Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 21
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
ततो देवाय शय्यायां फलानि प्रक्षिपेत् क्रमात् सुरभीणी निवेद्येत्थं विज्ञाप्यो मधुसूदनः
tato devāya śayyāyāṃ phalāni prakṣipet kramāt surabhīṇī nivedyetthaṃ vijñāpyo madhusūdanaḥ
Then, for the god, one should place fruits upon the bed in due order; offering fragrant (items), thus should Madhusūdana be respectfully informed/petitioned.
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FAQs
Devotion is expressed as careful orderliness (kramāt) and courteous address (vijñapti): the worshipper approaches God not as an object to be compelled, but as a sovereign guest to be honored through disciplined hospitality.
Like the prior verse, this is vrata-vidhi/ācāra content—ritual prescription embedded in purāṇic teaching—rather than cosmogenesis or dynastic history.
Offering on the ‘bed’ externalizes the idea that one’s resting-place and domestic life are to be sanctified; ‘Madhusūdana’ as the addressed form implies that the same Lord who defeats cosmic disorder also guards the devotee’s household when honored properly.