Shloka 65

Vrata–Dāna Compendium at Puṣkara: Puṣpavāhana’s Account and the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata Purification Rite

Devanagari script

एतल्लक्ष्मीव्रतं नाम दुःखशोकविनाशनम् । कृत्वोपलेपनं शंभोरग्रतः केशवस्य च

Transliteration

etallakṣmīvrataṃ nāma duḥkhaśokavināśanam | kṛtvopalepanaṃ śaṃbhoragrataḥ keśavasya ca

Translation

ইয়াক ‘লক্ষ্মীব্ৰত’ বুলি কোৱা হয়, যি দুঃখ-শোক বিনাশ কৰে। শম্ভু (শিৱ)ৰ সন্মুখত আৰু কেশৱ (বিষ্ণু)ৰ সন্মুখতো পবিত্ৰ লেপন কৰি…

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifies लक्ष्मीव्रतम्

• लक्ष्मीव्रतम्: Lakṣmī-vow
• लक्ष्मीव्रतम्: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लक्ष्म्याः व्रतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (naming particle)

• दुःखशोकविनाशनम्: destroyer of sorrow and grief
• दुःखशोकविनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (दुःखशोकयोः विनाशनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective of लक्ष्मीव्रतम्

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done’

• उपलेपनम्: smearing/plastering (ritual coating)
• उपलेपनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of कृत्वा

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• अग्रतः: in front of
• अग्रतः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition), ‘in front of’; governs genitive

• केशवस्य: of Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• केशवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Adhyaya 20)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: temple

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: एतल्लक्ष्मीव्रतम् = एतत् + लक्ष्मीव्रतम्; कृत्वोपलेपनम् = कृत्वा + उपलेपनम्; शंभोरग्रतः = शम्भोः + अग्रतः.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Keśava (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the Lakṣmī-vrata according to this verse?

It is an observance (vrata) associated with Lakṣmī that is described as removing duḥkha (suffering) and śoka (grief), involving an act of devotional upalepana (anointing/smearing) performed before Śiva and Viṣṇu.

Why are Śambhu (Śiva) and Keśava (Viṣṇu) both mentioned?

The verse frames the rite as being performed in front of both deities, reflecting a harmonizing Purāṇic devotional practice where reverence to Śiva and Viṣṇu is not treated as mutually exclusive.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this verse convey?

It teaches that disciplined devotional observance—performed with reverence before the divine—can be a means to inner relief from grief and suffering, emphasizing sincerity in worship and the unifying spirit of bhakti.