Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 15
दक्षयज्ञदर्शनम् — The Vision of Dakṣa’s Great Sacrifice
and the Onset of Vīrabhadra’s Terror
स्मयन्निव तमालोक्य दक्षं देवाश्च ऋत्विजः । अर्थगर्भमसंभ्रान्तमवोचदुचितं वचः
smayanniva tamālokya dakṣaṃ devāśca ṛtvijaḥ | arthagarbhamasaṃbhrāntamavocaducitaṃ vacaḥ
Als sie Dakṣa erblickten, sprachen die Götter und die Opferpriester—gleichsam lächelnd—ruhig zu ihm Worte, der Stunde angemessen, gefasst und unaufgeregt, doch voller innerer Bedeutung.
Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga context. The ‘arthagarbha’ (meaning-laden) calm speech of devas and ṛtviks functions as a didactic pause—an opening for correction (anugraha) before total ruin.
Significance: Models dharmic counsel: even amid crisis, wise speech can invite repentance; devotees learn to align ritual with humility and right understanding of Śiva.
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights sāttvika speech—calm, appropriate, and meaning-filled—as a dharmic instrument to dissolve pride; in Shaiva thought, such clarity helps loosen pasha (bondage) created by ego.
The Daksha narrative commonly turns on honoring Shiva’s supreme station; the devas’ measured words implicitly point toward right reverence for Saguna Shiva (as worshipped in the Linga) rather than ritual pride.
Practice restrained, mantra-aligned speech (vāg-yama) and humility before worship—approaching Shiva-pūjā with steadiness (asaṁbhrama), which supports japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and inner composure.