pÅ«rvaá¹ snÄnaá¹ prakurvÄ«ta
dhauta-danto 'ṅga-śuddhaye
ubhayair api ca snÄnaá¹
mantrair má¹›d-grahaṇÄdinÄ

 pÅ«rvam - first; snÄnam - bath; prakurvÄ«ta - one should perform; dhauta - having cleaned; dantaḥ - his teeth; aá¹…ga - of the body; Å›uddhaye - for purification; ubhayaiḥ - with both kinds; api ca - also; snÄnam - bathing; mantraiḥ - with mantras; má¹›t-grahaṇa-ÄdinÄ - by smearing with earth and so on.


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One should first purify his body by cleansing his teeth and bathing. Then one should perform a second cleansing by smearing the body with earth and chanting both Vedic and tantric mantras.

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