Shloka 29

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्चैव निरृतेः स्थानमाप्नुयात् वैशाखे च तथा मासे कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇān bhojayeccaiva nirṛteḥ sthānamāpnuyāt vaiśākhe ca tathā māse kṛtvā vai naktabhojanam

Translation

వైశాఖ మాసంలో నక్తభోజన వ్రతం ఆచరించి బ్రాహ్మణులకు భోజనం పెట్టినవాడు నిరృతి స్థానాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brāhmaṇas

• भोजयेत्: should feed (offer a meal)

• च एव: and indeed

• निरृतेः: of Nirṛti (deity of dissolution/inauspicious quarter)

• स्थानम्: abode/state/realm

• आप्नुयात्: attains

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha

• च तथा: and likewise/indeed

• मासे: in the month

• कृत्वा: having performed/undertaken

• वै: certainly

• नक्तभोजनम्: night-eating (taking food only at night, a vrata).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Nirṛti
• Brahmanas

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It highlights that fasting-vows (like naktabhojana) and charity (feeding Brāhmaṇas) generate specific karmic results (phala). For Linga worshippers, it serves as a caution: without dedicating the act to Pati (Śiva) and seeking bondage-cutting grace, one may gain only a limited realm rather than Śiva’s liberating state.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Indirectly: by showing a destination bound to a particular deity (Nirṛti), it contrasts deity-conditioned results with Śiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati who alone can sever Pāśa and free the Pāśu beyond all loka-based attainments.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The practice is a Vaiśākha-vrata: naktabhojana (eating only at night) combined with dāna in the form of feeding Brāhmaṇas—an austerity-and-charity discipline aimed at producing a defined karmic fruit.