Shri Shiva Bilvashtakam
सहस्रवेद पाटेषु ब्रह्मस्तापनमुच्यते । अनेकव्रत कोटीनां एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १२ ॥
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