Matsya Purana 267.9
Matsyapurāṇa 267.9
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- Sanskrit
267.9
kuśāmbhasā tataḥ snānaṃ devasyatveti kārayet.
phalodakena ca snānamagna āyāhi kārayet .. 267.8
Afterwards they should be bathed with curds, and then with water repeating the mantra "Devasya tvâm" and then again with the Dadhikrâvn, etc, with the juice of fruits by reciting the mantra "Âpyâyasva," and then water should be sprinkled with Kuśı grass after reciting the mantra "Devasyatvâ," and then again with perfumed water after reciting the sacred Gâyatrî Then the idol of Lord Śiva should be bathed with 1000, 500, 125, 64, 32, 16, 8 or only with 4 jars [of water] These jars should be made of gold, silver, copper, brass, bell-metal or of earth if one cannot afford the more expensive ones. The following medicinal herbs should be mixed with the water in the jar, viz —(1) Sahadevî, (2) Vachâ, (3) Vyâghrî, (4) Balâ, (5) Atibalâ, (6) Śaṅkhyapuṣpî, (7) Siṁhî (8) Suvarchalâ These eight are necessary in the Mahâsnâna The powder of barley, Nivâra, sesamum, Syâmâka, Sâli rice, Priyangu, Vrîhi, should be rubbed on the idol before bathing it —7-16
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit