Shloka 13

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

कामतो ऽपि कृतं पापं भ्रूणहत्यादिकं च यत् तत्सर्वं शूलदानेन भिन्द्यान्नारी न संशयः

Transliteration

kāmato 'pi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyādikaṃ ca yat tatsarvaṃ śūladānena bhindyānnārī na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Даже грехи, совершённые намеренно, — даже тяжкие, как убийство зародыша, — все они сокрушаются даром Шулы (трезубца Шивы). Женщина, совершающая это подношение, разрушает эти прегрешения — без сомнения.

Word by Word

• kāmataḥ: deliberately, out of desire

• api: even

• kṛtam: done/committed

• pāpam: sin, demerit

• bhrūṇa-hatyā-ādikam: beginning with (the sin of) killing an embryo and other heinous acts

• ca: and

• yat: whatever

• tat-sarvam: all of that

• śūla-dānena: by the gifting/donation of the trident

• bhindyāt: may split/shatter/destroy

• nārī: woman

• na saṃśayaḥ: no doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Dana/Puja-mahātmya section)