Shloka 36

सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle

Devanagari script

इत्थं सांगोपांगभक्तिर्मम सर्वोत्तमा प्रिये । ज्ञानवैराग्यजननी मुक्तिदासी विराजते

Transliteration

itthaṃ sāṃgopāṃgabhaktirmama sarvottamā priye | jñānavairāgyajananī muktidāsī virājate

Translation

Thus, O beloved, this devotion to Me (Śiva)—complete in all its parts and auxiliaries—shines as the highest of all. It gives birth to true knowledge and dispassion (vairāgya), and it stands as the handmaid that leads one to liberation (mokṣa).

Word by Word

इत्थम्thus

स-अङ्ग-उप-अङ्ग-भक्तिःdevotion with its main and subsidiary parts

ममmy

सर्वोत्तमाthe best of all

प्रियेO beloved (dear one)

ज्ञान-वैराग्य-जननीmother (source) of knowledge and dispassion

मुक्ति-दासीhandmaid of liberation

विराजतेshines / is manifest

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Characters & Entities

Shiva

Sati

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

Shiva declares that fully integrated devotion (bhakti with its proper limbs) is supreme because it naturally matures into right knowledge (jñāna) and detachment (vairāgya), culminating in liberation (mukti) through His grace—central to a Shaiva Siddhanta reading.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Sāṅgopāṅga-bhakti implies worship supported by concrete practices—such as Linga-pūjā, mantra-japa, and disciplined conduct—where Saguna Shiva is approached with love and reverence, and that devotion ripens into inner realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt ‘complete devotion’ through steady mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, Om Namaḥ Śivāya), regular Linga worship with purity and sincerity, and cultivation of detachment—treating these as supportive limbs that lead toward mukti.