Shloka 51

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

घृतस्नानेन चानन्तं शार्करे तच्छताधिकम् शिवक्षेत्रसमीपस्थां नदीं प्राप्यावगाह्य च

Transliteration

ghṛtasnānena cānantaṃ śārkare tacchatādhikam śivakṣetrasamīpasthāṃ nadīṃ prāpyāvagāhya ca

Translation

Par l’ablution au ghee, le mérite devient sans limite ; par celle au sucre, ce mérite s’accroît de cent et davantage. Et, parvenu à une rivière située près d’un Śiva-kṣetra sacré, qu’on s’y immerge et s’y baigne.

Word by Word

• घृत-स्नानेन: by bathing with ghee

• च: and

• अनन्तम्: infinite, unbounded (merit)

• शार्करे: in (a bath using) sugar/sweetness

• तत्: that (merit)

• शत-अधिकम्: a hundred-fold and more

• शिव-क्षेत्र-समीप-स्थाम्: situated near a holy field/temple-region of Śiva

• नदीम्: river

• प्राप्य: having reached

• अवगाह्य: having immersed/bathed

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami