देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 184
इत्थं संस्कृत्य भवनं शङ्खतूर्यादिनिःस्वनैः । देवतासन्निधिं गत्वा प्रार्थयेद्विहिताञ्जलिः ॥ १८४ ॥
itthaṁ saṁskṛtya bhavanaṁ śaṅkhatūryādiniḥsvanaiḥ | dēvatāsannidhiṁ gatvā prārthayēdvihitāñjaliḥ || 184 ||
Translation
Having consecrated the building in this way, he should go into the deity's presence with the sound of conches, trumpets and the like, and pray with joined palms:
Word by word
- itthaṁ
- in this way
- saṁskṛtya
- having consecrated
- bhavanaṁ
- the building
- śaṅkha
- of conches
- tūrya
- trumpets
- ādi
- and the like
- niḥsvanaiḥ
- (niḥsvanaiḥ) with the sound
- dēvatā
- of the deity
- sannidhiṁ
- into the presence
- gatvā
- going
- prārthayēt
- he should pray
- vihita
- joined
- añjaliḥ
- (añjaliḥ) with palms
Meaning
The house rite (verses 178-182) is done first; then the god is invited into it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the rite of giving a house made over to a deity itself with "ittham" and the rest. Having thus, by the rite told before, consecrated the dwelling, the house, he should go with the sounds of conch, trumpet and the like into the presence of the deity, join his hands and pray to the deity.