pūrvaṁ snānaṁ prakurvīta
dhauta-danto 'ṅga-śuddhaye
ubhayair api ca snānaṁ
mantrair mṛd-grahaṇādinā

 pūrvam - first; snānam - bath; prakurvīta - one should perform; dhauta - having cleaned; dantaḥ - his teeth; aṅga - of the body; śuddhaye - for purification; ubhayaiḥ - with both kinds; api ca - also; snānam - bathing; mantraiḥ - with mantras; mṛt-grahaṇa-ādinā - 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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