कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

tatra pratiṣṭhā kartavyā sthāpanokta vidhānataḥ|
sthānāyaiva talavyāsa mānenādhāra saṁjñikam|| 72
jaṅghorū pratimā daṇḍāt sthāpayitvā tadūrdhvataḥ|
kaṭidaṇḍaṁ ca saṁyojya brhamadaṇḍe niyojayet|| 73
sarvadaṇḍādi saṁyuktaṁ kṛtvā ca pratimādikam|
paṭṭādyairbandhayitvā tu tāṁ śayyāyāṁ nidhāya ca|| 74
tattvamūrtyādi vinyāsaṁ kṛtvā tāṁ sthāpayettu vā|
The joining of the base and the image should be done there accoding to the directions given in
the section dealing with the installation. What is known as the base should be governed by the
standing posture of the image and the proportionate measurement of width of the feet. Having
joined the shin-frame and the thigh-frame of the image, he should join the hip-frame which is
above the level of the thigh-frame with the brahma danda. Subsequently, all other frames
should be joined in due order. Having strengthened the joints with metal plates, he should place
the image on the couch. Then, having done the nyasa of tattvas, murtis and others, he should
ceremonially install the image there.
शैली चेत्प्रतिमा शैलं कुर्यादाधार संज्ञकम्॥ ७५
अन्यत्सर्वं समानं स्यात् किन्तु पादशिलादयः।
कृत्वा कूर्चं क्रमात् क्षीणं बलानुगत मानकम्॥ ७६
सुषिरे पीठ मध्ये तु यथास्निग्धं नियोजयेत्।
कृत्वासनं तु तन्मन्त्रैर्बाहुभिस्सकलीकृतः॥ ७७
śailī cetpratimā śailaṁ kuryādādhāra saṁjñakam|| 75
anyatsarvaṁ samānaṁ syāt kintu pādaśīlādayaḥ|
kṛtvā kūrcaṁ kramāt kṣīṇaṁ balānugata mānakam|| 76
suṣire pīṭha madhye tu yathāsnigdhaṁ niyojayet|
kṛtvāsanaṁ tu tanmantrairbāhubhissakalīkṛtaḥ|| 77
If the image is designed with granite, the pedestal also should be designed with the granite.
All other prescriptions are common. But in the case of pedestals made of stones, the bottom
of the stone should be made to tapper down gradually, according to the measures derived
so as to effect strength and stability. The tappeing part should be joined with the groove