Shloka 93

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

स्नापयित्वा तु शिष्याय ब्राह्मणानपि पूज्य च समुद्रतीरे नद्यां च गोष्ठे देवालये ऽपि वा

Transliteration

snāpayitvā tu śiṣyāya brāhmaṇānapi pūjya ca samudratīre nadyāṃ ca goṣṭhe devālaye 'pi vā

Translation

Matapos munang isagawa ang ritwal na pagpapaligo (abhisheka) para sa alagad, at maparangalan din ang mga Brāhmaṇa, maaaring ganapin ang pagtalimaing ito sa tabing-dagat, o sa pampang ng ilog, o sa kulungan ng baka, o kahit sa loob ng templo—saanman naitatag nang wasto ang pagsamba kay Śiva.

Word by Word

• snāpayitvā: having bathed/caused to bathe (ritually)

• tu: indeed/then

• śiṣyāya: for the disciple

• brāhmaṇān: the Brahmanas

• api: also

• pūjya: having honored/worshipped

• ca: and

• samudra-tīre: on the shore of the ocean

• nadyām: at/in a river

• ca: and

• goṣṭhe: in a cattle-shed/cow-pen

• deva-ālaye: in a temple/house of the Deity

• api: even

• vā: or

Speaker

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