Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

पयोभक्तं सनैवेद्यं सरुक्मं प्रतिपादयेत् प्रीयतां मे महादेव उमापतिरितीरयेत्

Transliteration

payobhaktaṃ sanaivedyaṃ sarukmaṃ pratipādayet prīyatāṃ me mahādeva umāpatiritīrayet

Translation

Qu’on présente du riz au lait en naivedya, accompagné d’or. Qu’on prononce : «Que Mahādeva, l’Époux d’Umā, soit satisfait de moi.»

Word by Word

• payaḥ-bhaktam: milk-rice/food with milk
• payaḥ-bhaktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: payaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'payasā bhaktaṃ' (food with milk)

• sa-naivedyam: along with an offering
• sa-naivedyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'naivedyena saha' (together with offering)

• sa-rukmam: together with gold
• sa-rukmam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + rukma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'rukmeṇa saha' (with gold)

• pratipādayet: should present/offer
• pratipādayet: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√pad (धातु)
• Form: Vidhiliṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada; 'should offer/present'

• prīyatām: may (he) be pleased
• prīyatām: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prī (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (Imperative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Ātmanepada; 'may (he) be pleased'

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th) singular; enclitic form

• mahā-deva: O Mahādeva
• mahā-deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: 'mahān devaḥ'

• umā-patiḥ: Umā's lord (Śiva)
• umā-patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'umāyāḥ patiḥ'

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyaparisamāpti/Quote marker (इति-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle

• īrayet: should utter
• īrayet: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īr (धातु)
• Form: Vidhiliṅ (Optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada; 'should utter/recite'

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (likely within the Pulastya–Nārada narrative frame)

Primary Deities

• Shiva
• Uma (Parvati)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Bhakti
• Vrata/Rituals
• Naivedya
• Dāna (gold offering)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The rite culminates in a personal, humble petition—‘may he be pleased with me’—indicating that ritual acts are meant to mature into surrender and relationship, not mere transaction.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Catalog as vrata-vidhi/ācāra content. It functions as prescriptive dharma (what to offer and what to say) rather than cosmology or genealogy.

What is the symbolic significance?

Milk-rice signifies purity, sweetness, and sattva; gold (rukma) represents value and sacrifice of attachment. Naming Śiva as Umāpati integrates auspicious conjugal completeness (Śiva-Śakti) into the act of worship.