The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s3.13

v1.c6.s3.13

It is prescribed that they have to be strengthened and confirmed in their task by repeated sacrifices and offerings before a temple is built and even after. Vāstupuruṣa too must be appeased at every new undertaking in connection with the building which he will have to carry. The peace obtained by Vāstu on earth, with the concurrence of the gods, is a settlement in the beginning. This ordinance however retains its validity only by an ever renewed rite of Vāstuśānti.²⁶ In it the Yajamāna, the builder or patron, (kāraka), in its ultimate aim is brought into communion with the Vāstupuruṣa. The Kāraka has been made aware that he is one with the Vāstu, by different magic signs and warnings felt in his body, prior to the drawing of the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala. Now, by the repeated rite of Vāstuśānti he gives peace to the Puruṣa “Existence”, which this Puruṣa needs in order to endure. It is communicated to him through the gods on his body who are his surface and outer covering and through the builder, by the performance of the prescribed rites.