Shloka 33

Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

सम्प्रोक्तं रुद्रगायत्र्या आसनं प्रणवेन वै पञ्चभिः स्नपनं प्रोक्तं रुद्राद्यैश् च विशेषतः

Transliteration

samproktaṃ rudragāyatryā āsanaṃ praṇavena vai pañcabhiḥ snapanaṃ proktaṃ rudrādyaiś ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Le siège (āsana) est prescrit avec la Rudra-Gāyatrī et, en vérité, aussi avec le Praṇava (Oṁ). Le bain rituel (snapana) est enseigné avec cinq formules purificatrices, tout particulièrement avec les mantras de Rudra et les autres.

Word by Word

• सम्प्रोक्तम्: is declared/has been taught

• रुद्रगायत्र्या: by the Rudra-Gāyatrī (mantra)

• आसनम्: seat/ritual offering of a seat

• प्रणवेन: by the Praṇava (Oṁ)

• वै: indeed

• पञ्चभिः: with five (mantras/formulas)

• स्नपनम्: bathing/ablution

• प्रोक्तम्: is taught

• रुद्राद्यैः: with Rudra (mantras) and others/beginning with Rudra

• च: and

• विशेषतः: especially/in particular

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-puja vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)