Shloka 2

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्याममावास्यां चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च नक्तमब्दं प्रकुर्वीत हविष्यं पूजयेद्भवम्

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca naktamabdaṃ prakurvīta haviṣyaṃ pūjayedbhavam

Translation

満月の日、新月の日、また月の第十四日と第八日において、満一年のあいだ夜にのみ食を取る誓戒を守り、ハヴィシュヤ（haviṣya）という清浄に聖別された供物をもって、バヴァ（シヴァ）を礼拝すべきである。

Word by Word

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day

• caturdaśīṣu: on the fourteenth lunar day

• aṣṭamīṣu: on the eighth lunar day

• ca: and

• naktam: (eating) at night only

• abdam: for a year

• prakurvīta: should perform/undertake

• haviṣyam: pure sacrificial food/oblations (fit for worship)

• pūjayet: should worship

• bhavam: Bhava, Lord Śiva (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami