Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11
संध्याचरित्रवर्णनम् (Sandhyā-caritra-varṇanam) — “Narration of Sandhyā’s Austerity and Encounter with Śiva”
दिव्यज्ञानं दिव्यचक्षुर्दिव्या वाचमवाप सा । प्रत्यक्षं वीक्ष्य दुर्गेशं तुष्टाव जगतां पतिम्
divyajñānaṃ divyacakṣurdivyā vācamavāpa sā | pratyakṣaṃ vīkṣya durgeśaṃ tuṣṭāva jagatāṃ patim
Sie erlangte göttliches Wissen, göttliches Schauen und eine göttliche Stimme. Dann, als sie Durgēśa leibhaftig vor sich sah, pries sie den Herrn der Welten.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s grace: through devotion, the soul (Satī) is empowered with purified knowledge, inner vision, and inspired speech, culminating in direct darśana of Pati (the Lord), which is a Shaiva Siddhanta marker of divine bestowal rather than mere intellectual attainment.
The verse emphasizes pratyakṣa-darśana and stuti (praise), central to saguna-upāsanā: the devotee approaches Śiva as the accessible Lord who can be beheld and praised; such devotion is also expressed in Linga worship where the formless is honored through a manifest sacred form.
A practical takeaway is stotra-japa and dhyāna: steady contemplation of Śiva with heartfelt praise (stuti) to invite inner clarity (divya-jñāna) and refined perception (divya-cakṣus), supported by Shaiva disciplines like mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and purity of speech.