Shloka 32
दक्षस्य प्रजावृद्ध्युपायः — Dakṣa’s Means for Increasing Progeny
चुक्रोध तुभ्यं दक्षोसौ दुष्टोयमिति चाब्रवीत् । आगतस्तत्र दैवात्त्वमनुग्रहकरस्तदा
cukrodha tubhyaṃ dakṣosau duṣṭoyamiti cābravīt | āgatastatra daivāttvamanugrahakarastadā
Dakṣa grew angry with you and even declared, “This one is wicked.” Yet by divine ordinance you arrived there at that time as a bestower of grace.
Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating the Sati-khaṇḍa episode to the sages, describing Dakṣa’s reaction and Shiva’s grace)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; the key theological pivot is ‘anugrahakara’—even when reviled, the saint/devotee (and ultimately Śiva) arrives by daiva to confer grace.
Significance: Highlights Śiva’s grace as unconditional and prior to merit: even hostility becomes an occasion for anugraha, softening the paśu over time.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It contrasts Dakṣa’s ego-born anger with Shiva’s anugraha (grace): even when the worldly mind brands the divine as “bad,” Shiva’s presence operates by divine will to uplift and correct the soul’s course.
Shiva is portrayed as the compassionate, accessible Lord (Saguna) who arrives to bless beings despite their insults—mirroring how the Liṅga is approached as the merciful form through which devotees receive anugraha.
Cultivate anugraha-bhāva through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and humble worship (offerings with devotion), replacing judgment and pride with surrender to Shiva’s grace.