प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 23
तृणकाष्ठादिरचितं ध्वजवाहनसंयुतम् । मन्दिरं देवमुद्दिश्य काममुद्दिश्य वा नरः । संस्कुर्यादुत्सृजेद्वापि तस्य पुण्यं निशामय ॥ २३ ॥
tṛṇakāṣṭhādiracitaṁ dhvajavāhanasaṁyutam | mandiraṁ dēvamuddiśya kāmamuddiśya vā naraḥ | saṁskuryādutsṛjēdvāpi tasya puṇyaṁ niśāmaya || 23 ||
Translation
Hear the merit of the man who builds, or restores, or dedicates a shrine made of grass, timber and the like, with its banner and the image of its vehicle, in the name of a god or with a desire in view.
Word by word
- tṛṇa
- of grass
- kāṣṭha
- timber
- ādi
- and the like
- racitaṁ
- made
- dhvaja
- with its banner
- vāhana
- and vehicle
- saṁyutam
- furnished
- mandiraṁ
- a shrine
- dēvam
- a god
- uddiśya
- in the name of
- kāmam
- a desire
- vā
- or
- naraḥ
- (naraḥ) a man
- saṁskuryāt
- restores
- utsṛjēt
- dedicates
- api
- too
- tasya
- his
- puṇyaṁ
- merit
- niśāmaya
- hear
Meaning
Now the gift of a temple. The commentary's gloss is only "niśāmaya, hear". The temple carries the deity's banner and the image of his vāhana, the animal that carries him. Restoring an old shrine counts as well as building a new one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Niśāmaya: hear.