Shloka 11

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

शूलं च विधिना कृत्वा वर्षान्ते विनिवेदयेत् स्नाप्येशानं यजेद्भक्त्या सहस्रैः कमलैः सितैः

Transliteration

śūlaṃ ca vidhinā kṛtvā varṣānte vinivedayet snāpyeśānaṃ yajedbhaktyā sahasraiḥ kamalaiḥ sitaiḥ

Translation

Сотворив трезубец (шӯла) по установленному обряду, следует поднести его в конце года. Омыв Ишану (Шиву), пусть поклоняется Ему с бхакти, принося тысячу белых лотосов.

Word by Word

• śūlam: trident (Shiva’s emblem)

• ca: and

• vidhinā: according to rule/rite

• kṛtvā: having made

• varṣānte: at the end of the year

• vinivedayet: should offer/present (as a ritual gift)

• snāpya: having bathed (ritually)

• īśānam: Īśāna, the Lord Shiva

• yajet: should worship

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• sahasraiḥ: with a thousand

• kamalaiḥ: lotuses

• sitaiḥ: white

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)