothirlinga for six months his

bhaagyaadhisayam would be indescribable. The saasthras say that even if one

is born of thaamasa guNa, when he worships a dwaadhasalinga he will attain

a satkula in the next janma. Then he becomes a vedhavith and reaches the

lotus feet of Paramasiva. The same saasthras say that even if one is born

as a mlEccha or a chandaala or a shandana (eunuch), worship of the

dwaadasalingam will bring him a birth as a Brahmana and enable him to attain

mukthi. Thus it becomes clear that sivalinga dharsanam is most important

for all praaNis.

 

(contd.)