Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11
संध्याचरित्रवर्णनम् (Sandhyā-caritra-varṇanam) — “Narration of Sandhyā’s Austerity and Encounter with Śiva”
दिव्यज्ञानं दिव्यचक्षुर्दिव्या वाचमवाप सा । प्रत्यक्षं वीक्ष्य दुर्गेशं तुष्टाव जगतां पतिम्
divyajñānaṃ divyacakṣurdivyā vācamavāpa sā | pratyakṣaṃ vīkṣya durgeśaṃ tuṣṭāva jagatāṃ patim
അവൾ ദിവ്യജ്ഞാനം, ദിവ്യദൃഷ്ടി, ദിവ്യവാണി എന്നിവ പ്രാപിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ദുർഗേശനെ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി ദർശിച്ച് ലോകങ്ങളുടെ അധിപനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s grace: through devotion, the soul (Satī) is empowered with purified knowledge, inner vision, and inspired speech, culminating in direct darśana of Pati (the Lord), which is a Shaiva Siddhanta marker of divine bestowal rather than mere intellectual attainment.
The verse emphasizes pratyakṣa-darśana and stuti (praise), central to saguna-upāsanā: the devotee approaches Śiva as the accessible Lord who can be beheld and praised; such devotion is also expressed in Linga worship where the formless is honored through a manifest sacred form.
A practical takeaway is stotra-japa and dhyāna: steady contemplation of Śiva with heartfelt praise (stuti) to invite inner clarity (divya-jñāna) and refined perception (divya-cakṣus), supported by Shaiva disciplines like mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and purity of speech.