Shloka 42
दाक्षयज्ञप्रस्थान-प्रश्नः
Satī Inquires about the Departure for Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
कुतूहलं गणाश्चक्रुश्शिवयोर्यश उज्जगुः । बालांतः पुप्लुवुः प्रीत्या महावीराश्शिवप्रियाः
kutūhalaṃ gaṇāścakruśśivayoryaśa ujjaguḥ | bālāṃtaḥ pupluvuḥ prītyā mahāvīrāśśivapriyāḥ
Dengan rasa ingin tahu yang menggetarkan, para Gaṇa bersorak gembira, melagukan dengan lantang kemuliaan Śiva dan Satī. Para pengiring perkasa—yang dikasihi Śiva—melompat-lompat seperti kanak-kanak, melimpah dengan sukacita.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; depicts gaṇa-bhakti—devotee-attendants celebrating the glory (yaśas) of Śiva and Satī in a festival context.
Significance: Encourages kīrtana and utsava participation as bhakti-sādhana; childlike joy (bāla-bhāva) is presented as a pure devotional mode.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights bhakti as a spontaneous overflow of the purified heart: Shiva’s Gaṇas rejoice by praising the divine couple, showing that remembrance and kīrtana of Shiva’s glory naturally arises when grace and devotion mature.
The verse emphasizes Saguna devotion—glorifying Shiva’s manifest presence and līlā with Satī. In Shaiva practice, such praise supports Linga worship by turning the mind from distraction to loving contemplation of Shiva’s accessible, worship-worthy form.
Kīrtana and nāma-smaraṇa: regularly chant Shiva’s names (including the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and sing stotras with childlike simplicity, letting devotion become joyful rather than merely formal.