Shloka 64

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वा च पूजां कृत्वा प्रयत्नतः महामेरुव्रतं कृत्वा महादेवाय दापयेत्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ mahāmeruvrataṃ kṛtvā mahādevāya dāpayet

Translation

ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੋਜਨ ਕਰਵਾ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਯਤਨ ਨਾਲ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਕੇ, ਮਹਾਮੇਰੂ ਵਰਤ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਸ਼ਠਾਨ ਕਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਾਦੇਵ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਯਤ ਦਾਨ ਅਰਪਿਤ ਕਰੇ।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: brāhmaṇas

• भोजयित्वा: having fed/caused to eat

• च: and

• पूजाम्: worship/ritual honor

• कृत्वा: having done

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort/carefully

• महामेरुव्रतम्: the Mahāmeru vow

• कृत्वा: having performed

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva (Śiva)

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given/should offer as a gift

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Śiva-vrata and dāna procedure to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)