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

शैलं वा लोहजं वार्क्षं रत्नजं मृण्मयं तु वा।
सौधजं वार्धचित्रं वा आभासं वाथ पीठकम्॥ ४
स्थापयेद्देशिको धीमान् ब्रह्मदेवादि भागवत्।
śailaṁ vā lohajaṁ vārkṣaṁ ratnajaṁ mṛṇmayaṁ tu vā|
saudhajaṁ vārdhacitraṁ vā ābhāsaṁ vātha pīṭhakam|| 4
sthāpayeddeśiko dhīmān brahmadevādi bhāgavat|
Images made of granite, metals. woods, gems, clay or stucco, half-relief images,
semblance-images(pictures), images associted with suitable base – should be installed
by the learned Acharya according to the divisions such as brahma bhaga, daivika and others.
आरभ्य पञ्चपञ्चांशमेकैक पदवर्धनात्॥ ५
द्वात्रिंशत्पदपर्यन्तं कृत्वा गर्भग्रहं ततः।
एकं वापि द्वयं वापि त्रयं वा ब्रह्ममन्दिरे॥ ६
तदन्तरं तथा कृत्वा दैविकं वार्षकं तथा।
पदं पैशाचिकं प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मभागे प्रकल्पयेत्॥ ७
ārabhya pañcapañcāṁśamekaika padavardhanāt|| 5
dvātriṁśatpadaparyantaṁ kṛtvā garbhagṛhaṁ tataḥ|
ekaṁ vāpi dvayaṁ vāpi trayaṁ vā brahmamandire|| 6
tadantaraṁ tathā kṛtvā daivikaṁ vārṣakaṁ tathā|
padaṁ paiśācikaṁ proktaṁ brahmabhāge prakalpayet|| 7
The interior of the main shrine(garbha gruha) should be reticulated into 5x5 rows. Increasing
the number of the rows by one each time, the maximum number of rows may be up to 32x32.
The central area covered by one row, two or three rows should be taken for the brahma pada.
The rows lying outside the brahma pada belong to the daivika pada. The rows lying outside
the daivika pada belong to the arsha pada. In the same way, manusha pada and paisacika pada
should be identified. Sich padas should also be identified within the brahma bhaga(main shrine)
of the temple.