Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 28
संध्याचरित्रवर्णनम् (Sandhyā-caritra-varṇana) — “Account of Sandhyā’s Story”
करिष्यारम्यस्य पापस्य प्रायश्चित्तमहं स्वयम् । आत्मानमग्नौ होष्यामि वेदमार्गानुसारत
kariṣyāramyasya pāpasya prāyaścittamahaṃ svayam | ātmānamagnau hoṣyāmi vedamārgānusārata
“Por el pecado que estoy a punto de cometer, yo misma seré la expiación. Siguiendo la senda prescrita por los Vedas, ofreceré mi propio ser en el fuego sagrado.”
Sati (Parvati in her incarnation as Sati)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
Sati declares radical accountability: she will not externalize blame but accepts that inner impurity must be purified through conscious expiation. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, this points to cleansing mala (impurity) through sincere resolve and self-surrender, not mere social justification.
Though the verse speaks in Vedic-sacrificial language, its inner meaning aligns with Saguna Shiva devotion: offering the ego and limited self into the ‘fire’ of Shiva-consciousness. Linga worship similarly symbolizes dissolving individuality into the presence of Pati (Shiva), the Lord who grants purification and grace.
The takeaway is inner homa: mentally offer one’s pride, anger, and guilt into the purifying fire of mantra and devotion—especially through japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and sincere prāyaścitta like fasting, prayer, and restraint, performed with humility.