Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 57
दक्षयज्ञे सत्या अपमानबोधः — Satī Encounters Disrespect at Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
नोऽव्यक्तलिंगस्सततमवधूतसुसेवितः । अभिमानमतो न त्वं कुरु तात कुबुद्धिधृक्
no'vyaktaliṃgassatatamavadhūtasusevitaḥ | abhimānamato na tvaṃ kuru tāta kubuddhidhṛk
Él no es sólo aquel cuya señal es el Liṅga inmanifestado; es siempre bien servido por los avadhūtas (ascetas desapegados). Por eso, hijo querido, no obres desde el orgullo: tal soberbia es la postura de un entendimiento extraviado.
Lord Shiva (instructing with a corrective, guru-like admonition within the Sati Khanda narrative)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva is approached not through egoic claims or prideful certainty, but through humility, right understanding, and the detached devotional spirit exemplified by avadhūtas—pointing the seeker toward liberation through surrender.
It cautions against reducing Shiva to a single conceptual category—“only unmanifest” or merely an abstract principle—while affirming that genuine Shaiva practice honors Shiva as the transcendent Lord who is also worshipped through living traditions of devotion, including Liṅga-upāsanā and saintly renunciation.
Adopt humility while performing Shiva-upāsanā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and a renunciant attitude (vairāgya); if practicing external rites, do them without pride, as an offering to Shiva.