Shloka 44
Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्
Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata
Devanagari script
क्षेत्रं गोमिथुनं चैव तद्गृहे च निवेदयेत् सायनैर् विविधैर् दिव्यैर् मेरुपर्वतसन्निभैः
Transliteration
kṣetraṃ gomithunaṃ caiva tadgṛhe ca nivedayet sāyanair vividhair divyair meruparvatasannibhaiḥ
Translation
क्षेत्रं गोमिथुनं चैव तद्गृहे च निवेदयेत्; सायनैर्विविधैर्दिव्यैर्मेरुपर्वतसन्निभैः समलङ्कुर्यात्।
Word by Word
क्षेत्रम्a field/land for cultivation
क्षेत्रम्:
गोमिथुनम्a pair of cattle (cow and bull)
गोमिथुनम्:
च एवand indeed
च एव:
तत्-गृहेin that house (the recipient’s dwelling)
तत्-गृहे:
चalso
च:
निवेदयेत्one should present/offer (as a gift)
निवेदयेत्:
सायनैःwith beds/resting-couches
सायनैः:
विविधैःof various kinds
विविधैः:
दिव्यैःexcellent, splendid, auspicious
दिव्यैः:
मेरु-पर्वत-सन्निभैःcomparable to Mount Meru (very grand/lofty).
मेरु-पर्वत-सन्निभैः:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)