Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 47
सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्थमाकर्ण्य भक्तेस्तु महत्त्वं दक्षजा सती । जहर्षातीव मनसि प्रणनाम शिवं मुदा
brahmovāca | itthamākarṇya bhaktestu mahattvaṃ dakṣajā satī | jaharṣātīva manasi praṇanāma śivaṃ mudā
Brahmā dit : Ayant ainsi entendu la grandeur de la bhakti, Satī, fille de Dakṣa, fut comblée de joie en son cœur et, dans l’allégresse, se prosterna devant le Seigneur Śiva.
Brahma
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it is a framing verse where Brahmā reports Satī’s joyful reverence after hearing bhakti’s greatness.
Significance: Models the proper response to doctrine: inner joy (harṣa) culminating in praṇāma to Śiva—devotional assimilation of teaching.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It presents bhakti as a transformative power: when Satī understands devotion’s greatness, her inner state becomes joyful and she expresses surrender through pranāma to Śiva—showing that heartfelt reverence is central to Shaiva liberation-oriented practice.
Satī’s bowing indicates personal, Saguna-oriented devotion to Śiva—an attitude that also underlies Liṅga worship in the Shiva Purana, where outward acts (like pranāma) embody inward recognition of Śiva as Pati, the supreme Lord.
The immediate takeaway is pranāma (prostration) performed with mudā (joy) and bhakti; as a simple daily sādhana, one may bow to Śiva before japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating humility and devotional focus.