षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras
Verse 96
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा प्रार्थयेदिष्टदेवताम् । तवावरणदेवांश्च पूजयामि नमो वदेत् ॥ ९६ ॥
kṛtāñjalipuṭō bhūtvā prārthayēdiṣṭadēvatām | tavāvaraṇadēvāṁśca pūjayāmi namō vadēt || 96 ||
Translation
with joined palms, should pray to the chosen deity, saying "tavāvaraṇadevāṁś ca pūjayāmi namaḥ".
Word by word
- kṛta
- made
- añjali
- joined palms
- puṭō
- (puṭaḥ) hollow
- bhūtvā
- being
- prārthayēd
- (prārthayet) should pray
- iṣṭa
- chosen
- dēvatām
- deity
- tava
- your
- āvaraṇa
- surrounding
- dēvāṁś
- (devān) deities
- ca
- and
- pūjayāmi
- I worship
- namō
- (namaḥ) salutation
- vadēt
- should say
Meaning
"O chosen deity, I worship the deities around you; salutation": asking leave to worship her retinue.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 95.