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
അതിനുശേഷം ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നേ, ബലവാനായ യോഗീയും ശക്തിയുള്ള വൃഷഭവാഹനനുമായ ഹരൻ, വിഷ്ണുപ്രമുഖ ദേവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം പ്രീതിയോടെ പുറപ്പെട്ടു ദക്ഷന്റെ ആലയത്തിലെത്തി।
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.