Shloka 11

लिङ्गार्चनपूर्वकं स्नानाचमनविधिः

Snana–Achamana as Preparation for Linga-Archana

Devanagari script

सरित्सरस्तडागेषु सर्वेष्व् आ प्रलयं नरः स्नात्वापि भावदुष्टश्चेन् न शुध्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

saritsarastaḍāgeṣu sarveṣv ā pralayaṃ naraḥ snātvāpi bhāvaduṣṭaścen na śudhyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Kahit maligo ang tao sa lahat ng ilog, lawa, at sapa hanggang sa pagkalusaw ng daigdig, kung ang loob ay marumi at tiwali, hindi siya magiging dalisay—walang pag-aalinlangan.

Word by Word

• sarit: river

• saras: lake

• taḍāga: pond/tank

• -eṣu: in (locative plural)

• sarveṣu: in all

• ā: up to/until

• pralayam: dissolution (pralaya)

• naraḥ: man/person

• snātvā api: even after bathing

• bhāva: inner disposition/mental attitude

• duṣṭaḥ: tainted/corrupt

• cet: if

• na: not

• śudhyati: becomes purified

• na saṃśayaḥ: no doubt

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the Sages at Naimisharanya)