Shloka 14

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

प्रक्षाल्याचम्य पादौ च मलं देहाद्विशोध्य च द्रव्यैस्तु तीरदेशस्थैस् ततः स्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

prakṣālyācamya pādau ca malaṃ dehādviśodhya ca dravyaistu tīradeśasthais tataḥ snānaṃ samācaret

Translation

Depois de lavar os pés e realizar o ācamana, e após remover as impurezas do corpo, deve-se então cumprir devidamente o banho sagrado usando as substâncias purificadoras disponíveis na margem—tornando-se apto ao culto de Śiva e à graça de Pati, que desfaz os pāśas que prendem o paśu.

Word by Word

• प्रक्षाल्य (prakṣālya): having washed

• आचम्य (ācāmya): having sipped water ritually (ācamana)

• पादौ (pādau): the feet

• च (ca): and

• मलं (malaṁ): impurity, dirt

• देहात् (dehāt): from the body

• विशोध्य (viśodhya): having purified/cleansed

• च (ca): and

• द्रव्यैः (dravyaiḥ): with substances/materials (e.g., clay, sand, clean water)

• तु (tu): indeed

• तीरदेशस्थैः (tīra-deśa-sthaiḥ): situated/available at the riverbank

• ततः (tataḥ): thereafter

• स्नानं (snānaṁ): bathing, sacred bath

• समाचरेत् (samācaret): should perform properly.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic injunctions to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)