Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 41
सृष्टिक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of the Sequence of Creation
एवं शिवा सती भूत्वा शंकरेण विवाहिता । पितुर्यज्ञे तनुं त्यक्त्वा नादात्तां स्वपदं ययौ
evaṃ śivā satī bhūtvā śaṃkareṇa vivāhitā | pituryajñe tanuṃ tyaktvā nādāttāṃ svapadaṃ yayau
ดังนั้นพระสตีผู้เป็นหนึ่งกับสภาวะแห่งพระศิวา จึงอภิเษกกับพระศังกร. ครั้นถึงยัญพิธีของบิดา พระนางละสรีระ ไม่รับกายใหม่ และเสด็จสู่ปรมสถานของพระนางเอง।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Satī’s self-immolation at Dakṣa’s yajña becomes a paradigmatic myth for Śiva’s withdrawal from worldly honor and the re-establishment of dharma through divine grace and re-manifestation of Śakti.
Significance: Contemplation of Satī’s tyāga and Śiva-Śakti unity is taught as purifying pride and strengthening śaraṇāgati (refuge) in Pati.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: Dakṣa-yajña crisis leading to reconfiguration of divine order
FAQs
The verse highlights Satī’s unwavering alignment with Śiva (Pati) and dharma: when divine dignity is violated at Dakṣa’s yajña, she renounces the limited body and attains her own highest state, indicating liberation through steadfast devotion and truth.
Satī’s marriage to Śaṅkara affirms Saguna Śiva as the accessible Lord of grace, while her departure from the body points to the transcendent reality beyond form; Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana holds both—form for devotion and the formless truth it signifies.
The takeaway is inner steadiness in Śiva-bhakti: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with reverence, and simple Śiva-pūjā with bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) as a reminder to renounce ego and remain established in Śiva.