Shloka 44
शिवशिवयोर्जगत्पितृमातृत्व-प्रतिपादनं तथा मेनायाः विमोहः (Śiva–Śivā as Cosmic Father and Mother; Menā’s Delusion and the Sages’ Intervention)
प्राप कल्पान्तरे जन्म जठरे दक्ष योषितः । नाम्ना सती हरं प्राप दक्षस्तस्मै ददौ च ताम्
prāpa kalpāntare janma jaṭhare dakṣa yoṣitaḥ | nāmnā satī haraṃ prāpa dakṣastasmai dadau ca tām
In another cycle of time (a later kalpa), she was born in the womb of Dakṣa’s wife. Named Satī, she attained Lord Hara (Śiva); and Dakṣa gave her to Him in sacred marriage.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: This is a kalpa-cycle placement of Satī’s incarnation and marriage to Hara, setting up the Dakṣa-yajña narrative arc that later becomes etiological for multiple tīrthas/temples in wider Purāṇic tradition.
Significance: Frames Satī’s union with Śiva as divinely ordained; supports devotional meditation on Śiva-Śakti’s compassionate descent into history for guiding bound souls.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
Cosmic Event: kalpāntara (another aeon/cycle)
FAQs
It highlights the soul’s destined movement toward Pati (Śiva): Satī’s birth and her union with Hara signify that sincere devotion and divine grace culminate in communion with Śiva, the supreme Lord, within the unfolding of cosmic time (kalpas).
By presenting Śiva as Hara—the accessible Lord who accepts relationship and devotion—it supports Saguna-upāsanā (worship of Śiva with attributes). Such devotion commonly expresses itself through Liṅga worship, where the devotee approaches Śiva as the living, gracious Pati.
The practical takeaway is steadfast Śiva-bhakti: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with simple Liṅga-pūjā (water/flower offering) to cultivate the same single-pointed devotion Satī embodies.