Shloka 55

Pāśupata-vrata Māhātmya: Dvādaśa-Liṅga Mahāvrata, Month-wise Dravya, and Pūjā-krama

Devanagari script

यान्यांश्चिन्तयते कामांस् तांस्तान्प्राप्येह मोदते एकमासव्रतादेव सो ऽन्ते रुद्रत्वमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yānyāṃścintayate kāmāṃs tāṃstānprāpyeha modate ekamāsavratādeva so 'nte rudratvamāpnuyāt

Translation

人が心に念ずるいかなる願いも、その願いのままにこの世で成就して歓喜する。さらに一か月の誓戒（ヴラタ）ただそれの功徳によって、ついにはルドラ性（ルドラトヴァ）—束縛（パーシャ）に繋がれたパシュを解き放つ主（パティ）ルドラの境地との合一—に到達する。

Word by Word

• yāni: whatever

• ān: those (objects/aims)

• ca: and

• cintayate: he contemplates/meditates upon

• kāmān: desired objects/wishes

• tān tān: those very (same) ones

• prāpya: having obtained

• iha: here (in this world)

• modate: he rejoices

• ekamāsa-vratāt: from the one-month vow

• eva: indeed/alone

• saḥ: he

• ante: at the end (of life/at the conclusion)

• rudratvam: Rudra-state/Rudra-hood

• āpnuyāt: may attain/attains.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata-phala within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It states the phala (result) principle of Shaiva vrata: focused contemplation supported by a one-month observance in Shiva’s worship yields worldly attainments, and ultimately culminates in Rudratva—spiritual assimilation to Rudra through grace.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is implied as Rudra, the supreme Pati whose state (rudratva) is attainable at life’s end—signifying liberation where the paśu is freed from pasha and abides in Shiva’s proximity/likeness through his anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ekamāsa-vrata (a one-month Shaiva vow) coupled with sustained bhāvanā (contemplative focus), aligning with Pāśupata discipline where vow, worship, and concentrated intent purify bondage and mature into liberation-oriented realization.