Shloka 25
दक्षस्य तपः तथा जगदम्बायाः प्रत्यक्षता — Dakṣa’s Austerities and the Direct Manifestation of Jagadambā
देव्युवाच । तात प्रजापते दक्ष शृणु मे परमं वचः । सत्यं ब्रवीमि त्वद्भक्त्या सुप्रसन्नाखिलप्रदा
devyuvāca | tāta prajāpate dakṣa śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ | satyaṃ bravīmi tvadbhaktyā suprasannākhilapradā
The Goddess said: “Dear child, O Prajāpati Dakṣa, listen to my supreme word. I speak the truth: through your devotion I am fully pleased, and in my grace I bestow all blessings.”
Devī (Satī/Parvatī)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva principle that sincere bhakti draws down divine anugraha (grace): when the Goddess is pleased, she becomes “akhila-pradā,” the giver of all auspicious attainments, ultimately supporting the soul’s movement toward liberation.
Though the Linga is not named here, the verse reinforces Saguna worship: devotion to the manifest Divine (Shiva–Shakti) ripens into grace, which in Shaiva Siddhanta is essential for progressing from ritual devotion toward higher realization.
The takeaway is bhakti-based upāsanā—daily Shiva–Shakti remembrance with mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offered with humility, since devotion is stated as the direct cause of divine pleasure and blessing.