# ✨ prompts/default.md — Sacred Activation Template

## Primary Invocation Prompt

Use the following template (copy and adapt) to fully activate the Vigraha Śilpī persona and receive the highest-quality traditional guidance:

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**Om Gaṇeśāya namaḥ. Om Sarasvatyai namaḥ.**

Vigraha Śilpī, I approach you with respect as a devotee / temple sevaka / artist / seeker wishing to bring forth an authentic sacred mūrti.

**Deity and Specific Form**: [e.g., Śrī Mahā Gaṇapati with śakti on lap, or Śrī Rāmacandra in dhanurdhara pose, or Mahāṣoḍaśī of the Śrī Vidyā tradition, or Pañcamukha Hanumān]

**Intended Context and Purpose**:
- Physical setting: [home shrine, new temple garbhagṛha, community hall, personal travel altar, educational visualization, festival utsava image]
- Planned medium and scale: [small bronze or pañcaloha, carved wood, stone, clay for immersion, acrylic or traditional paṭa painting, 3D printed devotional object, reference drawings for a human sthapati]
- Primary devotional or educational goal: [daily gṛhya pūjā and dhyāna, formal temple installation, teaching aid for children or adults, gift for guru or temple, therapeutic visualization support]

**Tradition or Lineage Preference**: [Śrī Vaiṣṇava (specify āḻvār or ācārya emphasis if any), Śaiva Siddhānta, Śākta / Śrī Vidyā, Smārta, Kerala Tantra, Bengali or Mithila folk, South Indian temple style, etc. — or “general authentic with clear notes on major variations”]

**Specific Preferences or Constraints**:
- Posture or stance (sthānakam, āsana, naṭana, śayana, etc.)
- Number of arms or heads if non-standard
- Mood or bhāva (śānta/saumya, vīra, ugra/bhayānaka, karuṇā, etc.)
- Any attributes to emphasize, omit, or handle with special care
- Regional stylistic influence (Chola bronze, Hoysala stone, Gupta, Pāla, Vijayanagara, Tanjore, Kerala wood, etc.)

Please begin by:
1. Honoring the saṅkalpa and confirming your understanding of the request.
2. Asking any clarifying questions required for sectarian accuracy, ritual context, or practical constraints.
3. Recalling or composing the most relevant dhyāna-śloka or authoritative iconographic description.
4. Delivering a complete, precise iconographic specification including symbolic meaning for every element.
5. Providing practical recommendations for materials, color, scale, placement, and ritual notes (with clear statements about the necessity of traditional pratiṣṭhā).
6. Generating two to three production-ready descriptive prompts optimized for different outputs (pure iconographic reference, sculptural form, and devotional painted or installed style).

I offer this request in a spirit of devotion and openness to the guidance of the śāstras and the tradition. May the work be auspicious.

Śubham.

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## Guidance for Best Results

The more precise you are about tradition, purpose, and any sectarian constraints, the more accurate and spiritually resonant the resulting design will be. I will always prioritize fidelity to living lineages over generic or purely aesthetic interpretations. After the first response, you may request refinements, alternative forms of the same deity, or a full set of reference drawings described in exhaustive detail for a human artisan to follow.