वालुकावेदिमध्ये तु तल्लिङ्गं स्थाप्य रावणः। अर्चयामास गन्धैश्च पुष्पैश्चामृतगन्धिभिः॥
vālukāvedimadhye tu talliṅgaṃ sthāpya rāvaṇaḥ| arcayāmāsa gandhaiśca puṣpaiścāmṛtagandhibhiḥ||
English Meaning
Thereupon Rāvaņa placed that upon a heap of sands and began to worship it with various nectar-smelling flowers and sandal.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)