Shloka 16
Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi
Condensed Ritual Sequence
Devanagari script
नीलोत्पलैश् च राजीवैर् नद्यावर्तैश् च मल्लिकैः चम्पकैर् जातिपुष्पैश्च बकुलैः करवीरकैः
Transliteration
nīlotpalaiś ca rājīvair nadyāvartaiś ca mallikaiḥ campakair jātipuṣpaiśca bakulaiḥ karavīrakaiḥ
Translation
Man verehre den Liṅga Śivas—Pati, den Herrn, der die pāśa des paśu löst—durch Darbringung von blauen Lotosblüten, roten Lotosblüten, nandyāvarta-Blüten, Jasmin (mallikā), campaka-Blüten, jāti-Blüten, bakula-Blüten und karavīra-Blüten.
Word by Word
nīlotpalaiḥwith blue lotuses
nīlotpalaiḥ:
caand
ca:
rājīvaiḥwith red lotuses (lotus-flowers)
rājīvaiḥ:
nandyāvartaiḥwith nandyāvarta blossoms
nandyāvartaiḥ:
caand
ca:
mallikaiḥwith jasmine flowers
mallikaiḥ:
campakaiḥwith campaka blossoms
campakaiḥ:
jātipuṣpaiḥwith jāti-flowers
jātipuṣpaiḥ:
caand
ca:
bakulaiḥwith bakula blossoms
bakulaiḥ:
karavīrakaiḥwith karavīra (oleander) flowers
karavīrakaiḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)