Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 21
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
ततो देवाय शय्यायां फलानि प्रक्षिपेत् क्रमात् सुरभीणी निवेद्येत्थं विज्ञाप्यो मधुसूदनः
tato devāya śayyāyāṃ phalāni prakṣipet kramāt surabhīṇī nivedyetthaṃ vijñāpyo madhusūdanaḥ
അതിനുശേഷം ദേവനുവേണ്ടി ശയ്യയിൽ ക്രമമായി ഫലങ്ങൾ വെക്കണം; സുഗന്ധദ്രവ്യങ്ങൾ നിവേദിച്ച് ഇങ്ങനെ മധുസൂദനനോട് വിനയത്തോടെ വിജ്ഞാപിക്കണം।
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FAQs
Devotion is expressed as careful orderliness (kramāt) and courteous address (vijñapti): the worshipper approaches God not as an object to be compelled, but as a sovereign guest to be honored through disciplined hospitality.
Like the prior verse, this is vrata-vidhi/ācāra content—ritual prescription embedded in purāṇic teaching—rather than cosmogenesis or dynastic history.
Offering on the ‘bed’ externalizes the idea that one’s resting-place and domestic life are to be sanctified; ‘Madhusūdana’ as the addressed form implies that the same Lord who defeats cosmic disorder also guards the devotee’s household when honored properly.