Shloka 6
Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्
Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata
Devanagari script
स याति शिवसायुज्यं नारी देव्या यदि प्रभो अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी
Transliteration
sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ nārī devyā yadi prabho aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī
Translation
हे प्रभो! जो नारी देवी में भक्ति रखकर संयमयुक्त ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन करती है और अष्टमी तथा चतुर्दशी को नियमपूर्वक रहती है, वह शिव-सायुज्य को प्राप्त होती है।
Word by Word
स (sa)she
स (sa):
याति (yāti)attains/goes to
याति (yāti):
शिवसायुज्यं (śiva-sāyujyaṃ)oneness/union with Shiva, intimate proximity to Pati
शिवसायुज्यं (śiva-sāyujyaṃ):
नारी (nārī)woman
नारी (nārī):
देव्या (devyā)to/for the Goddess (Devī/Śakti)
देव्या (devyā):
यदि (yadi)if
यदि (yadi):
प्रभो (prabho)O Lord
प्रभो (prabho):
अष्टम्यां (aṣṭamyāṃ)on the eighth lunar day (Aṣṭamī)
अष्टम्यां (aṣṭamyāṃ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
चतुर्दश्यां (caturdaśyāṃ)on the fourteenth lunar day (Caturdaśī)
चतुर्दश्यां (caturdaśyāṃ):
नियता (niyatā)regulated, restrained by vows
नियता (niyatā):
ब्रह्मचारिणी (brahmacāriṇī)practicing brahmacarya, celibate/vowed discipline
ब्रह्मचारिणी (brahmacāriṇī):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata-phala within the Linga Purana discourse)