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

band of thread in the right hand, reciting the hrudaya mantra. For all the female Deities, the
protective band may be tied up in the left hand or right hand.
कुम्भान् संस्थापयेत्पश्चात् सर्वलक्षण संयुतान्।
ससूत्रान् सहिरण्यांश्च सकूर्चान् वस्त्र संयुतान्॥ ६९
गन्धोदकेन सम्पूर्णांन् फलपल्लव शोभितान्।
विन्यस्य परितस्सर्वान् गन्धपुष्पादिभिरर्चयेत्॥ ७०
मूर्तिन्यासं ततः कुर्याल्लिङ्गस्थापन मार्गतः।
आत्मविद्यां शिवाख्यं च जानुकर्ण शिरोवधि॥ ७१
kumbhān saṁsthāpayetpaścāt sarvalakṣaṇa saṁyutān|
sasūtrān sahiranyāṁśca sakūrcān vastra saṁyutān|| 69
gandhodakena sampūrṇān phalapallva śobhitān|
vinyasya paritassarvān gandhapuṣpādibhirarcayet|| 70
mūrtinyāsaṁ tataḥ kuryālliṅgasthāpana mārgataḥ|
ātmavidyāṁ śivākhyaṁ ca jānukarṇa śirovadhi|| 71
Then he should place the pots(kumbhas) in an orderly way. Such pots should have been
wound round with thread, covered with cloth, associated with gold coin or plate and bunch of
darbhas. These should have been filled up with perfumed and consecrated water. They
should be very pleasant to look at, beautified with coconut fruit and tender leaves. Having
placed such pots around the central one, he should worship them with sandal, flowers and
such other materials. Then, the Acharya should do the murti-nyasa, in a way similar to the
nyasa precribed for the installation of Sivalinga. Atma tattva, vidya tattva and siva tattva
should be contemplated from the feet to the knee, knee to ears and ears to the head respectively.
होमकर्म तदन्ते स्यात् प्रागुक्तविधिना सह।
पलाशोदुम्बराश्वत्थ वटाः पूर्वादिषु क्रमात्॥ ७२
शम्यपामार्गश्रीवृक्ष पिप्पलैश्चाग्नि कोणतः।
प्रधानस्य पलाशस्स्यात् समिधस्संप्रकीर्तिताः॥ ७३