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Samvatsari Pratikramana
The Shantipath should be recited at the conclusion of a pratishtha (consecration of an idol), a rathyatra (holy procession in a chariot), a snatrapuja, etc. Kesar (saffron), Chandan (sandalwood), Kāpur (camphor), dhoop (insense), etc should be kept with flowers of various colours, with Shantikalash (small silver pot of water with a snout) in the right hand, with the left hand covering the right. The performer should wear clean clothes, with internal and external purity, along with the rest of the congregation. Wearing white clothes, he should apply sandalwood paste and he should decorate himself with jewellery. He should wear a garland of beautiful flowers around his neck and pray for peace. Finally the performer and the others should apply the holy water from the silver pot on their forehead. (19)
Procedure Nrutyanti nrutyam mani pushpa varsham,
srujanti gayanti cha mangalani Strotrani gotrani pathanti mantran kalyanbhajo
hi jinabhisheke. (20) Shivamastu sarvajagatah parhitnirata bhavantu bhutaganaha Doshaha prayaantu nasham
sarvatra sukhi bhavatu lokah. (21)
May all the livings beings of the whole world prosper, may the animals serve one another, may all evil be destroyed and may the people live happily in peace. (21)
ways to pray Aham tiththayara-maya sivadevi tumha nayar
nivasini Amha sivam tumha sivam asivovasamam sivam bhavatu swaha. (22)
