प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 281
तीर्थाम्भसामष्टघटैः स्नापयित्वा सुवाससा । सम्मार्जिताङ्गीं प्रतिमां पूजास्थानं समानयेत् ॥ २८१ ॥
tīrthāmbhasāmaṣṭaghaṭaiḥ snāpayitvā suvāsasā | sammārjitāṅgīṁ pratimāṁ pūjāsthānaṁ samānayēt || 281 ||
Translation
Having bathed her with eight jars of holy water and wiped her limbs with a fine cloth, he should bring the image to the place of worship.
Word by word
- tīrtha
- holy
- ambhasām
- (ambhasām) of water
- aṣṭa
- eight
- ghaṭaiḥ
- (ghaṭaiḥ) with jars
- snāpayitvā
- having bathed
- suvāsasā
- with a fine cloth
- sammārjita
- wiped
- aṅgīṁ
- (aṅgīm) whose limbs
- pratimāṁ
- the image
- pūjā
- of worship
- sthānaṁ
- to the place
- samānayēt
- he should bring
Meaning
The image is now ready to be installed.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 279.