Shloka 69
घनागमवर्णनम् / Description of the Monsoon’s Onset
Satī’s Address to Śiva
एवं महादेवमुखं सत्यपश्यत्स्म सर्वदा । महादेवोऽपि सर्वत्र सदाद्राक्षीत्सतीमुखम्
evaṃ mahādevamukhaṃ satyapaśyatsma sarvadā | mahādevo'pi sarvatra sadādrākṣītsatīmukham
So blickte Satī stets auf das Antlitz Mahādevas; und Mahādeva wiederum, wo immer Er war, schaute unaufhörlich das Antlitz Satīs.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; mutual vision (anyonya-darśana) symbolizes inseparability of Śiva and Śakti and the grace-bearing gaze.
Significance: Darśana theology: sustained remembrance of the divine face is itself a sādhana; models reciprocal devotion (bhakta-bhagavat saṃbandha) at the highest level.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
Cosmic Event: ‘Sarvatra’ implies omnipresence—love that is not interrupted by spatial change.
FAQs
It portrays unwavering, one-pointed remembrance (smaraṇa) between Satī and Mahādeva—an image of steady bhakti where the mind repeatedly returns to Śiva, ripening the soul toward grace and inner purity.
Just as Satī fixes her gaze on Śiva’s face, devotees fix awareness on Saguna Śiva—often through the Liṅga as the accessible form—so attention becomes continuous, reverent, and stabilizing for worship.
Practice steady dhyāna: silently repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while holding a consistent inner visualization of Śiva (or the Liṅga), returning again and again without distraction.