Shloka 28

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणं ततः कुर्याद् धिंसापापप्रशान्तये एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं स्नानाचमनमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kuryād dhiṃsāpāpapraśāntaye evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ snānācamanamuttamam

Translation

Depois, deve-se realizar a pradakṣiṇā (circumambulação) para apaziguar o pecado nascido da violência e do ferimento. Assim, em resumo, foi ensinada a suprema disciplina do banho ritual e do ācamana.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (clockwise reverential circuit)

• ततः: thereafter

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform

• हिंसा: injury, violence

• पाप: sin, demerit

• प्रशान्तये: for pacification, for calming/cessation

• एवम्: thus

• संक्षेपतः: briefly, in summary

• प्रोक्तम्: has been declared/taught

• स्नान-आचमनम्: bathing and ācamana (ritual sipping for purification)

• उत्तमम्: supreme, most excellent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)