गृहे लिङ्गस्थापनम्Setting the liṅga in the temple
Verse 56
ततो लिङ्गं समानीय वेदीरूपां च तारिणीम् । मण्डले सर्वतोभद्रे स्थापयेद्वा शुभासने ॥ ५६ ॥
tatō liṅgaṁ samānīya vēdīrūpāṁ ca tāriṇīm | maṇḍalē sarvatōbhadrē sthāpayēdvā śubhāsanē || 56 ||
Translation
Then bringing the liṅga, and Tāriṇī in the form of the vedī, he should set them in a sarvatobhadra maṇḍala or on an auspicious seat.
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- liṅgaṁ
- the liṅga
- samānīya
- bringing
- vēdī
- of the vedī
- rūpāṁ
- in the form
- ca
- and
- tāriṇīm
- Tāriṇī
- maṇḍalē
- in a maṇḍala
- sarvatōbhadrē
- sarvatobhadra
- sthāpayēd
- (sthāpayet) he should set
- vā
- or
- śubha
- on an auspicious
- āsanē
- (āsane) seat
Meaning
The base of the liṅga is here named as the Goddess: Tāriṇī, "she who carries across", is the vedī. So liṅga and base are treated throughout as the divine pair. The sarvatobhadra is an elaborate square diagram, "auspicious on all sides".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 55.