Shloka 25
दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas
तद्दिने चैव यत्कार्यं प्रातरारभ्य केशव । श्रूयतान्तन्मनो दत्त्वा सुप्रीत्या कथयामि ते
taddine caiva yatkāryaṃ prātarārabhya keśava | śrūyatāntanmano dattvā suprītyā kathayāmi te
O Keśava, listen with your mind fully attentive. I shall gladly tell you what is to be done on that day, beginning from the early morning.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: A didactic transition: Śiva (as teacher) announces the day’s procedure ‘from morning onward’. In Jyotirliṅga-vrata narratives, such transitions typically precede stepwise pūjā/vrata-vidhi culminating in night worship.
Significance: Models how vrata-vidhi is transmitted: attentive listening (śravaṇa) and disciplined practice at a Śiva-kṣetra are themselves vehicles of grace.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It establishes śravaṇa (reverent listening) and ekāgratā (one-pointed attention) as the gateway to right practice—inner readiness is presented as essential before describing the day’s sacred duties.
By introducing a step-by-step regimen for “that day,” it frames Linga/Saguna-Shiva worship as a disciplined observance begun at dawn, where devotion is supported by attentive understanding of the prescribed rites.
A preparatory practice: begin at daybreak with a settled, attentive mind—an implicit instruction for mental focus prior to mantra-japa, Linga-pūjā, and vrata procedures described in the surrounding narrative.