Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 39
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
धूपं श्रीवृक्षनिर्यासं नैवेद्यं मधुनोदनम् संनिवेद्या रक्तशालिर्दक्षिणा परिकीर्त्तिता नमो ऽस्तु प्रीयतां शर्वस्त्विति वाच्यं च पण्डितैः
dhūpaṃ śrīvṛkṣaniryāsaṃ naivedyaṃ madhunodanam saṃnivedyā raktaśālirdakṣiṇā parikīrttitā namo 'stu prīyatāṃ śarvastviti vācyaṃ ca paṇḍitaiḥ
One should offer incense made from the resin of the śrīvṛkṣa, and present as food-offering (naivedya) sweetened rice prepared with honey. Having duly offered these, red śāli-rice is declared to be the priestly fee (dakṣiṇā). The learned state that one should also recite: ‘Homage be; may Śarva be pleased.’
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FAQs
Ritual devotion is paired with generosity: worship (pūjā) culminates in dakṣiṇā, reinforcing that piety is incomplete without giving and honoring religious service.
This is ācāra/dharma-vidhi (prescriptive ritual instruction). It is not genealogical or cosmogonic; it serves the Purāṇic function of teaching dharma through calendrical observances.
The explicit Śaiva mantra (‘may Śarva be pleased’) within a Vāmana Purāṇa vrata-sequence exemplifies the text’s sectarian harmony: offerings and praise can be directed to Śiva without contradiction, implying complementarity/identity of divine grace across forms.