Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 30
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
भवं स्तोतुमना सोथ नाशक्नोदनुरागतः । उत्कंठाविकलत्वाच्च संपरेतां सुतां स्मरन्
bhavaṃ stotumanā sotha nāśaknodanurāgataḥ | utkaṃṭhāvikalatvācca saṃparetāṃ sutāṃ smaran
Alors, bien qu’il désirât louer Bhava (le Seigneur Śiva), il ne le put, vaincu par l’attachement affectueux ; bouleversé par une nostalgie insupportable, il ne cessait de se souvenir de sa fille, déjà passée hors de ce monde.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It shows that even exalted beings can be shaken by viraha (pain of separation). In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, this highlights the human condition of pasha (bondage) through attachment and the need to return to steady remembrance of Pati (Śiva) beyond grief.
The inability to praise indicates a mind overwhelmed by emotion; Saguna worship through the Śiva-liṅga provides a stable support for devotion when thoughts scatter. The liṅga becomes the anchoring form through which grief is offered and transformed into bhakti.
Offer the mind’s sorrow into japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and perform simple liṅga-abhiṣeka with water while wearing rudrākṣa or applying tripuṇḍra, using the practice to steady longing into prayer.