Shloka 56

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

गङ्गास्नानसमं पुण्यं लभते नात्र संशयः अस्तं गते तथा चार्के स्नात्वा गच्छेच्छिवं पदम्

Transliteration

gaṅgāsnānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ astaṃ gate tathā cārke snātvā gacchecchivaṃ padam

Translation

ਉਹ ਗੰਗਾ-ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਪੁੰਨ ਪਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ। ਸੂਰਜ ਡੁੱਬਣ ਉਪਰੰਤ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਸ਼ਿਵਪਦ, ਪਰਮ ਧਾਮ, ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• गङ्गा: the Ganga

• स्नान: bathing

• समं: equal to

• पुण्यं: religious merit

• लभते: obtains

• न: not

• अत्र: here/in this matter

• संशयः: doubt

• अस्तं गते: when (the sun) has set

• तथा: likewise/then

• च: and

• अर्के: in/with regard to the Sun (Arka)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed

• गच्छेत्: would go/attains

• शिवं: to Shiva/auspicious (Shiva)

• पदम्: state/abode

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the tirtha/vrata teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)