Shloka 63

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

शिवस्य महतीं पूजां कृत्वा चरुसमन्विताम् पूजयेत्सर्वदेवांश् च यथाविभवविस्तरम्

Transliteration

śivasya mahatīṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā carusamanvitām pūjayetsarvadevāṃś ca yathāvibhavavistaram

Translation

ചരുവോടുകൂടി മഹാദേവനായ ശിവന്റെ മഹാപൂജ നടത്തി, തുടർന്ന് സ്വന്തം ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് വിപുലമായി എല്ലാ ദേവതകളെയും കൂടി പൂജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• शिवस्य: of Śiva

• महतीम्: great, extensive

• पूजाम्: worship

• कृत्वा: having done/performed

• चरुसमन्विताम्: accompanied by caru-offering (consecrated cooked oblation)

• पूजयेत्: one should worship

• सर्वदेवान्: all the gods

• च: and

• यथा: according to

• विभव: means, resources

• विस्तारम्: extent, elaboration

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja instructions within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)