मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 16
प्रतिष्ठा केन विधिना तस्याः प्रतिकृतेः प्रभो । कर्तव्या तदशेषेण कृपया मे प्रकाश्यताम् ॥ १६ ॥
pratiṣṭhā kēna vidhinā tasyāḥ pratikṛtēḥ prabhō | kartavyā tadaśēṣēṇa kṛpayā mē prakāśyatām || 16 ||
Translation
And by what rite, O Lord, should the installation of her image be done? Out of your kindness reveal it to me in full.
Word by word
- pratiṣṭhā
- the installation
- kēna
- by what
- vidhinā
- rite
- tasyāḥ
- (tasyāḥ) of her
- pratikṛtēḥ
- (pratikṛteḥ) of the image
- prabhō
- O Lord
- kartavyā
- should be done
- tad
- (tat) that
- aśēṣēṇa
- in full
- kṛpayā
- out of kindness
- mē
- to me
- prakāśyatām
- reveal
Meaning
The Devī asks for the rite itself, the pratiṣṭhā, by which an image becomes a dwelling of the deity.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 14.