Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 29
दक्षस्य तपः तथा जगदम्बायाः प्रत्यक्षता — Dakṣa’s Austerities and the Direct Manifestation of Jagadambā
अहं तस्य सदा दासी प्रिया जन्मनि जन्मनि । मम स्वामी स वै शंभुर्नानारूपधरोपि ह
ahaṃ tasya sadā dāsī priyā janmani janmani | mama svāmī sa vai śaṃbhurnānārūpadharopi ha
ഞാൻ എപ്പോഴും അവന്റെ ദാസിയും, ജന്മം ജന്മമായി അവന്റെ പ്രിയയും ആകുന്നു. എന്റെ സ്വാമി സത്യത്തിൽ ശംഭുവാണ്; അവൻ പല രൂപങ്ങൾ ധരിച്ചാലും.
Satī (Pārvatī in a previous birth)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Not a shrine narrative; it articulates Satī’s eternal relational identity to Śambhu across births—devotion framed as continuity beyond embodiment.
Significance: Encourages niṣṭhā-bhakti: unwavering allegiance to Śiva as svāmī, recognizing his many manifestations while holding one-pointed refuge.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
Cosmic Event: Rebirth-cycle (saṃsāra) implicitly referenced by ‘janmani janmani’.
FAQs
It presents Satī’s unwavering śaraṇāgati (surrender): she recognizes Śiva as the one Pati (Lord) across all births, teaching that true bhakti is steady, ego-free service and love directed to the eternal Lord rather than to temporary identities.
By affirming that Śambhu appears in “many forms,” the verse supports Saguna worship—such as the Śiva-liṅga—as a valid doorway to the one Supreme Śiva, whose essence remains one even when devotees approach Him through different names, icons, and manifestations.
A practical takeaway is nitya-bhakti: daily remembrance and service through japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a vow of constancy, seeing every life-situation as an offering to Śambhu.