Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 5
मङ्गलाचरणम्, तीर्थ-परिसरः, सूतागमनम् — Invocation, Sacred Setting, and the Arrival of Sūta
मुनयश्शंसितात्मानः सत्यव्रतपरायणाः । महौजसो महाभागा महासत्रं वितेनिरे
munayaśśaṃsitātmānaḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ | mahaujaso mahābhāgā mahāsatraṃ vitenire
ထိုမုနိတို့သည် အကျင့်သီလကောင်းမွန်၍ ချီးမွမ်းထိုက်သူများ၊ အမှန်တရားအပေါ် အခြေခံသော ဝရတများကို အထူးအလေးထားသူများ၊ တေဇောဓာတ်ကြီးမား၍ ကံကောင်းမြတ်သူများဖြစ်ကာ မဟာစတြ (mahāsatra) ဟူသော ကြီးမားသည့် ယဇ်ပွဲအစည်းအဝေးကို စီစဉ်ကာ စတင်ကျင်းပ하였다။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It establishes the adhikāra (fitness) of the listeners: truth-vows, self-discipline, and inner tejas create the purity needed to receive Shiva-tattva teachings where Pati (Shiva) liberates the bound soul (paśu) from pāśa.
The mahāsatra reflects ordered, rule-based worship (vidhi) that supports saguna-upāsanā—approaching Shiva through sacred forms and rites—so the mind becomes steady enough to contemplate Shiva beyond form as well.
Adopt satya-vrata (truthful living) with disciplined observance; perform sattvic worship such as japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and regular pūjā as a sustained ‘satra-like’ practice.