Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 48
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
नैवेद्यं सघृतं दद्यात् ताम्रपात्रे गुडोदनम् दक्षिणां च द्विजातिभ्यो नैवेद्यसहितां मुने वासोयुगं प्रीणयेच्च रुद्रमुच्चार्य नामतः
naivedyaṃ saghṛtaṃ dadyāt tāmrapātre guḍodanam dakṣiṇāṃ ca dvijātibhyo naivedyasahitāṃ mune vāsoyugaṃ prīṇayecca rudramuccārya nāmataḥ
Hendaknya ia mempersembahkan naivedya beserta ghee—guḍodana (nasi manis) dalam bejana tembaga. Wahai resi, hendaknya ia memberi dakṣiṇā kepada kaum dwija, disertai persembahan makanan itu. Dan dengan melafalkan nama-nama Rudra, hendaknya ia menyenangkan beliau dengan menghadiahkan sepasang pakaian.
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FAQs
Worship is completed by generosity and social obligation: offerings to the deity are paired with giving (dakṣiṇā) to learned recipients, integrating devotion with dāna-dharma.
This is dharma/ācāra instruction (vrata-vidhi and dāna), not cosmology or genealogy; it functions as practical religious law embedded in the Purāṇic narrative frame.
Copper vessels are ritually valued for purity; ghee and sweet rice symbolize nourishment and auspicious offering. Rudra’s satisfaction through nāma-utterance and cloth-gift emphasizes both mantra (sound) and dāna (substance) as complementary modes of propitiation.