Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 48
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
नैवेद्यं सघृतं दद्यात् ताम्रपात्रे गुडोदनम् दक्षिणां च द्विजातिभ्यो नैवेद्यसहितां मुने वासोयुगं प्रीणयेच्च रुद्रमुच्चार्य नामतः
naivedyaṃ saghṛtaṃ dadyāt tāmrapātre guḍodanam dakṣiṇāṃ ca dvijātibhyo naivedyasahitāṃ mune vāsoyugaṃ prīṇayecca rudramuccārya nāmataḥ
应以酥油（ghṛta）同献食供（naivedya）：将加粗糖的甜饭（guḍodana）置于铜器中奉上。又，噫，牟尼，应向二生者施与供养金（dakṣiṇā），并连同食供一并奉施。并当称诵鲁陀罗（Rudra）之名号，献上一对衣服，以令其欢喜。
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FAQs
Worship is completed by generosity and social obligation: offerings to the deity are paired with giving (dakṣiṇā) to learned recipients, integrating devotion with dāna-dharma.
This is dharma/ācāra instruction (vrata-vidhi and dāna), not cosmology or genealogy; it functions as practical religious law embedded in the Purāṇic narrative frame.
Copper vessels are ritually valued for purity; ghee and sweet rice symbolize nourishment and auspicious offering. Rudra’s satisfaction through nāma-utterance and cloth-gift emphasizes both mantra (sound) and dāna (substance) as complementary modes of propitiation.