Shloka 64

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वा च पूजां कृत्वा प्रयत्नतः महामेरुव्रतं कृत्वा महादेवाय दापयेत्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ mahāmeruvrataṃ kṛtvā mahādevāya dāpayet

Translation

ब्राह्मणों को भोजन कराकर और प्रयत्नपूर्वक पूजा संपन्न करके, महामेरु-व्रत का अनुष्ठान करे और महादेव को नियत दान अर्पित करे।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: brāhmaṇas

• भोजयित्वा: having fed/caused to eat

• च: and

• पूजाम्: worship/ritual honor

• कृत्वा: having done

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort/carefully

• महामेरुव्रतम्: the Mahāmeru vow

• कृत्वा: having performed

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva (Śiva)

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given/should offer as a gift

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Śiva-vrata and dāna procedure to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)