The lord said: If the ablution is made with twenty-five Palas of the sacred material of worship it should be known as Abhyaṅga; if it is with a hundred Palas, it should be known as Snāna. Two thousand Palas of the material are said to constitute a Mahāsnāna (great ablution). The devotee bathes my Liṅga at the outset with cow’s ghee. Then he consecrates it with the other materials. Thereafter he washes with water. The benefit of a hundred Yajñas is attained by the mere rite of wiping off the Liṅga; by bathing it the benefit of ten thousand sacrifices is attained; by worship the benefit of hundred thousand sacrifices is obtained. The benefit of those who sing and play on instruments of music is infinite. By means of the great bath eight times the benefit of bath is acquired. If the devotee wishes to perform the rite of ablution by means of water alone he shall do so by means of fragrant scented water with devotion. The unguent in every case is by means of twentyfive Palas of the material used.