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

ਆਚਮਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ-ਵਿਦ ਉਸ ਜਲ ਤੋਂ ਫਿਰ ਬਾਹਰ ਨਿਕਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਪੁੰਨ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਮੁੜ ਤੀਰਥ ਦੇ ਮੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ਼ ਕਰੇ।

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)