Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7

दाक्षयज्ञप्रस्थान-प्रश्नः

Satī Inquires about the Departure for Dakṣa’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

विजयोक्तमथाकर्ण्य स्वयात्रां पूर्वमादरात् । कथितं तेन तत्सर्वं दक्षयज्ञोत्सवादिकम्

Transliteration

vijayoktamathākarṇya svayātrāṃ pūrvamādarāt | kathitaṃ tena tatsarvaṃ dakṣayajñotsavādikam

Translation

ເມື່ອໄດ້ຍິນຄຳທີ່ວິຊະຍາເວົ້າແລ້ວ (ສະຕີ) ກໍອອກເດີນທາງຂອງນາງເອງທັນທີ ດ້ວຍໃຈມຸ່ງໝັ້ນ. ແລ້ວນາງໄດ້ເລົ່າໃຫ້ລາວຟັງທຸກຢ່າງ—ເລີ່ມຈາກງານຍັດຍະຍາກຂອງດັກຊະ ແລະພິທີສະຫຼອງຕ່າງໆ.

Word by Word

• विजया-उक्तम्: what was said by Vijayā
• विजया-उक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijayā + ukta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया/कर्म (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (vijayayā uktaṃ)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Sequence (सम्बन्ध/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), sequence

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: karṇ (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having heard’

• स्व-यात्राम्: his own journey
• स्व-यात्राम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया/कर्म (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (svasya yātrā)

• पूर्वम्: before/first
• पूर्वम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• आदरात्: out of respect/eagerness
• आदरात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी/हेतु (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथितम्: was told/related
• कथितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) + ita (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc./Neut.), तृतीया/करण (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दक्ष-यज्ञ-उत्सव-आदिकम्: beginning with Dakṣa’s sacrifice-festival etc.
• दक्ष-यज्ञ-उत्सव-आदिकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣa + yajña + utsava + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative chain)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Vijaya
• Sati
• Daksha

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It highlights how a single piece of information can set karmic events in motion: Sati’s resolute movement toward Daksha’s yajña becomes the turning point where devotion to Shiva confronts ritual pride and ego.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse sits within the Daksha-yajña narrative, where Shiva’s supremacy is not merely ritualistic but devotional and ontological; it prepares the context in which Saguna Shiva’s honor is defended against sacrificial formalism that ignores the Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is steadiness in bhakti: before engaging in outer rites, remember Shiva with japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintain humility, so that worship does not become mere display like Daksha’s prideful sacrifice.