Shloka 1

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे शिवव्रतकथनं नाम त्र्यशीतितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच उमामहेश्वरं वक्ष्ये व्रतमीश्वरभाषितम् नरनार्यादिजन्तूनां हिताय मुनिसत्तमाः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge śivavratakathanaṃ nāma tryaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca umāmaheśvaraṃ vakṣye vratamīśvarabhāṣitam naranāryādijantūnāṃ hitāya munisattamāḥ

Translation

Так, в «Шри Линга-Махапуране», в Пурвабхаге, начинается восемьдесят четвёртая глава, именуемая «Изложение шива-враты». Сута сказал: «О лучшие из мудрецов, ради блага всех существ — мужчин, женщин и прочих — я изложу врату Умы–Махешвары, как она была изречена самим Господом».

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrvabhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• śiva-vrata-kathanaṃ: narration of Śiva’s vow/observance

• nāma: named

• tryaśītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the eighty-fourth chapter

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• umā-maheśvaram: the (vow/observance) of Umā and Maheśvara / pertaining to Umā–Maheśvara

• vakṣye: I shall speak/expound

• vratam: the sacred observance (vrata)

• īśvara-bhāṣitam: spoken by the Lord (Pati)

• nara-nārī-ādi-jantūnām: of men, women, and other beings (all embodied souls, paśus)

• hitāya: for the benefit/welfare

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best of sages

Speaker

Suta