देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 198
इत्यष्टकलशैः स्नानं कारयित्वा जगत्पतिम् । गृहाभ्यन्तरमानीय स्थापयेदासनोपरि ॥ १९८ ॥
ityaṣṭakalaśaiḥ snānaṁ kārayitvā jagatpatim | gṛhābhyantaramānīya sthāpayēdāsanōpari || 198 ||
Translation
Having had the lord of the world bathed with these eight jars, he should bring him inside the house and set him on his seat.
Word by word
- ity
- (iti) thus
- aṣṭa
- eight
- kalaśaiḥ
- (kalaśaiḥ) with jars
- snānaṁ
- bathed
- kārayitvā
- having had
- jagat
- of the world
- patim
- the lord
- gṛha
- the house
- abhyantaram
- (abhyantaram) inside
- ānīya
- bringing
- sthāpayēt
- he should set
- āsana
- his seat
- upari
- (upari) on
Meaning
Eight baths, eight jars; then the deity enters.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having had the bath given with eight pots (aṣṭakalaśa, measured as eight pots) of milk and the rest, in this very rite and order, he should bring the lord of the world, the deity, inside the house and set him on his seat.