Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 20
नन्दाव्रत-समाप्तिः तथा शङ्करस्य प्रत्यक्ष-दर्शनम्
Completion of the Nandā-vrata and Śiva’s Direct Appearance
रेजे सती हरं प्राप्य स्निग्धभिन्नांजनप्रभा । चन्द्राभ्याशेऽभ्रलेखेव स्फटिकोज्ज्वलवर्ष्मणः
reje satī haraṃ prāpya snigdhabhinnāṃjanaprabhā | candrābhyāśe'bhralekheva sphaṭikojjvalavarṣmaṇaḥ
হরকে প্রাপ্ত হয়ে সতী দীপ্তিময়ী হলেন—তাঁর কান্তি মসৃণ, নবঘষা অঞ্জনের ন্যায়; স্ফটিক-উজ্জ্বল দেহধারী চন্দ্রের পাশে যেন মেঘের সূক্ষ্ম রেখা।
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
The verse portrays the auspicious blossoming of Satī’s splendour upon reaching Śiva, symbolizing Śiva-Śakti harmony—where devotion and grace culminate in inner radiance and steadiness of the heart.
By describing Śiva’s crystal-bright, visible splendour, the text supports Saguna-upāsanā—devotion to Śiva with form—which in Śaiva Siddhānta purifies the soul and leads it toward Śiva’s supreme reality, also revered through the Liṅga as an accessible focus of worship.
A practical takeaway is dhyāna on Śiva’s ujjvala (luminous) form or Liṅga-jyoti while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating purity and devotional absorption.