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६७ देवतास्थापन विधि पटलः
67 devatāsthāpana vidhi paṭalaḥ
67 Exact Locations for the Installation of Various Deities
देवतास्थापनं स्थानं वक्ष्येऽथ मुनिपुङ्गवाः।
ग्रामे वा नगरे वापि पत्तने राजधानिके॥ १
आदौ नद्यास्तटे पुण्ये देवतायतनेषु च।
समुद्रतीरे सेतौ च पुष्करिण्यास्तटेषु च॥ २
महाजल समीपे वा महाजन समीपगमे।
उद्याने पुण्यदेशे वा निष्कलं सकलं तु वा॥ ३
devatāsthāpanaṁ sthānaṁ vakṣye'tha munipuṅgavāḥ|
grāme vā nagare vāpi pattane rājadhānike|| 1
ādau nadyāstaṭe puṇye devatāyataneṣu ca|
samudratīre setau ca puṣkariṇyāstaṭeṣu ca|| 2
mahājala samīpe vā mahājana samīpagame|
udyāne puṇyadeśe vā niṣkalaṁ sakalaṁ tu vā|| 3
O, the supreme Sages!, now I will tell the exact locations for the installation of various Dieties.
Such location may be in the village, city(in the interior land), pattana(city, situated near the sea
shore), capital city and such others, banks of sacred rivers, temples already constructed,
sea shore, vicinity of dams, banks of large tanks, the vicinity of the confluence of rivers.
the vicinity of a place frequented by the people of all castes, flower garden or a place
sanctified by the saints. In such locations, either the image characterized by nishkla aspect
or the image characterized by sakala aspect may be installed.