प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 268
अथ तत्र श्रीमदाद्याप्रतिष्ठाक्रम उच्यते । येन प्रतिष्ठिता देवी तूर्णं यच्छति वाञ्छितम् ॥ २६८ ॥
atha tatra śrīmadādyāpratiṣṭhākrama ucyatē | yēna pratiṣṭhitā dēvī tūrṇaṁ yacchati vāñchitam || 268 ||
Translation
Now the order of installing Śrīmad Ādyā is told there, by which the Devī, once installed, quickly grants what is desired.
Word by word
- atha
- now
- tatra
- there
- śrīmad
- (śrīmat) Śrīmad
- ādyā
- (ādyā) of Ādyā
- pratiṣṭhā
- of installing
- kramaḥ
- (kramaḥ) the order
- ucyatē
- is told
- yēna
- by which
- pratiṣṭhitā
- installed
- dēvī
- the Devī
- tūrṇaṁ
- quickly
- yacchati
- grants
- vāñchitam
- what is desired
Meaning
The climax of the chapter: the pratiṣṭhā of an image of Ādyā Kālī, the Tantra's supreme deity. The rite runs to verse 308. 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
See the commentary on verse 264.