अस्त्रेण पात्रं प्रक्षाल्य हृन्मन्त्रेण प्रपूर्य च । निक्षिप्य गन्धं पुष्पञ्च तीर्थान्यावाहयेत्ततः ॥ ७२ ॥
astrēṇa pātraṁ prakṣālya hṛnmantrēṇa prapūrya ca | nikṣipya gandhaṁ puṣpañca tīrthānyāvāhayēttataḥ || 72 ||
Translation
Washing the vessel with the astra mantra and filling it with the heart mantra, putting in scent and flowers, he should then invoke the holy waters.
Word by word
- astrēṇa
- with the astra mantra
- pātraṁ
- the vessel
- prakṣālya
- washing
- hṛnmantrēṇa
- with the heart mantra
- prapūrya
- filling
- ca
- and
- nikṣipya
- putting in
- gandhaṁ
- scent
- puṣpañca
- and flowers
- tīrthānyāvāhayēttataḥ
- should then invoke the holy waters