Shri Shiva Bilvashtakam

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सहस्रवेद पाटेषु ब्रह्मस्तापनमुच्यते । अनेकव्रत कोटीनां एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १२ ॥

sanskrit

Chanting the vedas a thousand times Is said to elevate one to a great spiritual height And so with performing spiritual fasts crores of times Equal to all of these is Offering a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva.

english translation

sahasraveda pATeSu brahmastApanamucyate | anekavrata koTInAM ekabilvaM zivArpaNam || 12 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript