Shloka 66

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

कार्तिक्यामपि या नारी कृत्वा देवीमुमां शुभाम् सर्वाभरणसम्पूर्णां सर्वलक्षणलक्षिताम्

Transliteration

kārtikyāmapi yā nārī kṛtvā devīmumāṃ śubhām sarvābharaṇasampūrṇāṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitām

Translation

Selbst im Monat Kārttika: Welche Frau auch immer die glückverheißende Devī Umā gestaltet, vollendet mit allem Schmuck und ausgezeichnet durch alle edlen Merkmale…

Word by Word

• kārtikyām api: even in (the month of) Kārttika

• yā nārī: whichever woman

• kṛtvā: having made/fashioned (an image)

• devīm umām: the Goddess Umā

• śubhām: auspicious, благоприятную

• sarva-ābharaṇa-sampūrṇām: complete with all ornaments

• sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣitām: distinguished by all (auspicious) characteristics/signs

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Uma
• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Kārttika as a high-merit period where honoring Umā (Śakti) complements devotion to Śiva (Pati), reinforcing the Śiva-Śakti unity that underlies effective liṅga-upāsanā.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By directing worship to Umā as auspicious and fully adorned, the verse implies Śiva-tattva is not approached as a solitary abstraction but as Pati revealed with Śakti—grace (anugraha) operating through the divine feminine.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A devotional rite of making and adorning an image of Devī Umā in Kārttika—an upāsanā that supports purification of the pashu (soul) from pāśa (bondage) through reverent Śiva-Śakti worship.