Shloka 16
दक्षस्य तपः तथा जगदम्बायाः प्रत्यक्षता — Dakṣa’s Austerities and the Direct Manifestation of Jagadambā
देव्युवाच । तुष्टाहं दक्ष भवतस्सद्भक्त्या ह्यनया भृशम् । वरं वृणीष्व स्वाभीष्टं नादेयं विद्यते तव
devyuvāca | tuṣṭāhaṃ dakṣa bhavatassadbhaktyā hyanayā bhṛśam | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva svābhīṣṭaṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate tava
The Goddess said: “O Dakṣa, I am exceedingly pleased with you because of this sincere devotion of yours. Choose a boon according to your heart’s desire; for you there is nothing that I will not grant.”
Devī (Satī/Umā as the Goddess addressing Dakṣa)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights anugraha (divine grace): sincere, steady devotion (sat-bhakti) draws the Goddess’s favor, showing that spiritual progress is ultimately fulfilled by grace responding to genuine bhakti.
Though the verse is spoken by Devī, it reflects the Saguna principle central to Shaiva worship: the personal Divine responds relationally to devotion, which is the same devotional foundation used in Linga worship and Shiva-upāsanā.
The takeaway is cultivating sat-bhakti through daily japa (especially the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with simple Shiva-devotional observances such as offering water to the Linga and maintaining purity of intention.