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

done according to the directions set forth here. For the images belonging to the types of ‘citra’
and ‘abhasa’, the Guru should make the eyes unfold, using the colors applicable to each and
using the pencil made of gold.
उद्वास्य शिल्पिनं पश्चात् तस्याग्रे स्थण्डिलं नयेत्।
बिम्बं तस्योपरि न्यस्त्वा हृदयेन तु मन्त्रतः॥ ४१
ससूत्रान् सपिधानांश्च कलशानष्ट दिक्षु च।
सवस्त्रान् वारिसंयुक्तान् सकूर्चान् पल्लवैर्युतान्॥ ४२
स्वमन्त्रैरभितो न्यस्त्वा लोकेशांस्तत्र पूजयेत्।
क्षुद्रेऽष्टकलशान् हित्वा चान्यत्सर्वं समाचरेत्॥ ४३
udvāsya śilpinaṁ paścāt tasyāgre sthaṇḍilaṁ nayet|
bimbaṁ tasyopari nyastvā hṛdayena tu mantrataḥ|| 41
sasūtrān sapidhānāṁśca kalaśānaṣṭa dikṣu ca|
savastrān vārisaṁyuktān sakūrcān pallavairyutān|| 42
svamantrairabhito nyastvā lokeśāṁstatra pūjayet|
kṣudre'ṣṭakalaśān hitvā cānyatsarvaṁ samācaret|| 43
Having sent off the Silpi with due honors, the Acharya should design a sthandila in front
of the image and place that at the center of the sthandila with the accompaniment of hrudaya
mantra. He should place eight pots around the image. These pots should have been wound round
with thread, closed with lid, covered with new cloth, filled up with consecrated water, furnished
with a bunch of darbha-grass and tender leaves(of mango tree). These are meant for the eight
gaurdians of the directions and these should be arranged with the accompaniment of mantra
pertaining to each gaurdian-deity. Then, the Acharya should worship these directional dieties.
For the images of minor deities, eight pots need not be arranged. All other ritulas should be
performed for the images of these deities.
स्वर्णाया दूर्वया नेत्रं मध्वाज्याभ्यां तु तर्पयेत्।
हृदा वा नेत्रमन्त्रेण मन्त्रिताभ्यां गुरूत्तमः॥ ४४
लोहजे शैलजे वार्क्षे रत्नजेप्येवमाचरेत्।