Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 17
सृष्टिक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of the Sequence of Creation
आकूत्यां च रुचेश्चाभूद्वंद्वं यज्ञश्च दक्षिणा । यज्ञस्य जज्ञिरे पुत्रा दक्षिणायां च द्वादश
ākūtyāṃ ca ruceścābhūdvaṃdvaṃ yajñaśca dakṣiṇā | yajñasya jajñire putrā dakṣiṇāyāṃ ca dvādaśa
Từ Ākūti và Ruci sinh ra đôi thần thánh—Yajña và Dakṣiṇā. Và đối với Yajña, nhờ Dakṣiṇā, mười hai người con trai đã ra đời.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
Cosmic Event: personification of yajña and dakṣiṇā as progenitors; ritual principle becomes generative power in cosmic order
FAQs
It presents Yajña (sacred, ordered action) and Dakṣiṇā (right offering) as a divinely ordained pair—teaching that dharmic action becomes spiritually fruitful only when joined with proper intention, reverence, and giving.
Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana emphasizes disciplined ritual and inner devotion. Yajña and Dakṣiṇā symbolize that outer worship (offerings, rites) must be accompanied by the correct spirit of surrender to Saguna Shiva for the rite to become sanctifying rather than merely transactional.
Offer worship with “dakṣiṇā-bhāva”—a mindset of giving: perform japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and make a sincere offering (naivedya, dāna, or service) as part of Shiva-pūjā, aligning action with devotion.