Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
सतीसंक्षेपचरित्रवर्णनम् — Summary Description of Satī’s Narrative
ततो दक्षः स्वयं यज्ञं कृतवान्गर्वितोऽहरम् । सर्वानाहूय देवादीन् विष्णुं मां चाखिलाधिपः
tato dakṣaḥ svayaṃ yajñaṃ kṛtavāngarvito'haram | sarvānāhūya devādīn viṣṇuṃ māṃ cākhilādhipaḥ
അതിനുശേഷം അഹങ്കാരത്തിൽ മദിച്ച ദക്ഷൻ സ്വമേധയാ യജ്ഞം നടത്തി. എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരെയും മറ്റുള്ളവരെയും വിളിച്ചു കൂട്ടി, ആ ‘സകലാധിപൻ’ എന്നു പറയുന്നവൻ വിഷ്ണുവിനെയും ക്ഷണിച്ചു; പക്ഷേ ദർപ്പത്താൽ എന്നെ—ശിവനെ—ഒഴിവാക്കി.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
The verse highlights that ritual (yajña) without humility and reverence to Śiva (Pati) becomes tainted by ahaṅkāra, turning a sacred act into a cause of bondage and conflict—an essential Shaiva lesson that devotion and right attitude are the soul of dharma.
Dakṣa’s omission of Śiva shows the failure of honoring Saguna Śiva—the accessible Lord worshipped as the Liṅga—within religious life. In Shaiva understanding, neglect of Śiva in worship denies the very source of auspiciousness (śiva-tattva) that sanctifies all rites.
The implied takeaway is to purify worship with humility: begin rites with Śiva-smaraṇa and Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), and, where appropriate, use bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to dissolve ego rather than inflate it.