देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 199
स्नापनार्हा न चेदर्चा तद्यन्त्रे वापि तन्मनौ । शालग्रामशिलायां वा स्नापयित्वा प्रपूजयेत् ॥ १९९ ॥
snāpanārhā na cēdarcā tadyantrē vāpi tanmanau | śālagrāmaśilāyāṁ vā snāpayitvā prapūjayēt || 199 ||
Translation
If the image is not fit to be bathed, he should bathe the deity in its yantra, or in its mantra, or on a śālagrāma stone, and worship there.
Word by word
- snāpana
- to be bathed
- arhā
- fit
- na
- not
- cēt
- if
- arcā
- (arcā) the image
- tad
- (tat) its
- yantrē
- in the yantra
- vā
- or
- api
- also
- tan
- (tat) its
- manau
- in the mantra
- śālagrāma
- śālagrāma
- śilāyāṁ
- on a stone
- snāpayitvā
- bathing
- prapūjayēt
- he should worship
Meaning
A painted image or one of perishable material is not bathed; the bath is given to the deity in its yantra, its mantra (that is, while repeating it) or a śālagrāma.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Snāpanārha" and the rest. If (cet) the image (arcā, the image of the deity) is not fit for bathing, then he should bathe in its yantra, the yantra of the deity, or in its mantra, the mantra of that deity, or on a śālagrāma stone, and so worship the deity.