Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

विष्णुचक्रलाभो नाम (अर्धनारीश्वर-तत्त्वं, सती-पार्वती-सम्भवः, दक्षयज्ञविनाशः)

Devanagari script

अनादृत्य कृतिं ज्ञात्वा सती दक्षेण तत्क्षणात् भस्मीकृत्वात्मनो देहं योगमार्गेण सा पुनः

Transliteration

anādṛtya kṛtiṃ jñātvā satī dakṣeṇa tatkṣaṇāt bhasmīkṛtvātmano dehaṃ yogamārgeṇa sā punaḥ

Translation

Sachant aussitôt que Dakṣa avait agi avec mépris, Satī—sans accepter cet affront—réduisit son propre corps en cendres par la voie du Yoga, le consumant dans le feu yogique, puis revint de nouveau par la puissance du Yoga. Dans l’entendement śaiva, cela révèle la Śakti du Seigneur au-delà du pāśa (lien), renonçant à une forme devenue lieu d’outrage envers le Pati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• अनादृत्य: disregarding, not accepting (the insult)

• कृतिम्: the deed, action

• ज्ञात्वा: having known, realizing

• सती: Satī (Śiva’s Śakti)

• दक्षेण: by Dakṣa

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, at that very moment

• भस्मीकृत्वा: having reduced to ashes

• आत्मनः: of her own

• देहम्: body

• योगमार्गेण: by the yogic path (yoga-method)

• सा: she

• पुनः: again, anew

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Sati
• Daksha
• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Satī’s yogic self-immolation as a dharmic turning point that leads to Śiva’s cosmic reaction and the re-sanctification of worship—showing that true reverence to Pati (Śiva) is the heart of any yajña or Linga-centered devotion.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By highlighting Satī as Śiva’s Śakti acting through Yoga beyond worldly insult, it implies Śiva-tattva as transcendent Pati—unbound by pasha—whose power (Śakti) can withdraw from a form when adharma and contempt arise.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Yoga-mārga with yoga-agni (inner yogic fire): a disciplined withdrawal of prāṇa and consciousness that can culminate in burning the body to ashes—an extreme siddhi motif often associated with Shaiva/Pāśupata yogic mastery.