Shloka 14

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

प्रक्षाल्याचम्य पादौ च मलं देहाद्विशोध्य च द्रव्यैस्तु तीरदेशस्थैस् ततः स्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

prakṣālyācamya pādau ca malaṃ dehādviśodhya ca dravyaistu tīradeśasthais tataḥ snānaṃ samācaret

Translation

Après s’être lavé les pieds et avoir accompli l’ācamana, puis après avoir ôté les impuretés du corps, qu’on entreprenne alors le bain sacré selon la règle, avec les substances purifiantes disponibles sur la rive—devenant ainsi apte au culte de Śiva et à la grâce de Pati, qui délie les pāśa enchaînant le paśu.

Word by Word

• प्रक्षाल्य (prakṣālya): having washed

• आचम्य (ācāmya): having sipped water ritually (ācamana)

• पादौ (pādau): the feet

• च (ca): and

• मलं (malaṁ): impurity, dirt

• देहात् (dehāt): from the body

• विशोध्य (viśodhya): having purified/cleansed

• च (ca): and

• द्रव्यैः (dravyaiḥ): with substances/materials (e.g., clay, sand, clean water)

• तु (tu): indeed

• तीरदेशस्थैः (tīra-deśa-sthaiḥ): situated/available at the riverbank

• ततः (tataḥ): thereafter

• स्नानं (snānaṁ): bathing, sacred bath

• समाचरेत् (samācaret): should perform properly.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic injunctions to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)