Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 33
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
धूपं केसरनिर्यासं नैवेद्यं मधुसर्पिषी प्रीयतां मे विरूपाक्षस्त्वित्युच्चार्य च दक्षिणाम् विप्राय दद्यान्नैवेद्यं सहिरण्यं द्विजोत्तम
dhūpaṃ kesaraniryāsaṃ naivedyaṃ madhusarpiṣī prīyatāṃ me virūpākṣastvityuccārya ca dakṣiṇām viprāya dadyānnaivedyaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ dvijottama
കേസര-നിര്യാസത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ധൂപവും, തേനും നെയ്യും ചേർന്ന നൈവേദ്യവും അർപ്പിക്കണം. ‘വിരൂപാക്ഷൻ എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നനാകട്ടെ’ എന്നു ഉച്ചരിച്ച് ദക്ഷിണ നൽകണം; പിന്നെ നൈവേദ്യം സ്വർണ്ണത്തോടുകൂടെ ബ്രാഹ്മണനു നൽകണം, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമാ.
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FAQs
Devotion is coupled with generosity: worship culminates in dakṣiṇā and gifts to brāhmaṇas, framing ritual as both vertical (to the deity) and horizontal (supporting dharma and the religious community).
It is vrata-vidhi/dharma-anuśāsana material—an instructional layer frequently interwoven with Purāṇic narrative, rather than one of the core pañcalakṣaṇa genealogical/cosmogonic units.
Honey and ghee signify sweetness and nourishment (sāttvika sustenance), while incense represents the subtle offering of fragrance—intention rising upward. The epithet Virūpākṣa underscores Śiva’s all-seeing, unconventional transcendence, pleased not merely by objects but by sincerity and dharmic giving.