Shloka 43
Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्
Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata
Devanagari script
प्रथमाश्रमिणं भक्त्या सम्पूज्य च यथाविधि कन्यां सुमध्यमां यावत् कालजीवनसंयुताम्
Transliteration
prathamāśramiṇaṃ bhaktyā sampūjya ca yathāvidhi kanyāṃ sumadhyamāṃ yāvat kālajīvanasaṃyutām
Translation
प्रथम आश्रम में स्थित ब्रह्मचारी का भक्तिपूर्वक विधिवत् पूजन करके, फिर सुकोमल कटि वाली, पूर्ण आयु से युक्त कन्या का दान करे।
Word by Word
prathama-āśramiṇamone belonging to the first āśrama (brahmacarya)
prathama-āśramiṇam:
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
sampūjyahaving worshipped/honored fully
sampūjya:
caand
ca:
yathā-vidhiaccording to prescribed rule
yathā-vidhi:
kanyāma maiden/virgin girl
kanyām:
su-madhyamāmslender-waisted, well-proportioned
su-madhyamām:
yāvatup to/as long as
yāvat:
kālathe allotted time (of destiny)
kāla:
jīvanalife, lifespan
jīvana:
saṁyutāmendowed with/possessing
saṁyutām:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana discourse to the sages; internal ritual instruction context inferred)