Shloka 28

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणं ततः कुर्याद् धिंसापापप्रशान्तये एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं स्नानाचमनमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kuryād dhiṃsāpāpapraśāntaye evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ snānācamanamuttamam

Translation

Sesudah itu, hendaklah melakukan pradakṣiṇā (mengelilingi) untuk menenangkan dosa yang lahir daripada kekerasan dan kecederaan. Demikianlah, secara ringkas, telah diajarkan disiplin tertinggi tentang mandi ritual dan ācāmana.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (clockwise reverential circuit)

• ततः: thereafter

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform

• हिंसा: injury, violence

• पाप: sin, demerit

• प्रशान्तये: for pacification, for calming/cessation

• एवम्: thus

• संक्षेपतः: briefly, in summary

• प्रोक्तम्: has been declared/taught

• स्नान-आचमनम्: bathing and ācamana (ritual sipping for purification)

• उत्तमम्: supreme, most excellent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)