Shloka 2

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच देव्या पृष्टो महादेवः कैलासे तां नगात्मजाम् अङ्कस्थामाह देवेशो लिङ्गार्चनविधिं क्रमात्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca devyā pṛṣṭo mahādevaḥ kailāse tāṃ nagātmajām aṅkasthāmāha deveśo liṅgārcanavidhiṃ kramāt

Translation

সূতে ক’লে—কৈলাসত দেৱীয়ে সুধিলে, দেৱেশ মহাদেৱে নিজৰ কোলত বহা পৰ্বতকন্যা পাৰ্বতীক ক্ৰমে লিঙ্গাৰ্চনবিধি উপদেশ দিলে।

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)

• उवाच: said

• देव्या: by the Goddess

• पृष्टः: asked/questioned

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva, Pati)

• कैलासे: on Kailāsa

• ताम्: to her

• नगात्मजाम्: the daughter of the mountain (Pārvatī)

• अङ्कस्थाम्: seated on (his) lap

• आह: spoke/told

• देवेशः: Lord of the gods

• लिङ्गार्चनविधिम्: the procedure for Liṅga-worship

• क्रमात्: in sequence/step-by-step.

Speaker

Suta