प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 19
श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । गुह्यमेतत् परं तत्त्वं यत् पृष्टं परमेश्वरि । कथयामि तव स्नेहात् समाहितमनाः शृणु ॥ १९ ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | guhyamētat paraṁ tattvaṁ yat pṛṣṭaṁ paramēśvari | kathayāmi tava snēhāt samāhitamanāḥ śṛṇu || 19 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: What you have asked, O supreme Goddess, is a secret and the highest truth. Out of love for you I shall tell it; listen with a collected mind.
Word by word
- guhyam
- a secret
- ētat
- this
- paraṁ
- the highest
- tattvaṁ
- truth
- yat
- what
- pṛṣṭaṁ
- is asked
- paramēśvari
- O supreme Goddess
- kathayāmi
- I shall tell
- tava
- for you
- snēhāt
- out of love
- samāhita
- collected
- manāḥ
- (manāḥ) with a mind
- śṛṇu
- listen
Meaning
Śiva agrees. What follows first sets out the fruits of the various gifts and installations, and then, from verse 42, the rites themselves.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Entreated thus by Śrī Devī, Śrī Sadāśiva said "guhyam etat" and the rest.