1835.] the Temple of Harslia, in Shekdwatl. 381 



XXXIX. — With the sweet water there contained, the sprinkling of 

 this sacred hall is ever to be performed, as well as the whole of the 

 duty attached to the watering place. 



XL. — For the worship of Sambhu by the offering of beautiful 

 flowers, and also the giving of water to the cows to drink, — these two 

 works are alike regarded as meritorious by the choice band of men 

 ambitious of sanctity. 



XLI. — Ethereal vesture (i. e. nudity), clotted hair, and ashes ; also 

 habitual adherence of mind to the destroyer of Tripura, and the hand 

 used as the only drinking vessel — to whom these things were held 

 dear and sacred — 



XLII. — by that man was the ornamented area caused to be made, 

 level and pleasant for walking, in front of the house of Siva, having 

 for this purpose filled up with stony heaps what was before impas- 

 sable water mixed with unwholesome earth, and firmly bound the 

 whole with the smoothest stones. 



XLTII. — For that architect was the famed son of Va'rarudra, all- 

 knowing and skilled in house-building craft, even as Visvakarma. 



XLIV. — By whom was built this soul-ravishing house of Sankara 

 (Siva), — with its chapels, and its fine portico, graced with the presence 

 of Gaya, the holy Asura, — even as it were a fraction of heaven by 

 the will of the Creator Vedhas [or Brahma']. 



XLV. — In the house of the Lord of Ganga', what glorious, easy- 

 flowing praise, interspersed with the histories of his consort Chandi, 

 was uttered by the prince of learned men, the religious son of 

 Uruka ! 



XL VI. — As long as the lords of earth [i. e. the brahmans], the 

 earth itself and sky, the river of the gods [Ganga'], the lunar vary- 

 ing disk, and the holy occupation of the Yaties subsist; — as long as 

 Laxmi" rests on the bosom of Mura's foe [Vishnu], or as the sun and 

 stars shine upon the earth ; — as long as Gayatri the best beloved wife 

 remains most closely united with Brahma, so long may this house of 



