देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 246
इत्युक्त्वाऽर्पितगेहाय देवाय दत्तदक्षिणः । शङ्खतूर्यादिघोषैस्तं स्थापयेद्वेदिकोपरि ॥ २४६ ॥
ityuktvā’rpitagēhāya dēvāya dattadakṣiṇaḥ | śaṅkhatūryādighōṣaistaṁ sthāpayēdvēdikōpari || 246 ||
Translation
Having said this and given the fee to the god to whom the house is offered, he should set him on the altar with the sound of conches, trumpets and the like.
Word by word
- ity
- (iti) this
- uktvā
- having said
- arpita
- offered
- gēhāya
- to whom the house is
- dēvāya
- to the god
- datta
- given
- dakṣiṇaḥ
- (dakṣiṇaḥ) the fee
- śaṅkha
- of conches
- tūrya
- trumpets
- ādi
- and the like
- ghōṣaiḥ
- (ghoṣaiḥ) with the sound
- taṁ
- him
- sthāpayēt
- he should set
- vēdikā
- the altar
- upari
- (upari) on
Meaning
The deity is now placed on the vedikā, the raised platform inside the shrine.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having said these words of prayer to the deity, the sādhaka, having given the fee (dakṣiṇā) to the deity to whom the house has been offered (arpitageha, he to whom the house is given), should set the deity on the altar (vedikā) with the sounds of conch, trumpet and the like.