Shloka 31

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठे मासे च देवेशं भवं शर्वमुमापतिम् सम्पूज्य श्रद्धया भक्त्या कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम्

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhe māse ca deveśaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim sampūjya śraddhayā bhaktyā kṛtvā vai naktabhojanam

Translation

ジェーシュタ月に、信とバクティをもって神々の主—バヴァ、シャルヴァ、ウマーの夫—を円満に供養し、夜にのみ食する戒を守るべきである。このように調えられたシヴァ・プージャーによって、束縛されたパーシュ（個我）はパティ（シヴァ）へと向かい、バクティと誓いによりパーシャ（束縛）はゆるむ。

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठे मासे: in the month of Jyeṣṭha

• च: and

• देवेशम्: the Lord of the gods

• भवम्: Bhava (a name of Śiva)

• शर्वम्: Śarva (a name of Śiva)

• उमापतिम्: the Lord (husband) of Umā

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped completely

• श्रद्धया: with faith

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• कृत्वा: having undertaken/doing

• वै: indeed

• नक्तभोजनम्: night-eating (taking food only at night)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating vrata and puja-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Uma (Parvati)

FAQs

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

It prescribes a Jyeṣṭha-month observance: worship Śiva (Bhava/Śarva, Umāpati) with śraddhā and bhakti, coupled with naktabhojana, showing that inner discipline and devotion complete the efficacy of Shiva-pūjā.

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

Śiva is praised as Deva-īśa (Lord of the gods) and as Bhava and Śarva—names indicating his sovereign power to sustain and dissolve—while also being Umāpati, revealing Shiva-tattva as inseparable from Śakti in the Linga Purana’s devotional frame.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A vrata discipline is highlighted: naktabhojana (eating only at night) performed alongside focused Shiva-pūjā—an ethical-ascetic restraint that supports devotion and purification.