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Shloka 44

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

क्षेत्रं गोमिथुनं चैव तद्गृहे च निवेदयेत् सायनैर् विविधैर् दिव्यैर् मेरुपर्वतसन्निभैः

kṣetraṃ gomithunaṃ caiva tadgṛhe ca nivedayet sāyanair vividhair divyair meruparvatasannibhaiḥ

ينبغي أن يُتصدَّق بحقلٍ مزروع وبزوجٍ من البقر، وأن تُجهَّز دارُ المُتلقّي بأنواعٍ من الأسرّة ومواضع الراحة ذات بهاءٍ سماوي، سامقةٍ زاهية كجبل ميرو؛ وبذلك تُسند معيشةُ البرّ المكرَّسة للبَتي، الربّ شيفا.

क्षेत्रम्a field/land for cultivation
क्षेत्रम्:
गोमिथुनम्a pair of cattle (cow and bull)
गोमिथुनम्:
च एवand indeed
च एव:
तत्-गृहेin that house (the recipient’s dwelling)
तत्-गृहे:
also
:
निवेदयेत्one should present/offer (as a gift)
निवेदयेत्:
सायनैःwith beds/resting-couches
सायनैः:
विविधैःof various kinds
विविधैः:
दिव्यैःexcellent, splendid, auspicious
दिव्यैः:
मेरु-पर्वत-सन्निभैःcomparable to Mount Meru (very grand/lofty).
मेरु-पर्वत-सन्निभैः:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)