Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 8
दक्षस्य प्रजावृद्ध्युपायः — Dakṣa’s Means for Increasing Progeny
वामव्यवायधर्मस्त्वं प्रजासर्गमिमं पुनः । तद्विधायां च कामिन्यां भूरिशो भावयिष्यसि
vāmavyavāyadharmastvaṃ prajāsargamimaṃ punaḥ | tadvidhāyāṃ ca kāminyāṃ bhūriśo bhāvayiṣyasi
إنك حقًّا السيّد الذي يشتمل دَرمُه على المسار الأيسر لاتحاد الزوجين؛ فلذلك ستُعيد إنجاب هذا الخلق من الذرية مرةً أخرى. وبعد أن تُقِرَّ تلك الحبيبة، ستجعلها تحمل مرارًا بحملٍ غزير.
Brahmā (addressing Lord Śiva/Rudra in the Satī narrative context)
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: creative
FAQs
The verse presents Śiva as Pati—the sovereign Lord who governs even procreation and cosmic continuity by conscious will, showing that worldly creation is not random desire but a regulated divine function serving dharma and the world-order.
It highlights Saguna Śiva as the active Lord who manifests and sustains creation; Linga worship venerates this very power—Śiva as the transcendent-yet-immanent source from whom manifestation arises and into whom it resolves.
A practical takeaway is dhyāna on Śiva as Pati (the Lord of creation and liberation) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to purify desire into dharma and align one’s life-force with Śiva’s conscious order.