Shloka 14

Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

दध्ना च स्नापयेद्रुद्रं शोधयेच्च यथाविधि ततः शुद्धांबुना स्नाप्य चन्दनाद्यैश् च पूजयेत्

Transliteration

dadhnā ca snāpayedrudraṃ śodhayecca yathāvidhi tataḥ śuddhāṃbunā snāpya candanādyaiś ca pūjayet

Translation

दध्ना च स्नापयेद्रुद्रं शोधयेच्च यथाविधि । ततः शुद्धाम्बुना स्नाप्य चन्दनाद्यैश्च पूजयेत् ॥

Word by Word

• दध्ना: with curd

• च: and

• स्नापयेत्: one should bathe (perform abhiṣeka)

• रुद्रं: Rudra (Śiva/Śiva-liṅga)

• शोधयेत्: one should purify/cleanse

• च: and

• यथाविधि: according to rule (vidhi)

• ततः: thereafter

• शुद्ध-अम्बुना: with pure water

• स्नाप्य: having bathed

• चन्दन-आद्यैः: with sandalpaste and the like

• च: and

• पूजयेत्: one should worship

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)