Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 18
मेनायाः क्रोध-विलापः — Menā’s Lament and Reproach
to the Sage
धिक्कुलं धिक्क्रियादाक्ष्यं सर्वं धिग्यत्कृतं त्वया । गृहन्तु धुक्षितं त्वेतन्मरणं तु ममैव हि
dhikkulaṃ dhikkriyādākṣyaṃ sarvaṃ dhigyatkṛtaṃ tvayā | gṛhantu dhukṣitaṃ tvetanmaraṇaṃ tu mamaiva hi
العارُ على هذا النَّسَب! والعارُ على براعتك في الطقوس—بل العارُ على كلِّ ما صنعتَ. فلتلتهمْ هذه النارُ المُوقَدةُ هذا الجسد؛ فإنَّ الموتَ، حقًّا، لي وحدي لأحتضنه.
Parvati (as Sati/Dakshayani in the Daksha-yajna context, narrated within Rudrasaṃhitā)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Dakṣa-yajña rupture: Satī condemns lineage and ritual-competence (kriyā-dākṣya) when severed from devotion to Śiva; she resolves to enter fire, precipitating Śiva’s cosmic response.
Significance: Teaches that mere ritualism without Śiva-bhakti becomes pāśa (bondage); the ‘fire’ becomes a symbol of inner renunciation and the end of egoic affiliation.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: destructive
Cosmic Event: yajña-bhaṅga (sacrificial catastrophe) foreshadowed by Satī’s self-immolation resolve
FAQs
It condemns pride in birth and ritual skill when severed from devotion to Pati (Śiva). From a Śaiva Siddhānta lens, mere external kriyā without true surrender and right orientation to Śiva becomes bondage (pāśa), and the soul turns to radical dispassion.
The verse arises from rejecting a sacrifice that dishonors Śiva; it underscores that yajña and all sacred acts find fulfillment only when offered with reverence to Saguna Śiva (and ultimately grounded in the Supreme Pati). Linga-worship is presented as devotion-centered, not ego-centered ritualism.
The takeaway is to purify intention: perform worship with humility—japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and simple Śiva-pūjā (with bhasma/rudrākṣa if one follows that discipline) rather than prideful display of rites.