त्र्यहसाध्यविधानेन अष्टाविंशतिदेवताः
By the method prescribed for three days, twenty-eight deities are to be worshipped.
प्रत्यहं पूजयेत्तत्र जापकास्तत्र षोडश
Each day, one should worship there; in that place, there are sixteen reciters.
चत्वारो याजकास्तत्र त्रयोविंशतिदेवताः
There are four officiating priests there, and twenty-three deities.
एकाहेनैव पूजा च मध्यमः कथितो विधिः
The worship performed in a single day is called the intermediate procedure.
संपूज्य पूज्यते यत्र कनिष्ठोऽसौ विधिः स्मृतः
Where the worship is completed, that is known as the inferior procedure.
नलिनीदीर्घिकागर्तवापीमलप्रपादिकम्
Lotus ponds, deep reservoirs, wells, and places for washing feet—
अग्निकार्यं ततः कृत्वा न कुर्याद्विधिविस्तरम्
After performing the fire ritual there, one should not carry out an elaborate procedure.
वाप्यादेः पुष्करिण्याश्च क्षिपेद्गंगाजलं ततः
Into the pond or lake, one should pour water from the Ganges.
सेतुप्रासादवापीनां प्रतिष्ठां नैव कारयेत्
One should not perform the installation ceremony for bridges, palaces, or reservoirs.
त्रिभिर्वर्णैः प्रतिष्ठार्हा जीर्णानां तु समुद्गताः 2.1.9.
Those that have become worn out and emerged again are fit for installation with three colors.
तस्मान्मानं प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्मानं यादृशं फलम्
Therefore, I will declare the measure, and what result comes from which measure.
एकषष्टिहस्तमितं प्रासादं चोत्तमं विदुः
They regard a palace measuring sixty-one cubits as excellent.
अथ वा देवमानेन कर्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता
Alternatively, one desiring prosperity should construct according to the divine measure.
सर्वं कुलं समुद्धृत्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते
Having uplifted the entire family, one is honored in the heavenly realm.
पुनः पुनश्च संस्कार्यो लभते मौक्तिकं फलम्
By repeated consecration, one attains the fruit like a pearl.
द्विशतेन शतेनापि प्रासादस्यैष निश्चयः
This is the determination regarding the palace, whether with two hundred or with one hundred.
तडागं तं विजानीयात्प्रथमं मानमीरितम्
One should know that pond as the first measure that has been declared.
कनिष्ठं त्रिशतं चैव प्रस्थे स्याद्विंशहीनकम्
The inferior measure is three hundred, lacking twenty in the prastha.
तडागमानं विज्ञेयं त्रिवर्गफलदायकम्
The measurement of a reservoir is to be understood as bestowing the fruits of the three aims of life.
तडागे द्विगुणा नेमी मानार्धे गर्तमीरितम् 2.1.9.
In a reservoir, the circumference is twice the diameter, and the depth is said to be half the measurement.
चतुर्थं चैव गांधर्वं पैशाचं पंचमं विदुः
The fourth is called Gandharva, and the fifth is known as Paisacha.
अशीतिहस्तमानेन नलिन्या मणिरुच्यते
A lotus pond measuring eighty hastas is called 'Mani.'
षष्टिहस्तेन नलिनी प्रस्तावे तुर्यहीनकम्
A lotus pond of sixty hastas is considered, in discussion, as lacking the fourth (type).
तुर्यहीनं च प्रस्तावे गर्ते मानं न विद्यते
A pond lacking the fourth, in discussion, is not counted in the measurement of the pit.
अग्नौ रोगो बंधुनाशश्च याम्यां मृत्युश्चोग्रः प्राप्यते राक्षसे च
In the fire (direction) comes disease, in the relatives' loss, in the south is fierce death, and in the Rakshasa (direction) as well.
विप्रादीनां देवतानां समाजे मेरुस्थाने यत्र तत्रैव कुर्यात्
For Brahmins and other deities, one should perform (the rite) wherever there is a gathering, at the place of Meru.
यदा प्रतिष्ठां न करोति मूढः प्रासादवाप्यादिषु पापचेताः
When a foolish person with an impure mind does not perform installation in temples, ponds, and the like—
यदा तु दीर्घासरसीतडागप्रासादकूपादिषु निर्मितानि
But when long lakes, rivers, ponds, temples, wells, and the like are constructed—
यदप्रतिष्ठेषु निपानकेषु प्रासादकूपेषु वनादिकेषु
In watering places, temple wells, forests, and the like where installation has not been performed—
तस्मात्प्रतिष्ठां विधिना जलादेः कुर्याद्यथेष्टं प्रयतो मनुष्यः 2.1.9.
Therefore, a person should, with effort, perform the installation of water and the rest according to the prescribed rule, as desired.