संक्षेपपूजा, संक्षेपपुरश्चरणम्Worship in brief, the preparatory rite in brief
Verse 82
अथवाऽन्यप्रकारेण पुरश्चरणमुच्यते । कृष्णां चतुर्दशीं प्राप्य कौजे वा शनिवासरे । पञ्चतत्त्वं समानीय पूजयित्वा जगन्मयीम् ॥ ८२ ॥
athavā’nyaprakārēṇa puraścaraṇamucyatē | kṛṣṇāṁ caturdaśīṁ prāpya kaujē vā śanivāsarē | pañcatattvaṁ samānīya pūjayitvā jaganmayīm || 82 ||
Translation
Or the preparatory rite is told in another way: on the fourteenth night of the dark fortnight, on a Tuesday or a Saturday, bringing the five tattvas and worshipping her who pervades the world,
Word by word
- athavā
- or
- anya
- another
- prakārēṇa
- in way
- puraścaraṇam
- the preparatory rite
- ucyatē
- is told
- kṛṣṇāṁ
- of the dark fortnight
- caturdaśīṁ
- the fourteenth night
- prāpya
- reaching
- kaujē
- on a Tuesday
- vā
- or
- śani
- Saturn's
- vāsarē
- on the day
- pañca
- the five
- tattvaṁ
- tattvas
- samānīya
- bringing
- pūjayitvā
- worshipping
- jagat
- (jagat) the world
- mayīm
- her who is
Meaning
A second form of puraścaraṇa, which runs to verse 83. The time is the fourteenth lunar day of the dark half of the month (kṛṣṇa caturdaśī), falling on a Tuesday (kauja, the day of Mars) or a Saturday: days and nights traditionally sacred to Kālī. The worship is done with the five tattvas, the Kaula offerings named in ullāsa 6, and the Goddess is called Jaganmayī, "she who is the world", or pervades it. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 81.