Shloka 1

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः कथं पूज्यो महादेवो लिङ्गमूर्तिर्महेश्वरः वक्तुमर्हसि चास्माकं रोमहर्षण सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ pūjyo mahādevo liṅgamūrtirmaheśvaraḥ vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ romaharṣaṇa sāṃpratam

Translation

ঋষিগণ বললেন—হে রোমহর্ষণ! লিঙ্গমূর্তি মহেশ্বর মহাদেবকে কীভাবে পূজা করা উচিত? অনুগ্রহ করে এখন আমাদের বলো।

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages

• ऊचुः: said

• कथम्: how

• पूज्यः: to be worshipped

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (the Great God, Śiva)

• लिङ्ग-मूर्तिः: whose manifested form is the Liṅga

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (the Supreme Lord)

• वक्तुम्: to speak/tell

• अर्हसि: you are fit/please do

• च: and

• अस्माकम्: to us/for us

• रोमहर्षण: O Romaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present

Speaker

The sages of Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta Romaharṣaṇa)