Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
सतीप्राप्तिविषये ब्रह्मरुद्रसंवादः | The Brahmā–Śiva Dialogue on Attaining Satī
ततः क्षणेन बलिना बलीवर्देन योगिना । स विष्णुप्रमुखः प्रीत्या प्राप दक्षालयं हरः
tataḥ kṣaṇena balinā balīvardena yoginā | sa viṣṇupramukhaḥ prītyā prāpa dakṣālayaṃ haraḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ក្នុងមួយភ្លែត ព្រះហរៈ—មានអំណាច ជាម្ចាស់យោគៈ និងជិះលើគោព្រៃដ៏ខ្លាំង—បានចេញដំណើរដោយសេចក្តីស្រឡាញ់ពេញចិត្ត មានព្រះវិṣṇុ និងទេវតាអធិបតីជាអមដំណើរ ហើយបានទៅដល់លំនៅរបស់ទក្ខៈ។
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Role: teaching
FAQs
It portrays Śiva as the supreme Yogin who moves effortlessly (in a moment) yet acts with prīti—benevolent grace—showing that divine power is guided by compassion and dharma, not ego.
Śiva appears here in a clearly saguna (personal) mode—Hara riding Nandin—supporting devotional worship where the devotee approaches the Lord as a gracious, accessible Presence, even while He remains the transcendent Yogin.
The verse points to yoga joined with bhakti: meditate on Śiva as the inner Yogin while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with prīti, cultivating steadiness like Nandin (dharma) before any outer ritual.