Shloka 15

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

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

रोचनाद्यैश् च सम्पूज्य दिव्यपुष्पैश् च पूजयेत् बिल्वपत्रैरखण्डैश् च पद्मैर्नानाविधैस् तथा

Transliteration

rocanādyaiś ca sampūjya divyapuṣpaiś ca pūjayet bilvapatrairakhaṇḍaiś ca padmairnānāvidhais tathā

Translation

रोचनाद्यैश्च सम्पूज्य दिव्यपुष्पैश्च पूजयेत् । बिल्वपत्रैरखण्डैश्च पद्मैर्नानाविधैस्तथा ॥

Word by Word

• रोचना-आद्यैः: with rocanā (yellow pigment) and similar (unguents/substances)

• च: and

• सम्पूज्य: having fully worshipped/honoured

• दिव्य-पुष्पैः: with divine/celestial flowers

• च: and

• पूजयेत्: one should worship

• बिल्व-पत्रैः: with bilva leaves

• अखण्डैः: unbroken/undamaged

• च: and

• पद्मैः: with lotuses

• नाना-विधैः: of many kinds/varieties

• तथा: likewise/thus

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)