Shri Shiva Bilvashtakam

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दन्ति कोटि सहस्त्रेषु अश्वमेधशतक्रतौ । कोटिकन्या महादानं एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १० ॥

sanskrit

The virtue earned by donating a thousand elephants Or by performing a hundred Aswamedha sacrifices Or by giving away in a marriage a countless daughters Such virtue can be earned by offering a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva.

english translation

danti koTi sahastreSu azvamedhazatakratau | koTikanyA mahAdAnaM ekabilvaM zivArpaNam || 10 ||

hk transliteration