प्रतिष्ठादिनकृत्यम्The rites of the day of installation
Verse 53
अधिवासं विधायेत्थं परेऽह्नि विहितक्रियः । संकल्पं विधिवत् कृत्वा पञ्च देवान् प्रपूजयेत् ॥ ५३ ॥
adhivāsaṁ vidhāyētthaṁ parē’hni vihitakriyaḥ | saṁkalpaṁ vidhivat kṛtvā pañca dēvān prapūjayēt || 53 ||
Translation
Having thus done the adhivāsa, on the next day, his duties done, he should make the resolve according to rule and worship the five gods.
Word by word
- adhivāsaṁ
- the adhivāsa
- vidhāya
- having done
- itthaṁ
- thus
- parē
- on the next
- ahni
- day
- vihita
- done
- kriyaḥ
- his duties
- saṁkalpaṁ
- the resolve
- vidhivat
- according to rule
- kṛtvā
- having made
- pañca
- the five
- dēvān
- gods
- prapūjayēt
- he should worship
Meaning
Here begins the day of installation itself. The commentary gives the five gods as Brahmā and the rest. The resolve (saṅkalpa) states formally who performs the rite and to what end.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Pañca devān: the five gods, Brahmā and the rest (verses 53 and 54).