वेदागमेन यत्पुण्यं कथितं सेतुबन्धने
The merit described in the Vedas and Āgamas concerning the building of a bridge—
यूपं दद्यादिति मन्त्रेण अन्ते चापि तथा ध्वजान्
With the mantra 'Let one offer the sacrificial post,' and likewise at the end, banners as well—
पूर्णां दत्त्वा सवित्रेऽर्घ्यं दत्त्वा च स्वगृहं व्रजेत् 2.3.16.
Having given a full offering to Savitṛ, and having offered arghya, one should return to one's own home.
पूर्वं च दधिवासं च प्रभाते विप्रभोजनम्
Previously, curd and rice should be given, and in the morning, food to the Brāhmaṇas.
विष्णुं शिवं हुताशं च एककुण्डे समर्चयेत्
Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Agni should be worshipped in a single fire-pit.
कुर्यादेकैकशो विप्रा अष्टा विंशतिसंख्यया ज्ञातिभिः सह भुञ्जीत कृतकृत्योऽभिधीयते
One should perform for each Brāhmaṇa, numbering twenty-eight, and eat together with relatives; such a person is said to have fulfilled their duty.
गोप्रचारविधिवर्णनम् षष्टिहस्तमितां भूमिं तस्य पूर्णां मनोरमाम्
Description of the procedure for grazing cows: A plot of land, sixty hastas in measure, complete and pleasing—
प्रचारार्थं गवां चैव यो दद्यात्सुसमाहितः
Whoever, with full intent, gives such land for the purpose of grazing cows—
तदर्धं च तदर्धं च तदर्धं वा समुत्सृजेत्
Or gives half of that, or half of that again, or even half of that—
अलंकारं विना धेनुं फलस्यार्धं प्रकीर्तितम्
A cow without ornaments is said to yield half the fruit.
द्विहस्तवेदिकामध्ये प्रकुर्यात्सेतुमंडपम्
In the center of a platform two hastas wide, one should construct a pavilion for the bridge.
गणेशं क्षेत्रपालं च शेषं चैव दिगीश्वरान्
Gaṇeśa, Kṣetrapāla, Śeṣa, and the guardians of the directions—
स्थालीपाकेन जुहुयादन्ते वै विप्रभोजनम्
One should offer oblations with cooked rice, and at the end, feed the Brāhmaṇas.
त्र्यम्बकेनैव मंत्रेण भूमिं संस्थाप्य पूजयेत्
With the Tryambaka mantra, having established the ground, one should worship.
प्रदद्यादसुनीतेति पुनस्तु नैव स्थापयेत्
One should give with the 'Asunīti' mantra, but should not establish it again.
एवं यूपस्य च तथा अधिगृह्णाति मंत्रकम् 2.3.17.
In this way, for the sacrificial post as well, one should recite the appropriate mantra.
सुरासुरेति कुसुमं दूर्वामन्त्रेण दूर्विकाम्
With the mantra 'Surāsura,' one should offer flowers, and with the dūrvā mantra, dūrvā grass.
स्थालीपाकेन विधिना अन्येषां पूर्ववच्चरेत्
With cooked rice, according to the prescribed method, one should perform for the others as before.
तंत्रेण निर्मितं कुर्यात्सकलं च त्रिहस्तकम्
One should construct the entire (object) according to the prescribed method, making it three hand-spans in size.
स्थापयेत्तत्र मन्त्रेण पञ्चगव्येन यत्नतः
With care, one should install it there using a mantra and with the five products of the cow.
तद्विष्णोरिति मन्त्रेण घटतोयैरनन्तरम्
Then, with the mantra 'tad viṣṇoḥ', one should use water from a pot.
वास्तोष्पतिं च विष्णुं च यूपे संपूजयेत्क्रमात्
One should worship, in order, Vāstoṣpati and Viṣṇu at the sacrificial post.
अर्घ्यपात्रे च दुष्टे च हस्तेनोत्सृज्य सत्तमाः ) शिवलोकस्थिता गावः सर्वदेवैः सुपूजिताः स मुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोके महीयते
If the vessel for arghya is impure, the best of people should discard it by hand; cows residing in Śiva's realm, worshipped by all the gods, grant liberation from all sins, and one is honored in Viṣṇu's world.
यावंति तृणगुल्मानि संति भूमौ शुभानि च
As many auspicious grasses and shrubs as there are upon the earth—
दिनैकसाध्यप्रतिष्ठाविधानवर्णनम् सद्योधिवासमाज्येन प्रकुर्यात्तांत्रिकोत्तमः
Description of the procedure for a one-day installation— The best of ritualists should perform immediate consecration with clarified butter.
उत्तरं तु गते हंसे अतीते चोत्तरायणे
When the swan (sun) has moved northward, and the northern solstice has passed,
नारायणादिमूर्तीनां द्वात्रिंशद्भेद एव तु
There are, indeed, thirty-two forms of Nārāyaṇa and other deities.
नित्यं निर्वर्त्य मतिमान्कुर्यादभ्युदयं ततः
A wise person should always perform (their worship), and then undertake the auspicious rite.
गणेश ग्रहदिक्पालान्प्रतिकुंभेषु पूजयेत्
One should worship Gaṇeśa, the planetary deities, and the guardians of the directions at the respective pitchers.
स्नापयेत्प्रथमं देवं तोयैः पञ्चविधैरपि
First, one should bathe the deity with five kinds of water.