Shloka 2

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

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

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्याममावास्यां चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च नक्तमब्दं प्रकुर्वीत हविष्यं पूजयेद्भवम्

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca naktamabdaṃ prakurvīta haviṣyaṃ pūjayedbhavam

Translation

在满月日、新月日，以及月历第十四日与第八日，应当守持一年之誓：唯于夜间进食，并以haviṣya——清净而已加持的供品——礼敬婆婆（Bhava，即湿婆）。

Word by Word

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day

• caturdaśīṣu: on the fourteenth lunar day

• aṣṭamīṣu: on the eighth lunar day

• ca: and

• naktam: (eating) at night only

• abdam: for a year

• prakurvīta: should perform/undertake

• haviṣyam: pure sacrificial food/oblations (fit for worship)

• pūjayet: should worship

• bhavam: Bhava, Lord Śiva (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It prescribes specific parva (sacred lunar) days and a year-long naktabhojana-vrata with pure offerings, framing Linga/Śiva worship as sustained discipline (niyama) that ripens devotion and ritual purity.

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

By naming Śiva as Bhava, it points to Him as Pati—the Lord who grants auspicious becoming and transforms the bound soul (paśu) when approached through steady observance and reverent worship.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A vrata-based sādhanā: naktabhojana (eating only at night) maintained for one year, coupled with haviṣya offerings—an outer discipline that supports inner Pāśupata-oriented restraint and devotion.