प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras
Verse 136
प्राणप्रतिष्ठामाचर्य तत्तद्वाहनसंज्ञया । पूजितोऽलङ्कृतो वाहो देयो भवति दैवते ॥ १३६ ॥
prāṇapratiṣṭhāmācarya tattadvāhanasaṁjñayā | pūjitō’laṅkṛtō vāhō dēyō bhavati daivatē || 136 ||
Translation
Having performed the installing of life under the name of that particular vehicle, the vehicle, worshipped and adorned, is fit to be given to the deity.
Word by word
- prāṇa
- of life
- pratiṣṭhām
- the installing
- ācarya
- having performed
- tattad
- (tattat) of that particular
- vāhana
- vehicle
- saṁjñayā
- under the name
- pūjitaḥ
- (pūjitaḥ) worshipped
- alaṅkṛtaḥ
- (alaṅkṛtaḥ) and adorned
- vāhaḥ
- (vāhaḥ) the vehicle
- dēyaḥ
- (deyaḥ) to be given
- bhavati
- is fit
- daivatē
- to the deity
Meaning
The prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā, the rite that installs life in an image, is done for the vehicle too. The commentary says the Devī's prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā mantra (given in the sixth chapter) is used, with the vehicle's name in place of hers.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Prāṇa" and the rest. Having performed the prāṇapratiṣṭhā (the installing of life) of the vehicle with the Devī's prāṇapratiṣṭhā mantra told before, with the words that mark it changed as needed (ūhanīya), under the name of that vehicle, the vehicle (vāha), worshipped and adorned, becomes fit to be given to the deity.