Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
दक्षस्य दुहितृविवाहवर्णनम् / The Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters
Genealogical Allocation
भूतांगिरः कृशाश्वेभ्यो द्वेद्वे पुत्री प्रदत्तवान् । तार्क्ष्याय चापरः कन्या प्रसूतिप्रसवैर्यतः
bhūtāṃgiraḥ kṛśāśvebhyo dvedve putrī pradattavān | tārkṣyāya cāparaḥ kanyā prasūtiprasavairyataḥ
بھوتانگِرس نے کِرشاشوؤں کو دو دو بیٹیاں دیں؛ اور پرَسوتی کی نسل سے پیدا ہونے والی ایک اور کنیا کو تارکشیہ کے ساتھ نکاح کے لیے دے دیا۔
Sūta Gosvāmī
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It situates the Satī-kathā within the wider dharmic order of creation—showing how lineages and righteous alliances sustain the world in which devotion to Śiva later arises and bears fruit.
Indirectly: the Purāṇa first establishes cosmic and familial order (pravṛtti-dharma) through genealogies, and within that ordered world the Saguna worship of Śiva—Linga, vrata, and bhakti—becomes the means to transcend it toward liberation.
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; the practical takeaway is to uphold dharma in household life and support it with Śiva-bhakti—such as daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) alongside pure conduct.