Shloka 25

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

अलंकृत्य यथान्यायं शिवाय विनिवेदयेत् सा च सार्धं भवान्या वै मोदते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

alaṃkṛtya yathānyāyaṃ śivāya vinivedayet sā ca sārdhaṃ bhavānyā vai modate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

เมื่อประดับตกแต่งให้ถูกต้องตามพิธีแล้ว พึงน้อมถวายแด่พระศิวะ ครั้นแล้วพระองค์พร้อมด้วยภวานี ย่อมปีติยินดีแน่นอน—หาได้มีข้อสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• alaṃkṛtya: having adorned/ornamented

• yathā-nyāyam: according to rule and proper procedure

• śivāya: unto Śiva

• vinivedayet: one should duly offer/present (as naivedya/upacāra)

• sā ca: and He/that (Lord)

• sārdham: together with

• bhavānyā: with Bhavānī (Pārvatī, Śakti)

• vai: indeed

• modate: rejoices/is pleased

• na atra: not here/there is not (in this matter)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt

Speaker

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