Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 45
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
गोरोचनायाः सहिता गुडेन देवं समालभ्य च पूजयेत प्रीयस्व दीनो ऽस्मि भवन्तमीश मच्छोकनाशं प्रकुरुष्व योग्यम्
gorocanāyāḥ sahitā guḍena devaṃ samālabhya ca pūjayeta prīyasva dīno 'smi bhavantamīśa macchokanāśaṃ prakuruṣva yogyam
Setelah menyediakan gorocanā bersama gula merah (guḍa), hendaklah seseorang menyentuh/mendekati Dewa lalu memuja-Nya sambil berkata: “Berkenanlah; aku sedang menderita. Wahai Īśa, lakukanlah yang patut untuk melenyapkan dukacitaku.”
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FAQs
The verse models devotional humility: ritual is paired with honest confession of suffering and surrender to divine wisdom—asking not for arbitrary favors but for ‘what is fitting’ (yogya).
It is instructional liturgy within purāṇic dharma-śikṣā (vrata and pūjā procedure), outside the strict pañcalakṣaṇa narrative headings; it functions as practical theology embedded in the Purāṇa.
Gorocanā (auspicious yellow) and guḍa (sweetness) signify maṅgala and madhuratā: the devotee ‘sweetens’ worship and seeks transformation of inner bitterness (śoka) into serenity through the Lord’s grace.