Shloka 17

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथान्यायं पूजालक्षणसंयुतम् कलशं स्थापयेत्तस्य वेदिमध्ये तथा द्विजाः

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ pūjālakṣaṇasaṃyutam kalaśaṃ sthāpayettasya vedimadhye tathā dvijāḥ

Translation

定められた法に従って正しく安置し、礼拝の相と具足を備えさせたのち、再生者たちはその儀礼のための水瓶（カラシャ）をヴェーディーの中央に据えるべきである。かく秩序あるプージャーによってパティ（主シヴァ）に近づき、パシュ（魂）を縛るパーシャ（束縛）はゆるめられる。

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/consecrated

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to rule and proper procedure

• पूजा-लक्षण-संयुतम्: endowed with the characteristics/requisites of worship

• कलशम्: ritual pot (water-vessel)

• स्थापयेत्: should place/establish

• तस्य: of that (rite/installation/worship)

• वेदि-मध्ये: in the middle of the altar

• तथा: thus/in that manner

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (qualified Vedic officiants)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the puja-vidhi tradition to the sages of Naimisharanya)