Shloka 16

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षाम् इति मन्त्रेण मन्त्रवित् कपिलागोमयेनैव खस्थेनैव तु लेपयेत्

Transliteration

gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣām iti mantreṇa mantravit kapilāgomayenaiva khasthenaiva tu lepayet

Translation

মন্ত্ৰবিদে ‘গন্ধদ্বাৰাং দুৰাধর্ষাম্’ ইত্যাদি মন্ত্ৰ জপ কৰি, যি হাতত উপলব্ধ সেয়াই লৈ—কপিলা গাইৰ গো-ময়ৰে—লিঙ্গস্থান বা পূজাস্থল লেপন কৰিব।

Word by Word

• गन्धद्वाराम्: ‘having fragrance as the doorway’ (a mantra-epithet)

• दुराधर्षाम्: irresistible, unassailable

• इति: thus/so

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra

• मन्त्रवित्: the knower of mantra, adept

• कपिला-गोमयेन: with the dung of a tawny (kapilā) cow

• एव: indeed/only

• खस्थेन: with what is present/available on the spot (lit. ‘standing in place’)

• एव तु: only then/indeed

• लेपयेत्: should plaster/smear (for purification and sanctification).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)