Shloka 12
स्नानविधिः — गायत्र्यावाहन, सूर्यवन्दन, तर्पण, पञ्चमहायज्ञ, भस्मस्नान, मन्त्रस्नान
Devanagari script
यज्ञोपवीती देवानां निवीती ऋषितर्पणम् प्राचीनावीती विप्रेन्द्र पितॄणां तर्पयेत् क्रमात्
Transliteration
yajñopavītī devānāṃ nivītī ṛṣitarpaṇam prācīnāvītī viprendra pitṝṇāṃ tarpayet kramāt
Translation
यज्ञोपवीतं उपवीतविधिना धारयन् देवान् तर्पयेत्; निवीतविधिना ऋषितर्पणं कुर्यात्; प्राचीनावीतेन, हे विप्रेन्द्र, क्रमशः पितॄन् तर्पयेत्।
Word by Word
yajñopavītīwith the sacred thread worn as upavīta (over the left shoulder)
yajñopavītī:
devānāmto the Devas
devānām:
nivītīwith the thread worn as nivīta (resting/looped in the prescribed manner)
nivītī:
ṛṣi-tarpaṇamlibation (tarpana) to the Ṛṣis
ṛṣi-tarpaṇam:
prācīna-āvītīwith the thread worn as prācīnāvīta (over the right shoulder, for ancestral rites)
prācīna-āvītī:
vipra-indraO best of Brahmins
vipra-indra:
pitṝṇāmto the Pitṛs (ancestors)
pitṝṇām:
tarpayetshould satisfy/offer libations
tarpayet:
kramātin sequence, in proper order
kramāt:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating traditional ritual instructions within the Linga Purana)