SHUDDHI (CLEANSING)

Oh Ganga, Yamuna, Godaavari, Saraswati, Narmada,

Sindhu and Kaveri waters, please present yourselves in this holy place

Now that we have received the sacred waters, it is time to symbolically cleanse your hands by offering a spoonful (uddharane) of water into the hands of the principals by wiping the hands with reverence, and chanting

apavitrah pavitrovaa sarvaavasthaam gatopivaa

yahsmareth pundareekaaksham bahyaabhyantarah shuchihi

May anything unholy become holy, may all lower tendencies depart cleansing both inside and out as we remember the Lotus-eyed.

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