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
ਗੋਰੋਚਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਗੁੜ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਾ ਕੇ (ਲੇਪ/ਭੇਟ) ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰਕੇ, ਦੇਵ ਨੂੰ ਸਪਰਸ਼ ਕਰ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰੇ ਅਤੇ ਆਖੇ—“ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਵੋ; ਮੈਂ ਦीन ਹਾਂ। ਹੇ ਈਸ਼, ਮੇਰੇ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਦੇ ਨਾਸ ਲਈ ਜੋ ਯੋਗ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਹ ਕਰੋ।”
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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.