Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 26
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
अथ प्रजापतेस्तस्य सवनीयपशोश्शिरः । बस्तस्य संदधुश्शंभोः कायेनारं सुशासनात्
atha prajāpatestasya savanīyapaśośśiraḥ | bastasya saṃdadhuśśaṃbhoḥ kāyenāraṃ suśāsanāt
അനന്തരം ശംഭുവിന്റെ ഉത്തമ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം, ശിവന്റെ ദേഹത്തിൽ നിന്നൊരു അംശം എടുത്ത്, ആ പ്രജാപതിക്കു യജ്ഞപശു—ആടിന്റെ—ശിരസ് ചേർത്തു കൂട്ടി।
Sūta Gosvāmī (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It shows Śiva as Pati (the Lord) who both chastises adharma and restores balance through grace—teaching that even after grave error, humility and divine ordinance can re-establish order.
Śambhu’s personal command and intervention highlight Saguna Śiva’s compassionate lordship: the devotee approaches a living, responsive Lord whose grace can heal the consequences of arrogance and sacrificial pride.
The takeaway is obedience to Śiva’s śāsana through daily Śiva-pūjā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) and a repentant, disciplined mind to dissolve ego (ahaṅkāra).