Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

यक्षलोकमनुप्राप्य यक्षराजो भवेन्नरः ततश्चाश्वयुजे मासि कृत्वैवं नक्तभोजनम्

Transliteration

yakṣalokamanuprāpya yakṣarājo bhavennaraḥ tataścāśvayuje māsi kṛtvaivaṃ naktabhojanam

Translation

Having attained the world of the Yakṣas, a man becomes a lord among Yakṣas. Thereafter, in the month of Āśvayuja, by observing the same discipline of eating only at night (naktabhojana), he gains the stated fruit—through the grace of Pati (Śiva), who loosens the pāśa that binds the paśu (the embodied soul).

Word by Word

• यक्षलोकम् (yakṣalokam): the world/realm of the Yakṣas

• अनुप्राप्य (anuprāpya): having reached, having attained

• यक्षराजः (yakṣarājaḥ): king/lord of the Yakṣas

• भवेत् (bhavet): becomes, would become

• नरः (naraḥ): a man, human practitioner

• ततः (tataḥ): thereafter

• च (ca): and

• आश्वयुजे मासि (āśvayuje māsi): in the month of Āśvayuja

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having done, having performed

• एवम् (evam): thus, in this manner

• नक्तभोजनम् (naktabhojanam): night-only eating (a vrata/discipline).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Yakshas

FAQs

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

It links bodily discipline (naktabhojana as a vrata) with a concrete merit (attaining Yakṣa-loka), implying that regulated living supports purity and steadiness required for Śiva-bhakti and Linga-centered worship.

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

Though Śiva is not named in the line, the verse functions within a Shaiva merit-framework where Pati (Śiva) is the ultimate dispenser of fruits and the one who can relax pāśa (bondage) for the pashu through disciplined devotion.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Naktabhojana—eating only at night—performed as a vrata in Āśvayuja, a tapas-like restraint that supports sense-control and devotional focus aligned with Shaiva observance.