Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 45
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
गोरोचनायाः सहिता गुडेन देवं समालभ्य च पूजयेत प्रीयस्व दीनो ऽस्मि भवन्तमीश मच्छोकनाशं प्रकुरुष्व योग्यम्
gorocanāyāḥ sahitā guḍena devaṃ samālabhya ca pūjayeta prīyasva dīno 'smi bhavantamīśa macchokanāśaṃ prakuruṣva yogyam
Après avoir préparé la gorocanā avec du jaggery (guḍa), qu’on s’approche du Seigneur, qu’on le touche et qu’on l’adore en disant : «Sois satisfait ; je suis accablé. Ô Īśa, accomplis ce qui convient pour détruire mon chagrin».
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FAQs
The verse models devotional humility: ritual is paired with honest confession of suffering and surrender to divine wisdom—asking not for arbitrary favors but for ‘what is fitting’ (yogya).
It is instructional liturgy within purāṇic dharma-śikṣā (vrata and pūjā procedure), outside the strict pañcalakṣaṇa narrative headings; it functions as practical theology embedded in the Purāṇa.
Gorocanā (auspicious yellow) and guḍa (sweetness) signify maṅgala and madhuratā: the devotee ‘sweetens’ worship and seeks transformation of inner bitterness (śoka) into serenity through the Lord’s grace.