Shloka 31

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

ताम्राद्यैर्विधिवत्कृत्वा प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथाविधि भवान्या मोदते सार्धं दत्त्वा रुद्राय शंभवे

Transliteration

tāmrādyairvidhivatkṛtvā pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi bhavānyā modate sārdhaṃ dattvā rudrāya śaṃbhave

Translation

ताँबे आदि से विधिपूर्वक (लिङ्ग) बनाकर और नियम के अनुसार प्रतिष्ठित करके, रुद्र-शम्भु को अर्पित करने से भक्त भवानी के साथ आनंदित होता है।

Word by Word

• ताम्राद्यैः: with copper and other (metals/materials)

• विधिवत्: according to injunction

• कृत्वा: having made/fashioned

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/consecrated

• यथाविधि: as prescribed by rite

• भवान्या: with Bhavānī (Pārvatī/Śakti)

• मोदते: rejoices, delights

• सार्धम्: together, in company

• दत्त्वा: having given/offered/donated

• रुद्राय: to Rudra

• शंभवे: to Śambhu (the auspicious Lord Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-pratiṣṭhā narrative to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)