Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

विष्णुचक्रलाभो नाम (अर्धनारीश्वर-तत्त्वं, सती-पार्वती-सम्भवः, दक्षयज्ञविनाशः)

Devanagari script

अनादृत्य कृतिं ज्ञात्वा सती दक्षेण तत्क्षणात् भस्मीकृत्वात्मनो देहं योगमार्गेण सा पुनः

Transliteration

anādṛtya kṛtiṃ jñātvā satī dakṣeṇa tatkṣaṇāt bhasmīkṛtvātmano dehaṃ yogamārgeṇa sā punaḥ

Translation

萨蒂（Satī）当即知晓达克沙以轻慢行事；她不受此辱，循瑜伽之道以瑜伽之火焚尽自身之躯，使之化为灰烬，并凭瑜伽威力再度归来。依湿婆派之见，此显现主之圣能（Śakti）超越系缚（pāśa），舍弃那已成对夫主（Pati，Śiva）不敬之地的形体。

Word by Word

• अनादृत्य: disregarding, not accepting (the insult)

• कृतिम्: the deed, action

• ज्ञात्वा: having known, realizing

• सती: Satī (Śiva’s Śakti)

• दक्षेण: by Dakṣa

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, at that very moment

• भस्मीकृत्वा: having reduced to ashes

• आत्मनः: of her own

• देहम्: body

• योगमार्गेण: by the yogic path (yoga-method)

• सा: she

• पुनः: again, anew

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Sati
• Daksha
• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Satī’s yogic self-immolation as a dharmic turning point that leads to Śiva’s cosmic reaction and the re-sanctification of worship—showing that true reverence to Pati (Śiva) is the heart of any yajña or Linga-centered devotion.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By highlighting Satī as Śiva’s Śakti acting through Yoga beyond worldly insult, it implies Śiva-tattva as transcendent Pati—unbound by pasha—whose power (Śakti) can withdraw from a form when adharma and contempt arise.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Yoga-mārga with yoga-agni (inner yogic fire): a disciplined withdrawal of prāṇa and consciousness that can culminate in burning the body to ashes—an extreme siddhi motif often associated with Shaiva/Pāśupata yogic mastery.