अनन्तरदिनकृत्यम्The rites of the following day
Verse 87
शुद्धैः पञ्चामृतैः स्नानं प्रथमं प्रतिपादयेत् । ततः सुगन्धितोयानां कलशैः शतसंख्यकैः ॥ ८७ ॥
śuddhaiḥ pañcāmṛtaiḥ snānaṁ prathamaṁ pratipādayēt | tataḥ sugandhitōyānāṁ kalaśaiḥ śatasaṁkhyakaiḥ || 87 ||
Translation
First he should give the bath with the pure five nectars, and then with a hundred jars of fragrant water,
Word by word
- śuddhaiḥ
- with the pure
- pañca
- five
- amṛtaiḥ
- (amṛtaiḥ) nectars
- snānaṁ
- the bath
- prathamaṁ
- first
- pratipādayēt
- he should give
- tataḥ
- then
- sugandhi
- fragrant
- tōyānāṁ
- of water
- kalaśaiḥ
- with jars
- śata
- a hundred
- saṁkhyakaiḥ
- numbering
Meaning
The commentary presents the verse as the answer to "with what should he bathe Śiva?". The five nectars are milk, curds, ghee, honey and sugar.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With what thing should he bathe Śiva? In answer to that he says "śuddhaiḥ" and the rest.