Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

सत्यं शौचं दया शान्तिः संतोषो दानमेव च पौर्णमास्याममावास्याम् उपवासं च कारयेत्

Transliteration

satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayā śāntiḥ saṃtoṣo dānameva ca paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyām upavāsaṃ ca kārayet

Translation

सत्य, शौच, दया, शान्ति, संतोष और दान—इनका पालन करे; तथा पूर्णिमा और अमावस्या को उपवास भी करे।

Word by Word

• सत्यं: truthfulness

• शौचं: purity/cleanliness

• दया: compassion

• शान्तिः: inner peace

• संतोषः: contentment

• दानम्: charitable giving

• एव च: and indeed

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day

• उपवासम्: fasting/abstinence

• च: and

• कारयेत्: one should perform/undertake

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva dharma/vrata teachings within the Linga Purana discourse)