Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
दाक्षयज्ञप्रस्थान-प्रश्नः
Satī Inquires about the Departure for Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
विजयोक्तमथाकर्ण्य स्वयात्रां पूर्वमादरात् । कथितं तेन तत्सर्वं दक्षयज्ञोत्सवादिकम्
vijayoktamathākarṇya svayātrāṃ pūrvamādarāt | kathitaṃ tena tatsarvaṃ dakṣayajñotsavādikam
Nang marinig ang sinabi ni Vijayā, (si Satī) ay unang naglakbay kaagad sa sarili niyang paglalakbay na may taimtim na pasiya. Pagkaraan, isinalaysay niya sa kanya ang lahat—mula sa masayang paghahandog na yajña ni Dakṣa at iba pang pangyayari.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It highlights how a single piece of information can set karmic events in motion: Sati’s resolute movement toward Daksha’s yajña becomes the turning point where devotion to Shiva confronts ritual pride and ego.
The verse sits within the Daksha-yajña narrative, where Shiva’s supremacy is not merely ritualistic but devotional and ontological; it prepares the context in which Saguna Shiva’s honor is defended against sacrificial formalism that ignores the Lord.
The takeaway is steadiness in bhakti: before engaging in outer rites, remember Shiva with japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintain humility, so that worship does not become mere display like Daksha’s prideful sacrifice.