Shloka 43
Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्
Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata
Devanagari script
प्रथमाश्रमिणं भक्त्या सम्पूज्य च यथाविधि कन्यां सुमध्यमां यावत् कालजीवनसंयुताम्
Transliteration
prathamāśramiṇaṃ bhaktyā sampūjya ca yathāvidhi kanyāṃ sumadhyamāṃ yāvat kālajīvanasaṃyutām
Translation
പ്രഥമാശ്രമസ്ഥനായ ബ്രഹ്മചാരിയെ ഭക്തിയോടെ വിധിപ്രകാരം സമ്പൂജിച്ച്, തുടർന്ന് സുന്ദരമായ ഇടുപ്പുള്ള, പൂർണ്ണായുസ്സോടെ യുക്തമായ കന്യയെ സമർപ്പിക്കണം।
Word by Word
prathama-āśramiṇamone belonging to the first āśrama (brahmacarya)
prathama-āśramiṇam:
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
sampūjyahaving worshipped/honored fully
sampūjya:
caand
ca:
yathā-vidhiaccording to prescribed rule
yathā-vidhi:
kanyāma maiden/virgin girl
kanyām:
su-madhyamāmslender-waisted, well-proportioned
su-madhyamām:
yāvatup to/as long as
yāvat:
kālathe allotted time (of destiny)
kāla:
jīvanalife, lifespan
jīvana:
saṁyutāmendowed with/possessing
saṁyutām:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana discourse to the sages; internal ritual instruction context inferred)