प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 285
नमस्ते प्रतिमे तुभ्यं विश्वकर्मविनिर्मिते । नमस्ते देवतावासे भक्ताभीष्टप्रदे नमः ॥ २८५ ॥
namastē pratimē tubhyaṁ viśvakarmavinirmitē | namastē dēvatāvāsē bhaktābhīṣṭapradē namaḥ || 285 ||
Translation
"Salutation to you, O image fashioned by Viśvakarman; salutation to you, dwelling of the deity, giver of what devotees desire; salutation."
Word by word
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
- tē
- to you
- pratimē
- O image
- tubhyaṁ
- to you
- viśvakarma
- by Viśvakarman
- vinirmitē
- fashioned
- dēvatā
- of the deity
- āvāsē
- (āvāse) dwelling
- bhakta
- devotees
- abhīṣṭa
- (abhīṣṭa) what desire
- pradē
- giver
Meaning
The image itself is addressed, as the temple was: it is the craft of Viśvakarman, the divine artisan, and the house of the goddess.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But what should he pray to the image? To that he says "namas te pratime tubhyam" and the rest.