Shloka 32

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

अद्भिर् विविधमाल्यैश् च धूपैर्गन्धैस्तथैव च सपत्नीका महाभागाः सपुत्राः सपरिच्छदाः

Transliteration

adbhir vividhamālyaiś ca dhūpairgandhaistathaiva ca sapatnīkā mahābhāgāḥ saputrāḥ saparicchadāḥ

Translation

अद्भिर्विविधमाल्यैश्च धूपैर्गन्धैस्तथैव च। सपत्नीका महाभागाः सपुत्राः सपरिच्छदाः॥

Word by Word

• अद्भिः: with waters (for abhiṣeka/ācamana)

• विविध-माल्यैः: with various garlands

• च: and

• धूपैः: with incense

• गन्धैः: with perfumes/fragrant substances (candana, etc.)

• तथैव: likewise/also

• च: and

• सपत्नीका: together with wives

• महाभागाः: the greatly fortunate/noble ones (devotees/householders)

• सपुत्राः: together with sons/children

• सपरिच्छदाः: together with attendants and necessary articles/requisites (paricchada = equipment, retinue)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja instructions within the Linga Purana discourse)