Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
सतीसंक्षेपचरित्रवर्णनम् — Summary Description of Satī’s Narrative
ततो दक्षः स्वयं यज्ञं कृतवान्गर्वितोऽहरम् । सर्वानाहूय देवादीन् विष्णुं मां चाखिलाधिपः
tato dakṣaḥ svayaṃ yajñaṃ kṛtavāngarvito'haram | sarvānāhūya devādīn viṣṇuṃ māṃ cākhilādhipaḥ
ต่อจากนั้นทักษะผู้พองด้วยทิฐิได้ประกอบยัญพิธีด้วยตนเอง เขาเชิญเหล่าเทพและผู้อื่นทั้งปวงมา แม้พระวิษณุก็ยังถูกเชิญโดยผู้ที่อ้างตนว่าเป็น ‘เจ้าแห่งสรรพสิ่ง’ แต่ด้วยความหยิ่งผยองกลับไม่เชิญเรา—พระศิวะ
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
The verse highlights that ritual (yajña) without humility and reverence to Śiva (Pati) becomes tainted by ahaṅkāra, turning a sacred act into a cause of bondage and conflict—an essential Shaiva lesson that devotion and right attitude are the soul of dharma.
Dakṣa’s omission of Śiva shows the failure of honoring Saguna Śiva—the accessible Lord worshipped as the Liṅga—within religious life. In Shaiva understanding, neglect of Śiva in worship denies the very source of auspiciousness (śiva-tattva) that sanctifies all rites.
The implied takeaway is to purify worship with humility: begin rites with Śiva-smaraṇa and Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), and, where appropriate, use bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to dissolve ego rather than inflate it.