Shloka 22

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

शृङ्गेण पर्णपुटकैः पालाशैः क्षालितैस् तथा सकुशेन सपुष्पेण जलेनैवाभिषेचयेत्

Transliteration

śṛṅgeṇa parṇapuṭakaiḥ pālāśaiḥ kṣālitais tathā sakuśena sapuṣpeṇa jalenaivābhiṣecayet

Translation

শৃঙ্গক পাত্ৰ কৰি, পালাশ পাতৰ পুটকাৰে শুদ্ধ কৰা জলে, কুশ আৰু পুষ্পসহ লিঙ্গৰ অভিষেক কৰিব।

Word by Word

• शृङ्गेण: with a horn (as a vessel)

• पर्णपुटकैः: with leaf-cups/leaf-folds

• पालाशैः: made of Palāśa leaves

• क्षालितैः: washed/purified

• तथा: and likewise

• सकुशेन: together with kuśa grass

• सपुष्पेण: together with flowers

• जलेन एव: with water alone/with water itself

• अभिषेचयेत्: one should bathe (perform abhiṣeka).

Speaker

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