Shloka 10

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

पूर्वोक्तमखिलं कृत्वा भवान्या सह मोदते अमावास्यां निराहारा भवेदब्दं सुयन्त्रिता

Transliteration

pūrvoktamakhilaṃ kṛtvā bhavānyā saha modate amāvāsyāṃ nirāhārā bhavedabdaṃ suyantritā

Translation

Matapos ganapin nang buo ang lahat ng naunang itinakda, siya’y nagagalak kasama ni Bhavānī. Sa araw ng Amāvāsyā (bagong buwan), ang mahusay na napipigil na nagsasanay ay manatiling walang pagkain sa loob ng isang buong taon, ganap na may pagpipigil-sa-sarili.

Word by Word

• pūrvoktam: previously stated

• akhilam: entirely, in full

• kṛtvā: having done, having performed

• bhavānyā saha: together with Bhavānī (Pārvatī)

• modate: rejoices, delights

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day

• nirāhārā: without food, fasting

• bhavet: should be, should become

• abdam: for a year

• su-yantritā: well-restrained, firmly disciplined

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings; internal source contextual)