Shloka 53
व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)
Devanagari script
पक्षयोरुपवासं च चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च
Transliteration
pakṣayorupavāsaṃ ca caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca
Translation
Hendaklah juga berpuasa (upavāsa) pada kedua-dua paruh bulan, khususnya pada hari keempat belas (caturdaśī) dan hari kelapan (aṣṭamī)—disiplin ini menyucikan paśu dan meneguhkan hati menuju Pati, Tuhan Śiva.
Word by Word
पक्षयोः (pakṣayoḥ)in the two fortnights (bright and dark halves of the lunar month)
पक्षयोः (pakṣayoḥ):
उपवासम् (upavāsam)fasting, religious abstinence
उपवासम् (upavāsam):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
चतुर्दशी (caturdaśī)the fourteenth lunar day (often sacred to Śiva)
चतुर्दशी (caturdaśī):
अष्टमीषु (aṣṭamīṣu)on the eighth lunar days
अष्टमीषु (aṣṭamīṣu):
च (ca)also/and
च (ca):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-dharma and vrata-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)