Shloka 45

Pāśupata-vrata Māhātmya: Dvādaśa-Liṅga Mahāvrata, Month-wise Dravya, and Pūjā-krama

Devanagari script

तस्माद्देवं यजेद्भक्त्या प्रतिमासं यथाविधि पौर्णमास्यां व्रतं कार्यं सर्वकामार्थसिद्धये

Transliteration

tasmāddevaṃ yajedbhaktyā pratimāsaṃ yathāvidhi paurṇamāsyāṃ vrataṃ kāryaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhaye

Translation

इसलिए भक्तिभाव से प्रतिमास विधिपूर्वक उस देव शिव की पूजा करे। पूर्णिमा के दिन सर्वकामना‑सिद्धि हेतु व्रत का अनुष्ठान करे।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• देवम्: the Deva (Śiva)

• यजेत्: should worship/sacrifice to

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• प्रतिमासम्: every month

• यथाविधि: according to proper rule/ritual injunction

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day (Pūrṇimā)

• व्रतम्: vow/observance

• कार्यम्: should be done/undertaken

• सर्व: all

• काम-अर्थ: desired aims/objectives (kāma and artha, broadly all sought goals)

• सिद्धये: for accomplishment/perfection

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)