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

Les sages dirent : « Ô Romaharṣaṇa, dis-nous à présent comment doit être vénéré Mahādeva—Maheśvara dont la forme est le Liṅga. »

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)