Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam
Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān
षट्कोणं वसुपत्रं च भूमौ रेखासमन्वितम् । कमलं च लिखेद्भद्रं तत्र दीपं निधापयेत् ॥ ४८ ॥
ṣaṭkoṇaṃ vasupatraṃ ca bhūmau rekhāsamanvitam | kamalaṃ ca likhedbhadraṃ tatra dīpaṃ nidhāpayet || 48 ||
زمین پر رہنما لکیروں کے ساتھ شٹکون اور وسوپتر (آٹھ پنکھڑیوں والی شکل) بنائے۔ پھر وہاں مبارک کنول بنا کر اسی میں چراغ رکھے۔
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical/ritual exposition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It teaches a precise ritual vidhi: creating an auspicious geometric-lotus layout and installing a lamp, symbolizing the establishment of sacred light (jñāna/maṅgala) within a properly consecrated space.
By prescribing careful preparation for worship—drawing the sacred design and placing the lamp—it supports bhakti through orderly, reverent upacāra (devotional service) that makes the offering-space fit for the deity.
Ritual-technical know-how: measurement/diagramming with rekhā (lines), constructing a ṣaṭkoṇa and lotus-petalled pattern, and correct placement of the dīpa—skills aligned with kalpa-style procedural tradition.