Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
सतीप्राप्तिविषये ब्रह्मरुद्रसंवादः | The Brahmā–Śiva Dialogue on Attaining Satī
ततः क्षणेन बलिना बलीवर्देन योगिना । स विष्णुप्रमुखः प्रीत्या प्राप दक्षालयं हरः
tataḥ kṣaṇena balinā balīvardena yoginā | sa viṣṇupramukhaḥ prītyā prāpa dakṣālayaṃ haraḥ
Pagkaraan, sa isang kisapmata, si Panginoong Hara—makapangyarihan, panginoon ng yoga, at nakasakay sa malakas na toro—ay umalis nang may mapagmahal na kalooban, kasama si Viṣṇu at ang mga pangunahing diyos, at narating ang tahanan ni Dakṣa.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Role: teaching
FAQs
It portrays Śiva as the supreme Yogin who moves effortlessly (in a moment) yet acts with prīti—benevolent grace—showing that divine power is guided by compassion and dharma, not ego.
Śiva appears here in a clearly saguna (personal) mode—Hara riding Nandin—supporting devotional worship where the devotee approaches the Lord as a gracious, accessible Presence, even while He remains the transcendent Yogin.
The verse points to yoga joined with bhakti: meditate on Śiva as the inner Yogin while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with prīti, cultivating steadiness like Nandin (dharma) before any outer ritual.