Shloka 51
Durgama’s Seizure of the Vedas and the Gods’ Refuge in Yogamāyā (दुर्गमकृतवेदनाशः—योगमायाशरणगमनम्)
या शताक्षी स्मृता देवी सैव शाकंभरी मता । सैव प्रकीर्तिता दुर्गा व्यक्तिरेकैव त्रिष्वपि
yā śatākṣī smṛtā devī saiva śākaṃbharī matā | saiva prakīrtitā durgā vyaktirekaiva triṣvapi
A Deusa lembrada como Śatākṣī é, de fato, tida como Śākaṃbharī; e também é celebrada como Durgā. Em todas essas três, a realidade manifestada é uma só e a mesma.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Durgā
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches ekatva (oneness) behind multiple divine names: Śatākṣī, Śākaṃbharī, and Durgā are not competing deities but one Śakti manifesting different functions—vision, nourishment, and protection—within a Śaiva framework where Uma is inseparable from Shiva.
In Śaiva Siddhānta, Saguna worship honors Shiva together with His Śakti; Linga worship is complete when the devotee recognizes Uma/Durgā as the Lord’s inseparable power. This verse supports that devotional unity: many forms, one reality.
A practical takeaway is nāma-japa with unified intent—reciting names like “Durgā” or “Śākaṃbharī” while remembering they point to the one Divine Mother (Uma), alongside Śiva-mantra practice (e.g., pañcākṣarī japa) for integrated Śiva-Śakti devotion.