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

it stands straight and motionless. If the image is made of granite, these gems and other items
should be arranged according to the prescribed directions, during the time of installation. If
the wooden frame of the image is to be installed, these gems should be arranged on the levelled
stretch of clay. For other idols, the placing of gems may be avoided, specifically.
नेत्रद्वययुतर्क्षे तु कारयेन्नेत्र मोक्षणम्॥ ३२
सुगुप्ते मण्डपे रम्ये गोमयेनानुलेपिते।
प्रच्छन्नपट संयुक्ते सर्वालङ्कार संयुते॥ ३३
स्थण्डिलं तत्र कर्तव्यं अष्टद्रोणादि व्रीहिभिः।
तिलतण्डुल संयुक्तम् लाजपुष्प समन्वितम्॥ ३४
netradvayayutarkṣe tu kārayennetra mokṣaṇam|| 32
sugupte maṇḍape ramye gomayenānulepite|
pracchannapaṭa saṁyukte sarvālaṅkāra saṁyute|| 33
sthaṇḍilaṁ tatra kartavyaṁ aṣṭadroṇādi vrīhibhiḥ|
tilataṇḍula saṁyuktam lājapuṣpa samanvitam|| 34
The eyes of the image should be opened in an auspicious day in which the lunar mansion
is in conjunction with ‘two eyes’. The pavilion designed for this activity should be protected
well from being seen by others , should be charming to look at with its interior ground being
smeared with diluted cow-dung. It should be decorated with all kinds of beautifying materials and
should be provided with concealing screen. There, the Acharya should design a raised platform
(sthandila) with eight dronas of paddy grains. Sesame, unhusked rice ,parched paddy, and such
others should be used for the designing of the sthandila.
तस्य मध्ये न्यसेद्विम्बं प्राङ्मुखं देशिकोत्तमः।
हेमसूचिप्रहाराभ्यां नेत्रमन्त्रमनुस्मरन्॥ ३५
प्रथमं दक्षिणं नेत्रं द्वितीयं वाम नेत्रकम्।
ललाटस्थं तृतीयं तु लेखयेत्पूजयेद्गुरुः॥ ३६
पक्ष्मरेखां पुराकृत्वा ततो वै दृष्टिमण्डलम्।
ज्योतिर्मण्डलमालिख्य नेत्रमोचनमाचरेत्॥ ३७