Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

सत्यवादी जितक्रोधः शालिगोधूमगोरसैः पक्षयोरष्टमीं यत्नाद् उपवासेन वर्तयेत्

Transliteration

satyavādī jitakrodhaḥ śāligodhūmagorasaiḥ pakṣayoraṣṭamīṃ yatnād upavāsena vartayet

Translation

Ang deboto—tapat sa katotohanan at nagwagi sa galit—ay dapat maingat na tuparin ang Aṣṭamī ng dalawang kalahati ng buwan sa pamamagitan ng pag-aayuno, na tanging bigas, trigo, at mga kaloob ng baka lamang ang ikabubuhay. Sa ganitong disiplinadong pagpipigil, ang paśu ay nalilinis mula sa pāśa at nagiging karapat-dapat sa biyaya ni Śiva (Pati).

Word by Word

• सत्यवादी: truth-speaking, devoted to सत्य

• जितक्रोधः: one who has conquered anger

• शालि: rice

• गोधूम: wheat

• गोरसैः: with cow-products (milk, curd, ghee etc.)

• पक्षयोः: in both fortnights (waxing and waning)

• अष्टमीम्: the eighth lunar day

• यत्नात्: with effort, carefully

• उपवासेन: by fasting/abstinence

• वर्तयेत्: should observe, should conduct (the vow)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating vrata-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It prescribes ethical purity (truthfulness, anger-control) and a regulated Aṣṭamī fast as preparatory discipline that makes Linga-pūjā efficacious and receptive to Śiva’s anugraha.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the Lord who responds to inner purification; the verse frames liberation not as mere ritual, but as grace accessed through sattvic restraint that loosens pāśa around the paśu.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Aṣṭamī-upavāsa observed in both fortnights, supported by limited sāttvika intake (rice, wheat, cow-products) and paired with yama-like disciplines—satya and krodha-jaya—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented self-control.