||Om Nama: Shivaya||
Chapter –76 – Rudra Samhitha/Sati Khanda – 15
Namo Bhagavathe Thubhyam
Yatha Yethacharacharam | Purushaya Maheshaya Pareshaya Mahathmane ||Adhibeejaya
Sarvesham Chithroopaya Paraya Cha | Bhramane Nirvikaraya Prakrithe: Purushaya
Cha ||
Lord Bhrama speaks “Oh!
Mune, once I have visited the abode of Dhaksha with you, I have noticed Devi
Sati who is the essence of the Universe and its living beings, prostrated before us
and her father Dhakshaprajapathi and took a seat reverentially. Daksha offered
his salutations and provided a comfortable seat to us. I have blessed Devi Sati
that she would achieve an appropriate companion as a wedded husband, and both
will have blissful life together. I have advised her that she would achieve the
Lord who is the knower of all as her wedded husband; she would achieve a flawless
groom, and remain inseparable from him. We both happened to live in the abode
of Dhaksha for a long time, after that we have returned our abode. Daksha and
Devi Virni were highly devoted to their daughter who is none other than the
supreme Goddess Parameshwari, Jagathjanani, Paramba, Bhagavathi. Devi Uma who
was personified as Dhakshayani at her own will performed various amusements
with her female companions enticed everyone with her loveliness. Years have
passed, Devi Uma attained the youthful age, and she has achieved the most beautiful
appearance with her austerities and Tapasya. Daksha felt extremely happy
watching his daughter growing to an attractive young maiden; on the back of the
mind, he was anxious to offer such a tender and delicate daughter as a wedded
wife to Lord Shiva. Devi Sati who was born to unite with her inseparable
companion Lord Shiva was anxious to meet him and achieve him as a wedded husband.
Devi Sati understood the anxieties stirred the mind of her father; therefore
she approached her mother Devi Virni. Devi Sati Parameshwari spoke “Oh! Mother,
I would like to conduct Tapasya to achieve that supreme Lord Mahadeva as a wedded
husband, seeking both of your permission to undertake the Tapasya.” Thus Devi
Sati engaged in the sincere veneration of supreme Lord Mahadeva. On an
auspicious day in the month of Ashwini, on a fortnight she conducted elaborate
worship of Lord Shiva and offered rice with jaggery, and rice with salt as
Naivedhya. In the month of Karthik on the auspicious Paurnami day, she adored
LordMahadeva, and offered sweet puddings as Neivedhyam. On the eighth day of
Margashirsha Devi Sati adored Lord Mahadeva and offered cooked barley and
sesame seeds as Neivedhyam. In the month of Pausha, on a Paurnami, Devi Sati
conducted veneration of Mahadeva, and spend that night awake, on the next day
she offered Krisharannam/cooked rice as Neivedhyam. In the month of Magha, on
the Paurnami day, Devi Sati conducted veneration of Mahadeva, and she was awake
in the whole night, and in the early hours conducted the worship of Lord Shiva
on the river bank. In the month of
Phalguna, Amavasya, Devi Sati undertook the veneration of Lord Shiva, and kept
her awake in the night, and conducted the worship of Lord Shiva with bale
leaves and fruits, every three hours. In the month of Chaithra, on a Paurnami
day, Devi Sati worshiped Lord Shiva with the flowers day and night. In the
month of Magh, on a Paurnami day, Devi Sati worshiped Lord Mahadeva and offered
cooked rice and sesame seeds as Neivedhyam. She consumed only the dairy
products in the whole month and engaged in the worship of the Lord. Devi Sati
conducted the worship of Lord Shiva in the month of
Jyeshta on a Paurnami day with
the Bhrahathi flowers, and observed fast throughout the month. In the month
of Ashada on a Paurnami day, Devi Sati
attired in a black robe undertook the worship of Lord Rudra with the Bhrahathi
flowers. On the eighth and fourteenth day of the month Shravana, she conducted
the worship of Lord Mahadeva and offered Yajjopaveetha and clothe to the Lord. On
the thirteenth day of Amavasya in the month of Bhadrapada, Devi Sati worshiped
Lord Shiva, undertook fast on the day, offered fruits and flowers to Lord Shiva
as Neivedhyam. In this way, Devi Sati undertook strict austerities and worship
of Lord Mahadeva with various flowers, leaves, and fruits. Devi Sati carried out Nandhavrath, fasting on
the day and conducted elaborate worship of Lord Mahadeva. The deities and Sages
were highly pleased watching the sincere devotion of Devi Sati. We/Lord Vishnu
and myself, Devi Lakshmi and Devi Saraswathi along with the Rishis and sages arrived in the place
where Devi Sati was undertaking penance, the supreme Goddess who was incarnated
as the daughter of Daksha has already achieved the highest of the form of an enlightened soul with her continuous
austerities and Tapasya. We have prostrated before the supreme Goddess and
praised her, and proceed to Mount Kailash. We stood before that supreme Lord,
great Yogi with folded hands, and praised his endless splendor.”
