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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 2]
an enemy of Lord Śiva's, for he is so peaceful and renounced that he does not even construct a house for his residence, but lives underneath a tree, always detached from all worldly things. The personality of Lord Śiva symbolizes the best of gentleness. Why, then, was Dakṣa, who offered his beloved daughter to such a gentle personality, so intensely inimical towards Lord Śiva that Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Lord Śiva, gave up her body?
TEXT 2
कस्तं चराचरगुरुं निवैरं शान्तविग्रहम् । 
    आत्मारामं कथं द्वेष्टि जगतो दैवतं महत् ॥ २ ॥
kas tam carācara-gurum 
    nirvairam śānta-vigraham 
    ātmārāmam katham dveṣṭi 
    jagato daivatam mahat
kaḥ—who (Dakṣa); tam—him (Lord Śiva); cara-acara—of the whole world (both animate and inanimate); gurum—the spiritual master; nirvairam—without enmity; śānta-vigraham—having a peaceful personality; ātmārāmam—satisfied in himself; katham—how; dveṣṭi—hates; jagataḥ—of the universe; daivatam—demigod; mahat—the great.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva, the spiritual master of the entire world, is free from enmity, is a peaceful personality, and is always satisfied in himself. He is the greatest among the demigods. How is it possible that Dakṣa could be inimical towards such an auspicious personality?
PURPORT
Lord Śiva is described here as  carācara-guru , the spiritual master of all animate and inanimate objects. He is sometimes known as Bhūtanātha, which means the worshipable deity of the dull-headed.  Bhūta  is also sometimes taken to indicate the ghosts. Lord Śiva takes charge of reforming persons who are ghosts and demons, not to speak of others, who are godly; therefore he is the spiritual master of everyone, both the dull and demoniac and the highly learned Vaiṣṇavas. It is also stated,  vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ . Śambhu, Lord Śiva, is the greatest of all Vaiṣṇavas. On one hand he is the worshipable object of the dull demons, and on the