Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 30
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
भवं स्तोतुमना सोथ नाशक्नोदनुरागतः । उत्कंठाविकलत्वाच्च संपरेतां सुतां स्मरन्
bhavaṃ stotumanā sotha nāśaknodanurāgataḥ | utkaṃṭhāvikalatvācca saṃparetāṃ sutāṃ smaran
Da er Bhava (Herr Śiva) preisen wollte, vermochte er es doch nicht, überwältigt von liebender Anhaftung; von unerträglicher Sehnsucht gequält, gedachte er immer wieder seiner Tochter, die aus dieser Welt geschieden war.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It shows that even exalted beings can be shaken by viraha (pain of separation). In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, this highlights the human condition of pasha (bondage) through attachment and the need to return to steady remembrance of Pati (Śiva) beyond grief.
The inability to praise indicates a mind overwhelmed by emotion; Saguna worship through the Śiva-liṅga provides a stable support for devotion when thoughts scatter. The liṅga becomes the anchoring form through which grief is offered and transformed into bhakti.
Offer the mind’s sorrow into japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and perform simple liṅga-abhiṣeka with water while wearing rudrākṣa or applying tripuṇḍra, using the practice to steady longing into prayer.