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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.6

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 6

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 6

वापीकूपतड़ागानां देवप्रतिकृतेस्तथा । गृहारामव्रतादीनां प्रतिष्ठाकर्मसु प्रिये ॥ ६ ॥

vāpīkūpataḍāgānāṁ dēvapratikṛtēstathā | gṛhārāmavratādīnāṁ pratiṣṭhākarmasu priyē || 6 ||

Translation

In the consecration of step-wells, wells and tanks, of an image of a god, of houses, gardens, vows and the like, beloved,

Word by word

vāpī
of step-wells
kūpa
wells
taḍāgānāṁ
(taḍāgānām) and tanks
dēva
of a god
pratikṛtēḥ
(pratikṛteḥ) of an image
tathā
and
gṛha
houses
ārāma
gardens
vrata
vows
ādīnāṁ
and the like
pratiṣṭhā
of consecration
karmasu
in the rites
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

The other auspicious rites: the pratiṣṭhā, the dedication, of a step-well (vāpī), well or tank; of a deity's image (devapratikṛti, as the ṭīkā glosses); of a house or garden; and the beginning or completion of a vrata, a vow.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Vāpī" and the rest. Devapratikṛteḥ: of the image of a deity.