The deities and Sages
eulogized the supreme Lord Shiva with folded hands “Oh! Bhagavan, Oh! Lord of
living and non-living things, Oh! Purusha, Oh! Mahesha, Oh! Paresha, Oh! Mahathma, we shall repeatedly prostrate
before you. Oh! Bhagavan, you are the cause of the Universe and its living beings,
you are absolute consciousness, unblemished and pure, you are beyond Purusha
and Prakrithi, and you are absolute Bhramam. Oh! Bhagavan, you are the creator
of the Universe, you reside as a soul in living beings and you are the source of
functioning in the Jeeva, you are the preserver of the Jeeva, you are the
administrator of the Jeeva, you are the cause for the deluge as well. Oh!
Bhagavan, we repeatedly prostrate before you. You are self-manifested, you are
the creator of the Universe and its living being, and you are the cause of it,
you are unblemished; you reside as a soul in living beings, Oh! Bhagavan, you are
absolute Bhramam, we shall take refuge at your lotus feet, you are the
soul-witness of Jeeva, and you have endless incarnations. Oh! Bhagavan, you are
beyond perception of Rishis and Sages, and Siddhas. You reside in the lotus-like heart of them. The virtuous who are free from worldly matters and bondages
take shelter at your lotus feet, undertakes enormous effort to surrender at
your lotus feet. Oh! Bhagavan, you are free from afflictions, you are free from
Jara, Janma, Dhukha, and Marana. Your
powerful Maya influences all the living beings, you are supreme Lord/Bhramam, supreme
ascetic. Oh! Bhagavan, we repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh! Bhagavan, you
are beyond forms, still, you have Saguna and Nirgunaswaroopa, you are
unconquerable, you are immeasurable, and you are all-pervasive supreme Bhramam,
which has endless prowess. We shall repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh!
Bhagavan, you reside as a soul in living beings, and illuminates the whole world;
you are the provider of supreme bliss and liberation from the vicious cycles of
repeated births. Oh! Bhagavan, you are approachable for the noble souls who are
free from worldly matters and bondage, you are supreme Purusha, provider of
various boons to your worshiper. We shall repeatedly prostrate before you.
Oh!Bhagavan, you are Kshethrajja who resides as a soul in living beings/body is
Kshethra, and the supreme Lord dwells in it as Athman/ you are supreme Lord who
represents Prakrithi and Purusha as well. Oh! Bhagavan, you have attractive
features, five faces, Surya, Chandra, and Agni as three eyes on each face, you
are a flawless ascetic, you are beyond Trigunas, we shall repeatedly prostrate
before you. Oh! Bhagavan, you are the Lord of three worlds, you are the cause
of the Universe and the living beings, you are the provider of Moksha to the
Jeeva who takes shelter in you. We shall prostrate before you. Oh! Bhagavan,
you are primordial, you symbolize virtues, you are the safest asylum of the
devotees, we shall repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh! Maheshwara, you are
supreme consciousness, embodied as colossal fire, you represent sacrificial
rite, proceedings of the Yajja, ingredients of the Yajja, performer of the
Yajja, and you are the sacrificial fire. Oh! Bhagavan, ignorant cannot perceive
you, Oh! Bhagavan, you are the supreme soul resides in the hearts of wise and
learned. We shall repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh! Bhagavan, you are free
from impurities, you symbolize auspiciousness, and you are the provider of
Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha. Oh! Bhagavan, kindly shower your auspicious
grace on us. Oh! Bhagavan, noble souls will not desire for anything, they take
pleasure in singing in praise of you. Oh! Bhagavan you are all-pervasive,
indestructible supreme Bhramam. You represent Akshara Bhramam, you are
perceivable through supreme knowledge. Oh! Bhagavan you are beyond perception,
you are independent, free from afflictions, you are the protector of the
Universe, you have neither beginning nor end, you are not perceivable with
sense, we shall offer sincere obeisance to you. Oh! Bhagavan, you are the
creator of trinities, you are the creator of deities and the Lokas, living and
non-living things. You are all-pervasive Bhramam, you symbolize brilliance in
the Sun and the heat in the Agni. Oh! Bhagavan, you have no specific forms,
you are neither deity, nor demon or human, or animals or birds, or man or woman
or eunuch, or evil or noble. You are the creator, preserver, and destructor of
the Universe and its living beings. We shall repeatedly prostrate before you.
Oh! Bhagavan, you are supreme Yogi, you are worshiped by Yogis, we shall
prostrate before you. Oh! Bhagavan, you are formidable, you have endless
prowess, you have Trishakthis, and even the Veda is incompetent to eulogize
your glories. You represent Trigunas, you are the protector of the Jeeva who
takes shelter in you. We shall repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh! Umapathi,
you are attainable only to the Jeeva who is free from the interest in material
matters and bondage, you are too kind and compassionate to all the Jeeva, we
shall repeatedly prostrate before that supreme Lord Maheshwara who has no
specific forms and highly confidential. Oh! Bhagavan, the ignorant who is
drenched in your powerful Maya remains remote from you, Oh! Mahaprabhu, you are
beyond perception, we shall repeatedly prostrate before you.”
