Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 61

The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows

Devanagari script

नैवेद्यं सघृतं दद्यात् दधि पूपान् समोदकान् दध्योदनं सकृसरं माषधानाः सशष्कुलीः

Transliteration

naivedyaṃ saghṛtaṃ dadyāt dadhi pūpān samodakān dadhyodanaṃ sakṛsaraṃ māṣadhānāḥ saśaṣkulīḥ

Translation

One should offer as naivedya food mixed with ghee: curd; cakes; sweet modakas; rice with curd; rice with kṛsara (a mixed preparation); boiled or roasted black-gram grains; and śaṣkulī (a fried sweet).

Word by Word

• नैवेद्यम्: food-offering
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• स-घृतम्: with ghee
• स-घृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-समासः: स + घृत; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• दद्यात्: should offer
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• दधि: curd / yogurt
• दधि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• पूपान्: cakes
• पूपान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• स-उदकान्: with water / moist
• स-उदकान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-समासः: स + उदक; पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• दधि-ओदनम्: rice mixed with curd
• दधि-ओदनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक) + ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः (दध्ना युक्तः ओदनः)

• स-कृसरम्: with kṛsara (a mixed dish)
• स-कृसरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-समासः: स + कृसर; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• माष-धानाः: black-gram grains
• माष-धानाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष (प्रातिपदिक) + धान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Feminine, Nominative, Plural); तत्पुरुषः (माषस्य धानाः)

• स-शष्कुलीः: with fried cakes (śaṣkulīs)
• स-शष्कुलीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शष्कुली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-समासः: स + शष्कुली; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

Speakers

• Narrative frame not explicit in the provided excerpt (often Pulastya → Nārada); here: ritual injunction

Primary Deities

• Deity not explicitly named in this verse (continuation likely from prior instruction)

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Naivedya classifications
• Sattvic offerings
• Purāṇic pūjā procedure

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The detailed list teaches care and completeness in worship: devotion is expressed through thoughtful preparation and offering of nourishing foods. It also encodes the ethic of hospitality—what is fit to feed the honored guest (deity) should be prepared with purity and attention.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This belongs to dharma/ācāra instruction (vrata-vidhi) rather than the five principal markers like sarga and vaṃśa. Purāṇas routinely embed such liturgical catalogues to operationalize dharma in daily and seasonal life.

What is the symbolic significance?

Milk-products (dadhi), grains (odana, dhānā), legumes (māṣa), and sweets (modaka, śaṣkulī) represent the full spectrum of sustenance—sweetness, strength, and stability—offered back to the divine source. ‘Saghṛta’ (with ghee) signifies sanctification and the ‘essence’ (sāra) of nourishment.