प्रणमेद्दण्डवद्भूमौ भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा ।
दशवारं जपेन्मन्त्रं ततः स्तोत्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ १० ॥
pranamet-should offer obeisances; danda-vat-like a stick; bhumau-on the ground; bhakti-through devotion; prahvena-humble; cetasa-with a mind; dasa-varam-ten times; japet-should utter; mantram-the mantra; tatah-then; stotram-prayer; udirayet-should chant.
One should offer obeisances unto the Lord with a mind humbled through devotion. While offering dandavats by falling on the ground like a rod, one should chant the above mantra ten times. Then one should chant the following prayer.