Shloka 8

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथान्यायं दत्त्वा रुद्रालये पुनः ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा च भवान्या सह मोदते

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ dattvā rudrālaye punaḥ brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca bhavānyā saha modate

Translation

प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथान्यायं दत्त्वा रुद्रालये पुनः। ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा च भवान्या सह मोदते॥

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed (the Liṅga)

• यथान्यायम्: according to proper rule/rite

• दत्त्वा: having given/offered

• रुद्रालये: in Rudra’s abode/temple

• पुनः: again/further

• ब्राह्मणान्: brāhmaṇas

• भोजयित्वा: having fed/caused to eat

• च: and

• भवान्या सह: together with Bhavānī (Pārvatī)

• मोदते: rejoices/is delighted

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala of proper Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā within the Purāṇic discourse)