Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36
सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle
इत्थं सांगोपांगभक्तिर्मम सर्वोत्तमा प्रिये । ज्ञानवैराग्यजननी मुक्तिदासी विराजते
itthaṃ sāṃgopāṃgabhaktirmama sarvottamā priye | jñānavairāgyajananī muktidāsī virājate
かくして、愛しき者よ、我（シヴァ）へのバクティは、諸部分と補助の肢をことごとく具え、最上として輝く。真の知と離欲（ヴァイラーギャ）を生み、解脱（モークシャ）へ導く侍女として立つ。
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not tied to a single shrine; frames bhakti as the supreme upāya (means) that matures into jñāna-vairāgya and culminates in mokṣa.
Significance: Doctrinally supports pilgrimage as bhakti-sādhana: repeated darśana and sevā ripen into inner detachment and liberating insight.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
Shiva declares that fully integrated devotion (bhakti with its proper limbs) is supreme because it naturally matures into right knowledge (jñāna) and detachment (vairāgya), culminating in liberation (mukti) through His grace—central to a Shaiva Siddhanta reading.
Sāṅgopāṅga-bhakti implies worship supported by concrete practices—such as Linga-pūjā, mantra-japa, and disciplined conduct—where Saguna Shiva is approached with love and reverence, and that devotion ripens into inner realization.
Adopt ‘complete devotion’ through steady mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, Om Namaḥ Śivāya), regular Linga worship with purity and sincerity, and cultivation of detachment—treating these as supportive limbs that lead toward mukti.