Shloka 11

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

शूलं च विधिना कृत्वा वर्षान्ते विनिवेदयेत् स्नाप्येशानं यजेद्भक्त्या सहस्रैः कमलैः सितैः

Transliteration

śūlaṃ ca vidhinā kṛtvā varṣānte vinivedayet snāpyeśānaṃ yajedbhaktyā sahasraiḥ kamalaiḥ sitaiḥ

Translation

Ayant façonné le trident (śūla) selon le rite prescrit, qu’on le présente au terme de l’année. Après avoir baigné Īśāna (Śiva), qu’on l’adore avec bhakti, en offrant mille lotus blancs.

Word by Word

• śūlam: trident (Shiva’s emblem)

• ca: and

• vidhinā: according to rule/rite

• kṛtvā: having made

• varṣānte: at the end of the year

• vinivedayet: should offer/present (as a ritual gift)

• snāpya: having bathed (ritually)

• īśānam: Īśāna, the Lord Shiva

• yajet: should worship

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• sahasraiḥ: with a thousand

• kamalaiḥ: lotuses

• sitaiḥ: white

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)