1am the knower of self. Peaple can knoy me by means of the divine knowledge. Th people with little wisdom intend to achiev 'me by means of Vedas and Vedanta.

Lord Siva, possessing the suprem: knowledge, displaying the worldly conduc feeling painful at heart, spent a long time b narrating the stories of Sati

Performance of Daks;

Brahma said, "When I myself, Visnu , the ivine saints, and all other people eulogised iva, he felt pleased.

karmas can never find me through the Vedas nor the yajias, nor the charities, nor with th performing of the penance.

"Whosoever denounces me being th devotee of Visnu , or being a devoree of $iv denounces Vispu , for both of them there is curse that they can never achieve th knowledge of raitvas."

mind of Siva, who was the protector of the noble people, the Supreme Brahman, the lor of all, who had never indulged i improperties.

Siva said, "Though I am the independent ord of all, still O Daksa Prajapati, you listen 9 my words which I am going 10 speak to ou. Tam always subservient to my devotees

a, he consoled Brahma, Visnu, the sages nd the gods with his benign glance, and then poke to Daksa.

Brahma said, "Listening to the pleasan words of Siva, all the sages, the gods, an others felt delighted.

worldly bondages simply by means of th karmas. This was the reason for my becomin angry, resulting in the destruction of you vajia

Myself and Visnu can never be aware 0 his secrets then what to speak of the gods, th sages, the yogis as well the humans?

Hereafter, O Daksa, taking me to be th supreme lord, becoming careful with you wisdom, now you perform the yajiia

Siva, the supreme lord is one and withou blemish. He displays his sports to the peopl of the world appropriately.

with delight, was engrossed in the devotion o Siva. Besides the gods also recognised Siva a the lord of the universe.

getting delighted in his mind, granted t desired boons to all as he received revere: ( his great self.

0 Daksa Prajapati, four types of devotees aving auspicious souls always serve me. The ater are greater than the former.

Thappen to be Brahma, Visou, the suprem soul being the sole cause of the universe. an the soul, the witness and without attributes.

Then Daksa- the devotee of Siva, with th permission of the lord, completed his yjiia

Out of them all, the wise people arc more car to me. No one else is dearer to me than yajiia

oH TE fi FR They are the distressed, discoverers or the cscarchers, those desirous of riches, and the vise. In preference to them, the first three rdinary ones and the fourth type is of extza rdinary nature.

He earmarked the full share for Siva, csides giving the other gods their respective hares. Then he sccured the blessings of Siva, giving away the due share of the mapas and the other gods.

iva as her husband. Then Gauri, after ccoming the better half of Siva performed stonishing sports.

tory of 530, which fulfills all the desires and estows comforts as well as the salvation.

onsider the limbs like the head. hands etc. cparate from the bedy, similarly my devotee cs not have the separation among the living. cings.

The story is auspicious by itself, which urifies others and bestows, heaven, fame, omg-life, the sons and the grandsons.

0 Excellent sage, thus the yajiia of Daksa vas completed by the grace of Siva,

A person, who getting devoted, reads it or aches it, he after enjoying all the comforts n earth ultimately achicves moksa.

onc who does not find any difference mong the three deities viz. Brahma, Visu nd Siva, who represent the soul of all living cings, he becomes peaceful

Gewing immensely pleased, myself and Visnu , reciting the glory of Siva, returned to ur abodes.

0 Prajapati, you listen to my words wit noble wisdom. I, taking lo a saguna form reveal to you something secret, for th protection of dharma

Then Daksa, lovingly honouring Siva, the bode of virtues, who returned to Kailasa, ith his ganas, fully delighted.

The person with wisdom should, having aith in me, adore other gods as well and by oing so, one attains knowledge resulting in he achieving of the everlasting salvation.

0 Sage, 1 enter in my virtuous illusion, and hen create the universe, besides preserving nd destroying it. 1 earn my title according to ny karmas.

Siva, afler his retum to Kailas

cings, viz, Brahman, Ivara etc. in that upreme soul, the universal god, which is purc elf.

fferentiates in the three gods, he surely falls nto the hell and remains there till the moon nd the stars shine.

Thus speaking Siva, the lord of all 'mercifully started speaking in the presence 0 all those assembled there.

'Thereafler, with the grace of Siva, Daksa, 1 association with the priests of the yajia, ompleted all the rites of the gods in ccordance with the sacred traditions.

Thereafter, all the gods and the sages. esides the other people, were delighted af the ompletion of the yajiia, and praised Siva eciting his glory Thereafter fecling pleased, hey returned to their respective abodes,

0 Sage, by reading or listening to the Lif stories of Siva, the people with wisdon

"Thus Sat, the daughter of Daksa, putting n end to he life was rebom from the womb f Menaka, the wife of Himalaya. This is well nown