Shloka 56

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

गङ्गास्नानसमं पुण्यं लभते नात्र संशयः अस्तं गते तथा चार्के स्नात्वा गच्छेच्छिवं पदम्

Transliteration

gaṅgāsnānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ astaṃ gate tathā cārke snātvā gacchecchivaṃ padam

Translation

সি গঙ্গাস্নানসম পুণ্য লাভ কৰে—ইয়াত সন্দেহ নাই। সূৰ্য অস্ত যোৱাৰ পাছত স্নান কৰি সি শিৱপদ, পৰম ধাম, প্ৰাপ্ত হয়।

Word by Word

• गङ्गा: the Ganga

• स्नान: bathing

• समं: equal to

• पुण्यं: religious merit

• लभते: obtains

• न: not

• अत्र: here/in this matter

• संशयः: doubt

• अस्तं गते: when (the sun) has set

• तथा: likewise/then

• च: and

• अर्के: in/with regard to the Sun (Arka)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed

• गच्छेत्: would go/attains

• शिवं: to Shiva/auspicious (Shiva)

• पदम्: state/abode

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the tirtha/vrata teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)