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

tasya madhye nyasedbimbaṁ prāṅmukhaṁ deśikottamaḥ|
hemasūciprahārābhyāṁ netramantramanusmaran|| 35
prathamaṁ dakṣiṇaṁ netraṁ dvitīyaṁ vāma netrakam|
lalāṭasthaṁ tṛtīyaṁ tu lekhayetpūjayedguruḥ|| 36
pakṣmarekhāṁ purākṛtvā tato vai dṛṣṭimaṇḍalam|
jyotirmaṇḍalamālikhya netramocanamācaret|| 37
The foremost Acharya should place the image at the center of the sthandila in such a way that
it faces east. Then, with gentle strokes of the needle made of gold and reciting the netra mantra,
he should draw the right eye first and then the left eye. Thirdly, the eye located in the forehead
should be drawn. Having drawn the three eyse, the Guru should worship them. First, the lines
defining the eye-lids should be drawn. Then, the circles, defining the eye ball should be drawn.
Then, having drawn the luminous spots, he should unfold the eyes of the image.
तथैवोत्मीलनं शिल्पी वज्रकाञ्चनसूचितः।
पुष्पायोनिर्मितेनैव टङ्केनैव त्रिलोचने॥ ३८
नासिका कर्णवक्त्राणि लिङ्गं पायुं च मोचयेत्।
तत्तद्देवाङ्ग भूतानां नयनोन्मीलनं नयेत्॥ ३९
चित्राभासादि देवानां तत्तद्वर्णैस्समाचरेत्।
तदाक्षिमोचनं कुर्याद्धेमतूलिकया गुरुः॥ ४०
tathaivonmīlanaṁ śilpī vajrakāñcanasūcitaḥ|
puṣpāyonirmitenaiva ṭaṅkenaiva trilocane|| 38
nāsikā karṇavaktrāṇi liṅgaṁ pāyuṁ ca mocayet|
tattaddevāṅga bhūtānāṁ nayanonmīlanaṁ nayet|| 39
citrābhāsādi devānāṁ tattadvarṇaissamācaret|
tadākṣimocanaṁ kuryāddhematūlikayā guruḥ|| 40
In the same way, the Silpi should open the eyes of the image with the needles made of diamond
and gold. He should make the eyes to unfold by striking with a small hatchet on the spots
identified with flowers. All other parts such as nose, ears, mouth, genital organ, anus and others
should be exposed. Even for the images of retinue dieties, ‘opening of the eyes’ should be