गृहप्रतिष्ठाThe consecration of a house
Verse 183
अन्यार्थन्तु प्रतिष्ठा चेत् तद्वासायात्र योजयेत् । देवत्राकृतगेहस्य विधानं शृणु शैलजे ॥ १८३ ॥
anyārthantu pratiṣṭhā cēt tadvāsāyātra yōjayēt | dēvatrākṛtagēhasya vidhānaṁ śṛṇu śailajē || 183 ||
Translation
If the consecration is for another, he should put "for his dwelling" here. Now hear, daughter of the mountain, the rite of a house made over to a god.
Word by word
- anya
- another
- arthaṁ
- (artham) for
- tu
- but
- pratiṣṭhā
- the consecration
- cēt
- if
- tad
- (tat) his
- vāsāya
- for dwelling
- atra
- here
- yōjayēt
- he should put
- dēvatrā
- made over to a god
- kṛta
- done
- gēhasya
- of a house
- vidhānaṁ
- the rite
- śṛṇu
- hear
- śailajē
- daughter of the mountain
Meaning
When one builds a house for someone else, "for his (or her) dwelling" takes the place of "for our dwelling" in the prayer, as the commentary explains. Then the subject changes to the devagṛha, a house given to a deity: a temple. The rite runs to verse 266.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Anyārthaṁ tu" and the rest. If the house is consecrated for the sake of another, then in the saṅkalpa to be made in this consecration of the house he should add "for his (or her) dwelling" (tadvāsāya). O Śailajā, Pārvatī, hear the rite of giving a house made over to a deity (devatrākṛtagehasya, a house made subject to a deity).