Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 1
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
ब्रह्मोवाच । श्रीब्रह्मेशप्रजेशेन सदैव मुनिना च वै । अनुनीतश्शंभुरासीत्प्रसन्नः परमेश्वरः
brahmovāca | śrībrahmeśaprajeśena sadaiva muninā ca vai | anunītaśśaṃbhurāsītprasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ
ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—ശ്രീബ്രഹ്മനും ഈശൻ (രുദ്രൻ) പ്രജാപതിയും മുനിയും പുനഃപുനഃ വിനയത്തോടെ അപേക്ഷിച്ചതിനാൽ പരമേശ്വരൻ ശംഭു പ്രസന്നനായി।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It emphasizes Śiva’s anugraha (grace): when devotion and sincere supplication arise—even from great cosmic authorities—Śambhu becomes prasanna (gracious), showing that liberation and boons ultimately depend on the Lord’s compassionate favor.
Śiva is approached here as the personal, responsive Lord (saguṇa Īśvara) who is pleased by prayer and reverence; this aligns with Liṅga-worship where devotees seek the Lord’s prasāda through respectful invocation, praise, and surrender.
The takeaway is repeated humble supplication (prārthanā) and bhakti—practically expressed through japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering with purity (including bhasma/tripuṇḍra where prescribed), and steady remembrance until the mind becomes aligned with Śiva’s grace.