Shloka 70
Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्
Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata
Devanagari script
सा भवान्यास्तनुं गत्वा भवेन सह मोदते एकभक्तव्रतं पुण्यं प्रतिमासमनुक्रमात्
Transliteration
sā bhavānyāstanuṃ gatvā bhavena saha modate ekabhaktavrataṃ puṇyaṃ pratimāsamanukramāt
Translation
Nachdem sie die Gestalt Bhavānīs angenommen hat, freut sie sich zusammen mit Bhava (Śiva). So bringt, Monat für Monat in rechter Folge, das heilige Ekabhakta-Gelübde Verdienst hervor—es stärkt die Hingabe an Pati (Śiva) und lockert das pāśa (Band) des paśu (der gebundenen Seele).
Word by Word
सा (sā)she
सा (sā):
भवान्याः (bhavānyāḥ)of Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
भवान्याः (bhavānyāḥ):
तनुं (tanuṃ)body, form
तनुं (tanuṃ):
गत्वा (gatvā)having gone/assumed
गत्वा (gatvā):
भवेन (bhavena)with Bhava (Śiva)
भवेन (bhavena):
सह (saha)together with
सह (saha):
मोदते (modate)delights, rejoices
मोदते (modate):
एकभक्तव्रतं (ekabhakta-vrataṃ)the Ekabhakta vow (single daily meal/one-pointed observance)
एकभक्तव्रतं (ekabhakta-vrataṃ):
पुण्यं (puṇyaṃ)meritorious, holy
पुण्यं (puṇyaṃ):
प्रतिमासम् (pratimāsam)every month
प्रतिमासम् (pratimāsam):
अनुक्रमात् (anukramāt)in order, successively, according to sequence.
अनुक्रमात् (anukramāt):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata-mahātmya within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)