Shloka 25

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्यां महादेवं स्नाप्य सम्पूज्य शङ्करम् दद्याद्गोमिथुनं वापि ताम्राभं शूलपाणये

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāṃ mahādevaṃ snāpya sampūjya śaṅkaram dadyādgomithunaṃ vāpi tāmrābhaṃ śūlapāṇaye

Translation

Pada hari purnama, setelah memandikan Mahādeva dan memuja Śaṅkara dengan penghormatan yang wajar, hendaklah dipersembahkan kepada Tuhan yang memegang trisula sepasang lembu, atau juga suatu pemberian berwarna tembaga (hadiah tembaga), sebagai sedekah suci.

Word by Word

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (the Great God, Pati)

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually)

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped completely/with full rites

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (the beneficent Shiva)

• दद्यात्: one should give/offer

• गोमिथुनम्: a pair (male and female) of cows

• वा अपि: or even/alternatively

• ताम्राभम्: copper-colored, i.e., made of copper (a copper gift/utensil/coin)

• शूलपाणये: to the Trident-holder (Śiva).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and dana-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)