Shiva Purana

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लिंगशुद्धिं ततः कृत्वा मुदा युक्तो नरस्तदा ॥ यथोचितं तु मंत्रौघैः प्रणवादिर्नमोंतकैः ॥४४॥

After purifying the linga (symbolic representation of the deity), the person should joyfully, with a mind full of devotion, recite the appropriate mantras, offering praises and salutations.

english translation

liMgazuddhiM tataH kRtvA mudA yukto narastadA ॥ yathocitaM tu maMtraughaiH praNavAdirnamoMtakaiH ॥44॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript