Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)
Devanagari script
अथ द्वादशवर्षं वा मासद्वादशकं तु वा दिनद्वादशकं वापि कृत्वा तद् व्रतम् उत्तमम्
Transliteration
atha dvādaśavarṣaṃ vā māsadvādaśakaṃ tu vā dinadvādaśakaṃ vāpi kṛtvā tad vratam uttamam
Translation
Pagkaraan, matapos isagawa ang dakilang panatang iyon—maging labindalawang taon, o labindalawang buwan, o kahit labindalawang araw—ang ganitong disiplinadong pagsunod ay naglilinis sa paśu (kaluluwang nakagapos) at inihaharap ito kay Pati, ang Panginoon, upang maging karapat-dapat sa mataas na bunga ng pagsamba kay Śiva.
Word by Word
athathen/thereupon
atha:
dvādaśa-varṣamfor twelve years
dvādaśa-varṣam:
vāor
vā:
māsa-dvādaśakama set of twelve months (one year)
māsa-dvādaśakam:
tuindeed
tu:
vāor
vā:
dina-dvādaśakama set of twelve days
dina-dvādaśakam:
vā apior even
vā api:
kṛtvāhaving done/observed
kṛtvā:
tatthat
tat:
vratamvow, sacred observance
vratam:
uttamamexcellent, supreme
uttamam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata-vidhi to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)