Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
एवं तेषां प्रार्थनया विष्णुप्रभृतिभिस्सुरैः । ययौ कनखलं शंभुर्यज्ञवाटं प्रजापतेः
evaṃ teṣāṃ prārthanayā viṣṇuprabhṛtibhissuraiḥ | yayau kanakhalaṃ śaṃbhuryajñavāṭaṃ prajāpateḥ
Ainsi, à la demande pressante de ces dieux — conduits par Vishnu — Sambhu se rendit à Kanakhala, dans l'enceinte sacrificielle de Prajapati (Daksha).
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Kanakhala (near Haridwar) is remembered in Purāṇic geography as the Dakṣa-yajña region; Śiva’s arrival there frames the cosmic lesson that yajña without honoring Śiva becomes spiritually barren.
Significance: Remembrance of Dakṣa-yajña as a tīrtha of humility: ritual must be joined to devotion and right recognition of Pati.
FAQs
It shows that even the devas rely on Śiva as the supreme Pati, and that Śiva responds to sincere prayer—yet His entering the yajña context also sets the stage for exposing the limits of ego-driven ritual when devotion and right recognition are absent.
Śambhu here is Saguna—personally accessible and responsive—indicating that divine grace can be approached through devotion; the Dakṣa-yajña narrative later underscores that ritual (yajña) without reverence for Śiva (often symbolized by the Liṅga as His presence) becomes spiritually incomplete.
The practical takeaway is prayerful surrender (prārthanā) to Śiva before any rite; devotees may pair this with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to cultivate humility and invoke Śiva’s guidance so that worship does not become mere external performance.