Shloka 9

लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

क्षालनं प्रोक्षणं चैव प्रणवेन विधीयते प्रोक्षणी चार्घ्यपात्रं च पाद्यपात्रम् अनुक्रमात्

Transliteration

kṣālanaṃ prokṣaṇaṃ caiva praṇavena vidhīyate prokṣaṇī cārghyapātraṃ ca pādyapātram anukramāt

Translation

ਖ਼ਾਲਨ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਖ਼ਣ—ਦੋਵੇਂ—ਪ੍ਰਣਵ (ਓਂ) ਨਾਲ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਫਿਰ ਕ੍ਰਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪ੍ਰੋਖ਼ਣੀ ਪਾਤਰ, ਅਰਘ੍ਯ ਪਾਤਰ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਦ੍ਯ ਪਾਤਰ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰੋ।

Word by Word

• क्षालनम्: washing/cleansing

• प्रोक्षणम्: sprinkling (purificatory aspersion)

• च एव: and indeed

• प्रणवेन: with the Pranava (Oṁ)

• विधीयते: is to be performed/ordained

• प्रोक्षणी: the sprinkling-vessel (for sanctified water)

• च: and

• अर्घ्यपात्रम्: arghya vessel (for respectful offering-water)

• च: and

• पाद्यपात्रम्: pādya vessel (water for washing the feet)

• अनुक्रमात्: in sequence/in proper order

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure as taught in the Linga Purana tradition)