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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.148

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 148

पात्रस्थापनम्Setting out the vessels

Verse 148

राजतं शक्तिपात्रं स्यात् गुरुपात्रं हिरण्मयम् । श्रीपात्रन्तु महाशङ्खं ताम्राण्यन्यानि कल्पयेत् ॥ १४८ ॥

rājataṁ śaktipātraṁ syāt gurupātraṁ hiraṇmayam | śrīpātrantu mahāśaṅkhaṁ tāmrāṇyanyāni kalpayēt || 148 ||

Translation

The vessel of Śakti should be of silver, the guru's vessel of gold, the śrī vessel the great conch; the others he makes of copper.

Word by word

rājataṁ
of silver
śakti
of Śakti
pātraṁ
vessel
syāt
should be
guru
guru's
hiraṇmayam
(hiraṇmayam) of gold
śrī
śrī
pātram
(pātram) vessel
tu
and
mahāśaṅkhaṁ
the great conch (a skull)
tāmrāṇi
of copper
anyāni
the others
kalpayēt
he makes

Meaning

The "great conch", the ṭīkā says, is a human skull, the kapāla of Tantric worship.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But of what material should he set out the nine vessels? To that he says "rājatam" and the rest. Mahāśaṅkha: a human skull.