Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25
दक्षस्य तपः तथा जगदम्बायाः प्रत्यक्षता — Dakṣa’s Austerities and the Direct Manifestation of Jagadambā
देव्युवाच । तात प्रजापते दक्ष शृणु मे परमं वचः । सत्यं ब्रवीमि त्वद्भक्त्या सुप्रसन्नाखिलप्रदा
devyuvāca | tāta prajāpate dakṣa śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ | satyaṃ bravīmi tvadbhaktyā suprasannākhilapradā
دیوی نے فرمایا—اے تات، اے پرجاپتی دکش، میرا اعلیٰ کلام سنو۔ میں سچ کہتی ہوں؛ تمہاری بھکتی سے میں نہایت خوش ہوں اور سب برکتیں دینے والی ہوں۔
Devī (Satī/Parvatī)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva principle that sincere bhakti draws down divine anugraha (grace): when the Goddess is pleased, she becomes “akhila-pradā,” the giver of all auspicious attainments, ultimately supporting the soul’s movement toward liberation.
Though the Linga is not named here, the verse reinforces Saguna worship: devotion to the manifest Divine (Shiva–Shakti) ripens into grace, which in Shaiva Siddhanta is essential for progressing from ritual devotion toward higher realization.
The takeaway is bhakti-based upāsanā—daily Shiva–Shakti remembrance with mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offered with humility, since devotion is stated as the direct cause of divine pleasure and blessing.