Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p5

4.p5

ity uktvā brāhmaṇaḥ parameśvaraprītyarthaṃ rudrānuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtavān. tata ekadā rātrau taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ svapne jaṭāmakuṭadhārī vṛṣabhavāhano vāmāñkasthitapriyaḥ parameśvaraḥ samavadat: bho brāhmaṇa, tvaṃ pradoṣavratam ācara; tena vratācaraṇena tava putro bhaviṣyati. prabhāte brāhmaṇena vṛddhānāṃ purataḥ svapnavṛttāntaḥ kathitaḥ. tair uktam: bho brāhmaṇa, yathārtho 'yaṃ svapnaḥ. uktaṃ ca svapnādhyāye:

Having said this, the brahmin performed the Rudra-rite to propitiate Parameśvara. Then one night, Parameśvara, wearing a crown of matted hair, mounted on a bull, with his beloved seated on his left thigh, spoke to that brahmin in a dream: ‘O brahmin, observe the pradoṣa vow; by observing that vow, you will have a son.’ In the morning, the brahmin related the account of the dream before the elders. They said: ‘O brahmin, this dream is true. And it is said in the treatise on dreams: