Shloka 24

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

व्रतं सुविपुलं पुण्यं नन्दिना परिभाषितम् मार्गशीर्षकमासे ऽथ वृषं पूर्णाङ्गमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

vrataṃ suvipulaṃ puṇyaṃ nandinā paribhāṣitam mārgaśīrṣakamāse 'tha vṛṣaṃ pūrṇāṅgamuttamam

Translation

Nandin exposa un vrata très vaste et hautement méritoire. Puis, au mois de Mārgaśīrṣa, on doit offrir un taureau excellent, complet de tous ses membres—don auspicious accordé au culte de Śiva—afin que le paśu (l’âme liée) s’avance vers la grâce du Seigneur, le Pati.

Word by Word

• व्रतम्: sacred observance/vow

• सुविपुलम्: very extensive/abundant

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, purifying

• नन्दिना: by Nandin (Śiva’s chief gaṇa)

• परिभाषितम्: explained, prescribed

• मार्गशीर्षक-मासे: in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa

• अथ: then/thereafter

• वृषम्: bull

• पूर्ण-अङ्गम्: having all limbs complete, unblemished

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Nandin’s injunctions within the discourse)