Shloka 24

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

श्यामाकान्नघृतक्षीरैर् जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः चतुर्दश्यामथाष्टम्याम् उपवासं च कारयेत्

Transliteration

śyāmākānnaghṛtakṣīrair jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ caturdaśyāmathāṣṭamyām upavāsaṃ ca kārayet

Translation

Having conquered anger and mastered the senses, one should offer meals of śyāmāka grain together with ghee and milk, and also undertake fasting on the fourteenth lunar day and on the eighth. Thus the paśu is disciplined and turned toward Pati, Lord Śiva.

Word by Word

• श्यामाकान्न (śyāmākānna): food made of śyāmāka millet

• घृत (ghṛta): ghee/clarified butter

• क्षीर (kṣīra): milk

• -ैः (-aiḥ): with/by means of

• जितक्रोधः (jitakrodhaḥ): one who has conquered anger

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ): one who has conquered the senses

• चतुर्दश्याम् (caturdaśyām): on the fourteenth lunar day (caturdaśī)

• अथ (atha): and/then

• अष्टम्याम् (aṣṭamyām): on the eighth lunar day (aṣṭamī)

• उपवासम् (upavāsam): fasting

• च (ca): and

• कारयेत् (kārayet): should cause to be done/should perform

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-vrata instructions within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It prescribes inner purity (control of anger and senses) together with simple sāttvika offerings and fasts on caturdaśī and aṣṭamī, presenting vrata as a key support for effective Linga-pūjā.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the Lord toward whom the disciplined pashu turns; the verse emphasizes that approaching Shiva-tattva requires ethical restraint and sense-mastery, not merely external ritual.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Upavāsa on caturdaśī and aṣṭamī, combined with jitakrodha and jitendriya discipline—an applied Pāśupata-style purification supporting worship and loosening pāśa (bondage).