Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36
सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle
इत्थं सांगोपांगभक्तिर्मम सर्वोत्तमा प्रिये । ज्ञानवैराग्यजननी मुक्तिदासी विराजते
itthaṃ sāṃgopāṃgabhaktirmama sarvottamā priye | jñānavairāgyajananī muktidāsī virājate
如是，亲爱者啊，对我（湿婆）具足诸分与诸助缘的奉爱，辉耀为至上。它能生起真实之智与离欲（vairāgya），并如侍者般引人趋向解脱（mokṣa）。
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not tied to a single shrine; frames bhakti as the supreme upāya (means) that matures into jñāna-vairāgya and culminates in mokṣa.
Significance: Doctrinally supports pilgrimage as bhakti-sādhana: repeated darśana and sevā ripen into inner detachment and liberating insight.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
Shiva declares that fully integrated devotion (bhakti with its proper limbs) is supreme because it naturally matures into right knowledge (jñāna) and detachment (vairāgya), culminating in liberation (mukti) through His grace—central to a Shaiva Siddhanta reading.
Sāṅgopāṅga-bhakti implies worship supported by concrete practices—such as Linga-pūjā, mantra-japa, and disciplined conduct—where Saguna Shiva is approached with love and reverence, and that devotion ripens into inner realization.
Adopt ‘complete devotion’ through steady mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, Om Namaḥ Śivāya), regular Linga worship with purity and sincerity, and cultivation of detachment—treating these as supportive limbs that lead toward mukti.