Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15
दक्षयज्ञे सत्या अपमानबोधः — Satī Encounters Disrespect at Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
एते कथं समायाता विष्णुब्रह्मादयस्सुराः । तव यज्ञे विना शंभुं स्वप्रभुं मुनयस्तथा
ete kathaṃ samāyātā viṣṇubrahmādayassurāḥ | tava yajñe vinā śaṃbhuṃ svaprabhuṃ munayastathā
这些天神——毗湿奴、梵天等——怎会来到你的祭祀？诸牟尼又怎会在没有商布（湿婆）这位自家主宰的情况下，来到你的祭仪？
Satī (addressing Dakṣa, questioning the omission of Śiva at Dakṣa’s sacrifice)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Depicts the paradox of a ‘successful’ assembly that is metaphysically defective: a yajña without Śiva is under pāśa (bondage/ignorance) and headed toward collapse.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
The verse highlights that even the greatest gods and sages are not independent of Śiva (Pati). A yajña performed while disregarding the Supreme Lord becomes an act of ego and incompleteness, lacking the grace that perfects ritual into liberation.
By calling Śiva “Śambhu” and “svaprabhu,” the verse affirms Saguna Śiva as the accessible Lord who must be honored in worship. In Shaiva practice, the Liṅga is the focal form through which devotion and reverence are offered; excluding Śiva from a sacred rite contradicts the very foundation of auspicious worship.
The takeaway is to place Śiva at the center of all rites—begin worship with Śiva-smaraṇa and the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and perform offerings with humility. Ritual without devotion and surrender to Śiva is considered spiritually deficient.