Shloka 11

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

सरित्सरस्तडागेषु सर्वेष्व् आ प्रलयं नरः स्नात्वापि भावदुष्टश्चेन् न शुध्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

saritsarastaḍāgeṣu sarveṣv ā pralayaṃ naraḥ snātvāpi bhāvaduṣṭaścen na śudhyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Ainda que um homem se banhe em todos os rios, lagos e lagoas até a dissolução do mundo, se sua disposição interior estiver corrompida, não se purifica—sem dúvida.

Word by Word

• sarit: river

• saras: lake

• taḍāga: pond/tank

• -eṣu: in (locative plural)

• sarveṣu: in all

• ā: up to/until

• pralayam: dissolution (pralaya)

• naraḥ: man/person

• snātvā api: even after bathing

• bhāva: inner disposition/mental attitude

• duṣṭaḥ: tainted/corrupt

• cet: if

• na: not

• śudhyati: becomes purified

• na saṃśayaḥ: no doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the Sages at Naimisharanya)