Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
दाक्षयज्ञप्रस्थान-प्रश्नः
Satī Inquires about the Departure for Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
विजयोक्तमथाकर्ण्य स्वयात्रां पूर्वमादरात् । कथितं तेन तत्सर्वं दक्षयज्ञोत्सवादिकम्
vijayoktamathākarṇya svayātrāṃ pūrvamādarāt | kathitaṃ tena tatsarvaṃ dakṣayajñotsavādikam
വിജയ പറഞ്ഞത് കേട്ട സതി ആദ്യം തന്നെ ആദരത്തോടെ വേഗത്തിൽ സ്വന്തം യാത്ര ആരംഭിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ദക്ഷയജ്ഞോത്സവം മുതലായവ മുതൽ തുടങ്ങി എല്ലാം ക്രമമായി അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
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.
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.
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.