देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 247
स्पृष्ट्वा देवपदद्वन्द्वं मूलमन्त्रं समुच्चरन् । स्थाँ स्थीँ स्थिरो भवेत्युक्त्वा वासस्ते कल्पितो मया । इति देवं स्थिरीकृत्य भवनं प्रार्थयेत् पुनः ॥ २४७ ॥
spṛṣṭvā dēvapadadvandvaṁ mūlamantraṁ samuccaran | sthām̐ sthīm̐ sthirō bhavētyuktvā vāsastē kalpitō mayā | iti dēvaṁ sthirīkṛtya bhavanaṁ prārthayēt punaḥ || 247 ||
Translation
Touching the god's two feet and uttering the root mantra, saying "sthāṁ sthīṁ, be firm; your dwelling has been made by me", and so making the god firm, he should pray again to the building:
Word by word
- spṛṣṭvā
- touching
- dēva
- the god's
- pada
- feet
- dvandvaṁ
- two
- mūla
- the root
- mantraṁ
- mantra
- samuccaran
- uttering
- sthām̐
- sthāṁ
- sthīm̐
- sthīṁ
- sthiraḥ
- (sthiraḥ) firm
- bhava
- be
- ity
- (iti) thus
- uktvā
- saying
- vāsaḥ
- (vāsaḥ) dwelling
- tē
- your
- kalpitaḥ
- (kalpitaḥ) has been made
- mayā
- by me
- iti
- so
- dēvaṁ
- the god
- sthirīkṛtya
- making firm
- bhavanaṁ
- the building
- prārthayēt
- he should pray
- punaḥ
- again
Meaning
This is the sthirīkaraṇa, making the deity firm in his seat. Sthāṁ and sthīṁ are the seeds of steadiness, built from sthā, "to stand". What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Spṛṣṭvā" and the rest. Then, touching the two feet of the deity, first uttering the root mantra, then saying "sthāṁ sthīṁ sthiro bhava" (be firm) and uttering "vāsas te kalpito mayā" (your dwelling has been prepared by me): having made the deity firm with this mantra joined to the root mantra, he should again pray to the building, the house.