Shloka 26

सतीप्राप्तिविषये ब्रह्मरुद्रसंवादः | The Brahmā–Śiva Dialogue on Attaining Satī

Devanagari script

सर्वे सुरगणास्तत्र स्वयं दक्षेण सत्कृताः । पार्श्वे श्रेष्ठं च मुनिभिरुपविष्टा यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

sarve suragaṇāstatra svayaṃ dakṣeṇa satkṛtāḥ | pārśve śreṣṭhaṃ ca munibhirupaviṣṭā yathākramam

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น หมู่เทพทั้งปวงได้รับการต้อนรับบูชาโดยทักษะด้วยตนเอง เหล่ามุนีก็นั่งตามลำดับ ณ เบื้องข้างบนอาสนะอันประเสริฐ

Word by Word

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• sura-gaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• sura-gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘सुराणां गणाः’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• svayam: personally, himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• dakṣeṇa: by Dakṣa
• dakṣeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• sat-kṛtāḥ: honored
• sat-kṛtāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग—‘सत्कृताः’ = honored

• pārśve: at the side
• pārśve: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• śreṣṭham: the best (place/seat)
• śreṣṭham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्थान/आसनं implied)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• munibhiḥ: by sages
• munibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• upaviṣṭāḥ: seated
• upaviṣṭāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-viś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘उपविष्टाः’ = seated

• yathā-kramam: in due order
• yathā-kramam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; अव्यय; ‘क्रमानुसारम्’

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Daksha
• Devas
• Sages (Munis)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It sets the scene of Dakṣa’s yajña as a highly ordered, honor-based ritual gathering—highlighting how attachment to status and outer protocol can become a veil over true devotion to Pati (Śiva), the supreme Lord beyond social ranking.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse contrasts external honor in a sacrificial assembly with the Shaiva ideal of worship centered on Śiva (often through the Liṅga as Saguna focus). In the Dakṣa narrative, ritual grandeur without reverence for Śiva becomes spiritually incomplete and ultimately destabilizing.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies the need to purify ritual with devotion and humility—practically expressed in Shaiva practice by beginning worship with the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and offering with inner surrender rather than mere social formality.