Shloka 1

स्नानविधिः — गायत्र्यावाहन, सूर्यवन्दन, तर्पण, पञ्चमहायज्ञ, भस्मस्नान, मन्त्रस्नान

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे स्नानविधिर्नाम पञ्चविंशो ऽध्यायः नन्द्युवाच आवाहयेत्ततो देवीं गायत्रीं वेदमातरम् आयातु वरदा देवीत्य् अनेनैव महेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge snānavidhirnāma pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ nandyuvāca āvāhayettato devīṃ gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram āyātu varadā devīty anenaiva maheśvarīm

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, na seção Pūrvabhāga, inicia-se o vigésimo quinto capítulo chamado “O Procedimento do Banho Ritual”. Disse Nandī: “Então deve-se invocar a Deusa Gāyatrī, Mãe dos Vedas, com esta mesma fórmula: ‘Que venha a Deusa concedente de dádivas, a Maheśvarī, a Grande Soberana.’”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the former section

• snāna-vidhiḥ-nāma: named ‘procedure of bathing’

• pañca-viṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: twenty-fifth chapter

• nandy-uvāca: Nandī said

• āvāhayet: one should invoke

• tataḥ: then

• devīm: the Goddess

• gāyatrīm: Gāyatrī

• veda-mātaram: Mother of the Vedas

• āyātu: may (she) come

• varadā: boon-giving

• devī: Goddess

• iti: thus

• anena eva: with this very (mantra/formula)

• maheśvarīm: Maheśvarī (the Great Goddess, Śiva’s Śakti).

Speaker

Nandi