Shloka 28

स्नानविधिः — गायत्र्यावाहन, सूर्यवन्दन, तर्पण, पञ्चमहायज्ञ, भस्मस्नान, मन्त्रस्नान

Devanagari script

पुण्यानामितिहासानां शैवादीनां तथैव च श्रोत्रे स्पृशेद्धि तुष्ट्यर्थं हृद्देशं तु ततः स्पृशेत्

Transliteration

puṇyānāmitihāsānāṃ śaivādīnāṃ tathaiva ca śrotre spṛśeddhi tuṣṭyarthaṃ hṛddeśaṃ tu tataḥ spṛśet

Translation

功徳ある聖なる物語—とりわけシヴァ派（Śaiva）の説話—を聴くときは、内なる満足と受容のために耳に触れ、ついで胸の心臓のあたりに触れて、聞いたダルマを心に安住させよ。そこはパティ（Pati）たるシヴァへのバクティが座すところである。

Word by Word

• puṇyānām: of meritorious (holy) deeds/teachings

• itihāsānām: of sacred histories/narratives

• śaiva-ādīnām: of Shaiva (teachings) and related (accounts)

• tathā eva ca: and likewise

• śrotre: the ears

• spṛśet: one should touch

• hi: indeed

• tuṣṭi-artham: for the purpose of contentment/pleasure (spiritual satisfaction)

• hṛd-deśam: the heart-region

• tu: then/and

• tataḥ: thereafter

• spṛśet: one should touch

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva ritual observances while recounting Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)