देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 187
त्रिशूलमथवा चक्रं विन्यस्य भवनोपरि । रोपयेन्मन्दिरेशाने सपताकं ध्वजं सुधीः ॥ १८७ ॥
triśūlamathavā cakraṁ vinyasya bhavanōpari | rōpayēnmandirēśānē sapatākaṁ dhvajaṁ sudhīḥ || 187 ||
Translation
Setting a trident or a discus on top of the building, the wise man should plant a staff with its banner at the north-east corner of the temple.
Word by word
- triśūlam
- a trident
- athavā
- or
- cakraṁ
- a discus
- vinyasya
- setting
- bhavana
- of the building
- upari
- (upari) on top
- rōpayēt
- (ropayet) should plant
- mandira
- of the temple
- īśānē
- (īśāne) at the north-east
- sapatākaṁ
- with its banner
- dhvajaṁ
- a staff
- sudhīḥ
- (sudhīḥ) the wise man
Meaning
The trident crowns a temple of Śiva or the Devī, the discus one of Viṣṇu.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Triśūlam" and the rest. The wise man, setting a trident or a discus on top of the building, should plant a flagstaff with its banner (sapatāka, together with a banner) at the north-east corner of the house (mandireśāne).