Shloka 8
कामशापानुग्रहः (Kāmaśāpānugraha) — “The Curse and Grace Concerning Kāma”
दक्षोयं भवते पत्नी स्वयं दास्यति कामिनीम् । आद्यः प्रजापतिर्यो हि यथेष्टं पुरुषोत्तमः
dakṣoyaṃ bhavate patnī svayaṃ dāsyati kāminīm | ādyaḥ prajāpatiryo hi yatheṣṭaṃ puruṣottamaḥ
Wahai Puruṣottama, Dakṣa ini akan dengan rela hati menyerahkan puterinya yang dikasihi kepadamu sebagai isteri. Kerana sesungguhnya dialah Prajāpati yang mula-mula, bertindak menurut kehendaknya sendiri.
Lord Shiva (inferred, Sati Khanda marriage-alliance context)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Marriage-alliance motif: Dakṣa, as Prajāpati, offers his daughter (Satī) to Śiva, initiating the karmic and cosmic sequence that later culminates in Dakṣa-yajña and Śiva’s corrective intervention.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: creative
FAQs
It presents marriage and worldly order as ultimately governed by divine will: even Prajāpatis like Dakṣa act within the larger unfolding of Pati (Shiva) and cosmic dharma, reminding devotees that life-events become sanctified when aligned with Shiva’s purpose.
The verse situates Shiva as the accessible Saguna Lord who enters worldly relationships without being bound by them; Linga-worship similarly teaches devotees to see the transcendent Nirguna reality expressed through a sacred, worshipable form.
A practical takeaway is to consecrate major life decisions with Shiva-bhakti—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and simple Linga-pūjā with water and bhasma remembrance, cultivating surrender to Shiva’s will.