Shloka 12
सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle
शिव उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि दाक्षायणि महेश्वरि । परं तत्त्वं तदेवानुशयी मुक्तो भवेद्यतः
śiva uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dākṣāyaṇi maheśvari | paraṃ tattvaṃ tadevānuśayī mukto bhavedyataḥ
Śiva said: “Listen, O Goddess—O Dākṣāyaṇī, O great sovereign Lady. I shall declare the supreme Reality; by abiding in that alone, one becomes liberated.”
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse frames moksha as the fruit of steady inner abiding in the “supreme Reality” (para-tattva)—Shiva as the highest principle (Pati). Liberation is not presented as mere ritual success, but as firm orientation of consciousness toward that ultimate truth.
In the Shiva Purana, Saguna worship (such as Linga-puja) is a direct support for realizing the Nirguna/para-tattva. Devotion to Shiva’s accessible form trains the mind to “abide in That alone,” culminating in knowledge and grace that lead to liberation.
The practical takeaway is focused contemplation (nididhyāsana) on Shiva as the supreme tattva—commonly supported in the Purana by japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namah Shivaya”) and meditative Linga-dhyana, cultivating one-pointed abiding that ripens into moksha.