प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 74
प्राग्वद्ध्यात्वा मानसोपचारैः सम्पूजयेत् प्रिये । विशेषमर्घ्यं संस्थाप्य समर्च्य गणदेवताः । पुनर्ध्यात्वा महेशानं पुष्पं लिङ्गोपरि न्यसेत् ॥ ७४ ॥
prāgvaddhyātvā mānasōpacāraiḥ sampūjayēt priyē | viśēṣamarghyaṁ saṁsthāpya samarcya gaṇadēvatāḥ | punardhyātvā mahēśānaṁ puṣpaṁ liṅgōpari nyasēt || 74 ||
Translation
and meditating on him as before, he should worship him with the offerings of the mind, beloved. Setting up the special arghya and worshipping the deities of the hosts, and meditating again on Maheśāna, he should place a flower on the liṅga.
Word by word
- prāgvad
- (prāgvat) as before
- dhyātvā
- meditating
- mānasa
- of the mind
- upacāraiḥ
- (upacāraiḥ) with the offerings
- sampūjayēt
- he should worship
- priyē
- beloved
- viśēṣam
- the special
- arghyaṁ
- arghya
- saṁsthāpya
- setting up
- samarcya
- worshipping
- gaṇa
- of the hosts
- dēvatāḥ
- the deities
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- mahēśānaṁ
- Maheśāna
- puṣpaṁ
- a flower
- liṅga
- the liṅga
- upari
- (upari) upon
- nyasēt
- he should place
Meaning
A three-line verse. The special arghya is the consecrated vessel set up before worship in the Kula rite. The flower is the sign that the deity meditated upon in the heart has now come to rest on the stone.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 70.