Shloka 21
Pūjādi-kathana — Gaṅgā Vratas, Tenfold Worship, Stotra, and Mokṣa on the Riverbank
दद्याद्भक्त्या महेशाय तथा पत्रफलानि च । कृष्णगोमिथुनं चैव सरूपं च निवेदयेत् ॥ २१ ॥
dadyādbhaktyā maheśāya tathā patraphalāni ca | kṛṣṇagomithunaṃ caiva sarūpaṃ ca nivedayet || 21 ||
Con devoción debe ofrecerse a Mahesha, junto con hojas y frutos; y también se ha de presentar como ofrenda un par de vacas negras, bien pareadas en forma y apariencia.
Suta (narrating the Purana; verse gives prescriptive ritual instruction within the Mahatmya section)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"vira","emotional_journey":"Begins with humble devotion (bhaktyā) and rises into a costly, resolute act of gifting—culminating in the grandeur of cow-dāna."}
FAQs
It teaches that offerings (dāna and naivedya) become spiritually potent when performed with bhakti, and it highlights go-dāna and simple offerings like fruits and leaves as meritorious acts in sacred contexts.
Bhakti is presented as the essential inner condition: the verse prioritizes devotion as the basis for worship, indicating that the sincerity of offering to Mahesha is central, not merely the material value.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) through prescriptive worship-and-dāna instructions—what items to offer and how to present them formally (nivedana) in a dhārmic ritual setting.