गृहे लिङ्गस्थापनम्Setting the liṅga in the temple
Verse 58
वेदीं च मूलमन्त्रेण तद्वत् संस्थाप्य पूजयन् । कृताञ्जलिपुटः साधुः प्रार्थयेत् शङ्करं शिवम् ॥ ५८ ॥
vēdīṁ ca mūlamantrēṇa tadvat saṁsthāpya pūjayan | kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sādhuḥ prārthayēt śaṅkaraṁ śivam || 58 ||
Translation
Establishing the vedī likewise with the root mantra and worshipping it, the good man, with palms joined, should pray to Śaṅkara, to Śiva:
Word by word
- vēdīṁ
- the vedī
- ca
- and
- mūla
- root
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- tadvat
- likewise
- saṁsthāpya
- establishing
- pūjayan
- worshipping
- kṛta
- made
- añjali
- (añjali) with joined palms
- puṭaḥ
- the hollow
- sādhuḥ
- the good man
- prārthayēt
- should pray to
- śaṅkaraṁ
- Śaṅkara
- śivam
- Śiva
Meaning
The commentary gives the root mantra here as hrīṁ śrīṁ dūṁ svāhā, since the vedī is the Goddess, and notes that some read "devīm" for "vedīm", which comes to the same.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Mūlamantreṇa: with the mantra hrīṁ śrīṁ dūṁ svāhā. In some places "devīm" is read here in place of "vedīm".