Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 72
भद्रस्य दिव्यरथारोहणं शङ्खनादश्च — Bhadra’s Divine Chariot-Ascent and the Conch-Blast
सस्मुत्पथप्रस्थितमप्रधृष्यो विक्षिप्य दक्षाध्वरमक्षतास्त्रैः । बभौ गणेशस्स गणेश्वराणां मध्ये स्थितः सिंह इवर्षभाणाम्
sasmutpathaprasthitamapradhṛṣyo vikṣipya dakṣādhvaramakṣatāstraiḥ | babhau gaṇeśassa gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ madhye sthitaḥ siṃha ivarṣabhāṇām
അജേയനും അപ്രതിഹതനും ആയ ആ ഗണേശൻ തെറ്റില്ലാത്ത ആയുധങ്ങളാൽ ദക്ഷന്റെ യാഗം തകർത്തു ചിതറിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് ഗണാധിപന്മാരുടെ മദ്ധ്യേ, കാളകളുടെ ഇടയിൽ നിൽക്കുന്ന സിംഹംപോലെ അദ്ദേഹം ദീപ്തനായി തെളിഞ്ഞു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
FAQs
It portrays how a yajña driven by pride and deviation from devotion to Pati (Śiva) becomes “wrong-path” (utpatha); divine order reasserts itself through Śiva’s gaṇas, teaching that spiritual acts without humility and right orientation to Śiva do not bear liberating fruit.
Dakṣa’s ritual symbolizes external religiosity divorced from recognition of Śiva as the supreme Lord; the verse reinforces that true worship—whether of the Liṅga or Saguna Śiva—must be grounded in surrender and reverence to Śiva, not in status, control, or mere ritual display.
The takeaway is to perform worship with Śiva-bhakti and humility—reciting the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), offering with purity of intent, and avoiding ego in ritual; the verse cautions that outer rites should be supported by inner alignment to Śiva.