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Shloka 55

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

यान्यांश्चिन्तयते कामांस् तांस्तान्प्राप्येह मोदते एकमासव्रतादेव सो ऽन्ते रुद्रत्वमाप्नुयात्

yānyāṃścintayate kāmāṃs tāṃstānprāpyeha modate ekamāsavratādeva so 'nte rudratvamāpnuyāt

മനുഷ്യൻ ഏത് ഏത് ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളെ മനസ്സിൽ ചിന്തിക്കുമോ, അവയെല്ലാം ഇവിടെ തന്നേ പ്രാപിച്ച് ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു. ഒരു മാസവ്രതം മാത്രം കൊണ്ടു അവസാനം അവൻ രുദ്രത്വം—പാശബന്ധിത പശുവിനെ പാശത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പതിരുദ്രനോടുള്ള ഭാവൈക്യം—ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

yāniwhatever
yāni:
ānthose (objects/aims)
ān:
caand
ca:
cintayatehe contemplates/meditates upon
cintayate:
kāmāndesired objects/wishes
kāmān:
tān tānthose very (same) ones
tān tān:
prāpyahaving obtained
prāpya:
ihahere (in this world)
iha:
modatehe rejoices
modate:
ekamāsa-vratātfrom the one-month vow
ekamāsa-vratāt:
evaindeed/alone
eva:
saḥhe
saḥ:
anteat the end (of life/at the conclusion)
ante:
rudratvamRudra-state/Rudra-hood
rudratvam:
āpnuyātmay attain/attains.
āpnuyāt:

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

R
Rudra
S
Shiva

FAQs

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.

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).

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.