Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 43

The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows

Devanagari script

पयोभक्तं सनैवेद्यं सरुक्मं प्रतिपादयेत् प्रीयतां मे महादेव उमापतिरितीरयेत्

Transliteration

payobhaktaṃ sanaivedyaṃ sarukmaṃ pratipādayet prīyatāṃ me mahādeva umāpatiritīrayet

Translation

ينبغي تقديم أرزٍّ باللبن (milk-rice) نَيْوِدْيَا (naivedya) مع الذهب. ويُقال: «ليرضَ عني مَهَادِيفَا (Mahādeva)، ربُّ أُوما (Umā)».

Word by Word

• payaḥ-bhaktam: milk-rice/food with milk
• payaḥ-bhaktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: payaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'payasā bhaktaṃ' (food with milk)

• sa-naivedyam: along with an offering
• sa-naivedyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'naivedyena saha' (together with offering)

• sa-rukmam: together with gold
• sa-rukmam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + rukma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'rukmeṇa saha' (with gold)

• pratipādayet: should present/offer
• pratipādayet: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√pad (धातु)
• Form: Vidhiliṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada; 'should offer/present'

• prīyatām: may (he) be pleased
• prīyatām: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prī (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (Imperative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Ātmanepada; 'may (he) be pleased'

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th) singular; enclitic form

• mahā-deva: O Mahādeva
• mahā-deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: 'mahān devaḥ'

• umā-patiḥ: Umā's lord (Śiva)
• umā-patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'umāyāḥ patiḥ'

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyaparisamāpti/Quote marker (इति-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle

• īrayet: should utter
• īrayet: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īr (धातु)
• Form: Vidhiliṅ (Optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada; 'should utter/recite'

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (likely within the Pulastya–Nārada narrative frame)

Primary Deities

• Shiva
• Uma (Parvati)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Bhakti
• Vrata/Rituals
• Naivedya
• Dāna (gold offering)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The rite culminates in a personal, humble petition—‘may he be pleased with me’—indicating that ritual acts are meant to mature into surrender and relationship, not mere transaction.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Catalog as vrata-vidhi/ācāra content. It functions as prescriptive dharma (what to offer and what to say) rather than cosmology or genealogy.

What is the symbolic significance?

Milk-rice signifies purity, sweetness, and sattva; gold (rukma) represents value and sacrifice of attachment. Naming Śiva as Umāpati integrates auspicious conjugal completeness (Śiva-Śakti) into the act of worship.