Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23
दक्षयज्ञदर्शनम् — The Vision of Dakṣa’s Great Sacrifice
and the Onset of Vīrabhadra’s Terror
यस्मादस्मिन्मखे देवैरित्थं वयमसत्कृताः । तस्माद्वो जीवितैस्सार्धमपनेष्यामि गर्वितम्
yasmādasminmakhe devairitthaṃ vayamasatkṛtāḥ | tasmādvo jīvitaissārdhamapaneṣyāmi garvitam
Weil mich die Götter bei diesem Opfer so entehrt haben, darum, ihr Hochmütigen, werde ich euch das Leben selbst entreißen.
Daksha
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; it is part of the Dakṣa-yajña conflict cycle where ego (ahaṅkāra) and disrespect toward Śiva/Śaiva order precipitate downfall.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It highlights how ego and insult at sacred rites become a form of pasha (bondage): when pride governs action, even a yajña turns into a cause of adharma and downfall, opposing the Shaiva ideal of humility before Pati (Shiva).
The Daksha-yajña narrative repeatedly shows that ritual power without devotion and reverence to Shiva (Saguna worship through Linga and bhakti) becomes hollow; disrespect toward Shiva’s place in dharma leads to spiritual and worldly collapse.
The takeaway is restraint of anger and cultivation of Shiva-bhakti through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as an antidote to pride; the verse warns that ritual must be joined with inner purity, not hostility.