Shloka 21

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

आचम्य च पुनस्तस्माज् जलादुत्तीर्य मन्त्रवित् प्रविश्य तीर्थमध्ये तु पुनः पुण्यविवृद्धये

Transliteration

ācamya ca punastasmāj jalāduttīrya mantravit praviśya tīrthamadhye tu punaḥ puṇyavivṛddhaye

Translation

Après avoir accompli l’ācamana, le connaisseur des mantras doit ressortir de cette eau, puis rentrer de nouveau au cœur même du tīrtha sacré, encore une fois, pour accroître le mérite—purifiant le paśu (l’âme individuelle) par un rite discipliné offert à Pati, le Seigneur Śiva.

Word by Word

• आचम्य: having sipped water for purification (ācamana)

• च: and

• पुनः: again

• तस्मात्: from that

• जलात्: from the water

• उत्तीर्य: having come out/ascended (to the bank)

• मन्त्रवित्: a knower of mantras/one skilled in sacred formulae

• प्रविश्य: having entered

• तीर्थमध्ये: in the middle of the tīrtha (holy bathing place)

• तु: indeed

• पुनः: again

• पुण्यविवृद्धये: for the increase/growth of merit (puṇya)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-rite instructions within the Linga Purana tradition)