Shloka 13

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

कामतो ऽपि कृतं पापं भ्रूणहत्यादिकं च यत् तत्सर्वं शूलदानेन भिन्द्यान्नारी न संशयः

Transliteration

kāmato 'pi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyādikaṃ ca yat tatsarvaṃ śūladānena bhindyānnārī na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ଇଚ୍ଛାପୂର୍ବକ କରାଯାଇଥିବା ପାପ ମଧ୍ୟ—ଭ୍ରୂଣହତ୍ୟା ଆଦି ମହାପାପ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ—ଶିବଙ୍କ ଶୂଳଦାନରେ ସମସ୍ତ ଭଙ୍ଗ ହୋଇଯାଏ। ଯେ ନାରୀ ଏହି ଦାନ କରେ, ସେ ସେହି ପାପମାନଙ୍କୁ ଭେଦି ନଶ୍ଟ କରେ—ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• kāmataḥ: deliberately, out of desire

• api: even

• kṛtam: done/committed

• pāpam: sin, demerit

• bhrūṇa-hatyā-ādikam: beginning with (the sin of) killing an embryo and other heinous acts

• ca: and

• yat: whatever

• tat-sarvam: all of that

• śūla-dānena: by the gifting/donation of the trident

• bhindyāt: may split/shatter/destroy

• nārī: woman

• na saṃśayaḥ: no doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Dana/Puja-mahātmya section)