Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 51
Aditi’s Lament and Kaśyapa’s Instruction of the Payo-vrata (Milk Vow) to Please Keśava
पूजां च महतीं कुर्याद् वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जित: । चरुं निरूप्य पयसि शिपिविष्टाय विष्णवे ॥ ५१ ॥ सूक्तेन तेन पुरुषं यजेत सुसमाहित: । नैवेद्यं चातिगुणवद् दद्यात्पुरुषतुष्टिदम् ॥ ५२ ॥
pūjāṁ ca mahatīṁ kuryād vitta-śāṭhya-vivarjitaḥ caruṁ nirūpya payasi śipiviṣṭāya viṣṇave
Abandonando a avareza de não gastar, deve-se organizar uma adoração grandiosa ao Senhor Viṣṇu, o Śipiviṣṭa que habita no coração de todos. Com grande atenção, prepare-se o caru—grãos cozidos em ghee e leite—e, recitando o Puruṣa-sūkta, realize-se o rito; ofereça-se também naivedya de variados sabores, que satisfaz o Puruṣa Supremo.
FAQs
This verse instructs that worship should be performed without dishonesty or miserliness about one’s wealth—devotion must be sincere and straightforward.
Śipiviṣṭa is a Vedic epithet of Viṣṇu; here it emphasizes addressing the Lord through authorized sacred names while performing the Pāyo-vrata worship.
Offer time, resources, and service to God transparently—avoid show, bargaining, or hidden motives in spiritual practice.