अर्चादौ हृदये चापि यथालब्धोपचारकै: । द्रव्यक्षित्यात्मलिङ्गानि निष्पाद्य प्रोक्ष्य चासनम् ॥ ५० ॥ पाद्यादीनुपकल्प्याथ सन्निधाप्य समाहित: । हृदादिभि: कृतन्यासो मूलमन्त्रेण चार्चयेत् ॥ ५१ ॥
arcādau hṛdaye cāpi yathā-labdhopacārakaiḥ dravya-kṣity-ātma-liṅgāni niṣpādya prokṣya cāsanam pādyādīn upakalpyātha sannidhāpya samāhitaḥ hṛd-ādibhiḥ kṛta-nyāso mūla-mantreṇa cārcayet
- arcā-ādau
- in the form of the Deity and His paraphernalia
- hṛdaye
- in the heart
- ca api
- also
- yathā-labdha
- whatever is available
- upacārakaiḥ
- with ingredients of worship
- dravya
- the physical items to be offered
- kṣiti
- the ground
- ātma
- one’s own mind
- liṅgāni
- and the Deity
- niṣpādya
- preparing
- prokṣya
- sprinkling with water for purification
- ca
- and
- āsanam
- one’s seat
- pādya-ādīn
- the water for bathing the Deity’s feet and other offerings
- upakalpya
- getting ready
- atha
- then
- sannidhāpya
- placing the Deity in His proper place
- samāhitaḥ
- concentrating one’s attention
- hṛt-ādibhiḥ
- on the Deity’s heart and other places of the body
- kṛta-nyāsaḥ
- having drawn sacred marks
- mūla-mantreṇa
- with the appropriate basic mantra for worshiping the particular Deity
- ca
- and
- arcayet
- one should offer worship
The devotee should gather whatever ingredients for worshiping the Deity are available, make ready the offerings, the ground, his mind and the Deity, sprinkle his sitting place with water for purification and prepare the bathing water and other paraphernalia. The devotee should then place the Deity in His proper place, both physically and within his own mind, concentrate his attention, and mark the Deity’s heart and other parts of the body with tilaka. Then he should offer worship with the appropriate mantra.