Shloka 115

Devanagari script

नवम्यां दारिकायार्थी दशम्यां पण्डितो भवेत् एकादश्यां तथा नारीं जनयेत्सैव पूर्ववत्

Transliteration

navamyāṃ dārikāyārthī daśamyāṃ paṇḍito bhavet ekādaśyāṃ tathā nārīṃ janayetsaiva pūrvavat

Translation

നവമിയിൽ പെൺകുട്ടിയെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവനും ദശമിയിൽ പണ്ഡിതനായ പുത്രനെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവനും ഗമിക്കണം. ഏകാദശിയിൽ മുൻപെന്നപോലെ സ്ത്രീ പെൺകുട്ടിയെ പ്രസവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth lunar day (Navamī)

• दारिकाय-अर्थी: one desiring a daughter

• दशम्याम्: on the tenth lunar day (Daśamī)

• पण्डितः: learned, wise

• भवेत्: becomes

• एकादश्याम्: on the eleventh lunar day (Ekādaśī)

• तथा: likewise

• नारीम्: a woman

• जनयेत्: gives birth, begets

• सा एव: she indeed/that same (result)

• पूर्ववत्: as before, as previously described

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It links household aims (progeny and learning) to disciplined tithi-based observances, implying that such vratas become fruitful when oriented to Śiva as Pati and supported by dharma—an applied, result-bearing dimension of Śaiva worship.

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

Though implicit, Śiva-tattva is shown as the sovereign bestower of anugraha (grace) who regulates karmic fruition—loosening pasha (bondage of adverse fate) and granting dharmic outcomes for the pashu (individual soul) in worldly life.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A tithi-specific vrata (observance) is highlighted—undertaken on Navamī, Daśamī, and Ekādaśī for specific fruits—functioning as a Śaiva puṇya-practice rather than an explicit Pāśupata yoga technique.