Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16
सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle
भक्तौ ज्ञाने न भेदो हि तत्कर्तुस्सर्वदा सुखम् । विज्ञानं न भवत्येव सति भक्तिविरोधिनः
bhaktau jñāne na bhedo hi tatkartussarvadā sukham | vijñānaṃ na bhavatyeva sati bhaktivirodhinaḥ
ಭಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು (ತತ್ತ್ವ)ಜ್ಞಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಭೇದವಿಲ್ಲ; ಆ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸುವವನಿಗೆ ಸದಾ ಸುಖ. ಆದರೆ ಭಕ್ತಿಗೆ ವಿರೋಧಿಯಾಗಿರುವವನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (ಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ ವಿವೇಕ) ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಉದಯಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching within the Sati Khanda context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Type: stotra
FAQs
It teaches that in Shaiva understanding, devotion to Shiva and true liberating knowledge converge; inner peace is natural for the sincere practitioner, while contempt for bhakti prevents direct realization (vijñāna).
Linga and Saguna Shiva worship trains the mind in reverence and one-pointedness; this devotional orientation matures into jñāna/vijñāna, whereas rejecting devotion dries up the very conditions needed for realization.
Daily bhakti-supported sādhana—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Linga-pūjā and Tripuṇḍra/bhasma remembrance—so that knowledge becomes lived discernment rather than mere argument.