Shloka 37
Arcana-vidhi: The Method of Deity Worship
Vedic, Tantric, and Mixed
परिस्तीर्याथ पर्युक्षेदन्वाधाय यथाविधि । प्रोक्षण्यासाद्य द्रव्याणि प्रोक्ष्याग्नौ भावयेत माम् ॥ ३७ ॥
paristīryātha paryukṣed anvādhāya yathā-vidhi prokṣaṇyāsādya dravyāṇi prokṣyāgnau bhāvayeta mām
မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် ကုရှမြက်ကို ခင်းပြီး ရေဖြင့် ပရောက္ခဏ (ပက်ဖြန်း) လုပ်ကာ သန့်စင်ပြီးနောက်၊ သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့်နည်းအတိုင်း အန်ဝါဓာန ကర్మကို ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။ ထို့နောက် အဟုတိပစ္စည်းများကို စီစဉ်၍ ပရောက္ခဏီအိုးရေဖြင့် ပဝါသန့်စင်ကာ၊ မီးအတွင်း၌ ငါ့ကို စိတ်တည်၍ ဓ്യာနပြုရမည်။
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī mentions that one should meditate upon the Lord as the Supersoul within the sacrificial fire.
FAQs
This verse describes spreading the seat/kuśa, sprinkling the place with sanctified water, performing the proper subsidiary offering, and sprinkling the worship items—treating purification as an essential part of arcana done according to vidhi.
Because the purpose of ritual is remembrance of Bhagavān: after purifying the substances and performing offerings, the worshiper should internalize devotion by contemplating Kṛṣṇa’s presence in the sacred fire, not merely performing external acts.
Keep your worship space and items clean and sanctified, follow a consistent method, and most importantly connect every step to mindful remembrance of Kṛṣṇa—letting external purity support inner devotion.