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

athāṣṭaparivārān vā vinyaseddeśikottamaḥ|
ekasālādi sāleṣu yuktyā sarvatra yojayet|| 92
pīṭhasthā vātha bimbasthāḥ parivārāmarā matāḥ|
vṛṣaṁ śūlaṁ ca caṇḍeśaṁ mahāpīṭhaṁ gaṇādhipam|| 93
nāgarājānaṁ ityetān sarvatra parikalpayet|
eṣāṁ madhyādatheṣṭānvā nyasetpañcādisālake|| 94
Or, the foremost Guru may install the eight retinue Deities pertaining to the Lord installed
in the main shrine in the appropriate locations. Having given a deep thought over the group
of the retinue Deities belonging to the Principal Deity, the Guru should install them in the
single enclosure or in all the enclosures. The retinue Deties remain invoked in the pedestals
(pithas) or in the concerned images(bimbas). Vrushabha, Trisula, Candesa, Mahapitha, Vighnesa
and Nagaraja – these may be installed in all the enclosures. If not all of these, the retinue Deities
as chosen by the patron or the Acharya may be installed in the enclosures, from the first to
the fifth.
चतुर्दिक्षु चतुष्पीठे चाग्रपृष्ठे द्वयं तु वा।
पृष्ठं विहाय त्रितयं एकमग्रेऽथवा भवेत्॥ ९५
कोणद्वारे भवेत्पीठं कोणस्थं दिग्गतं तु वा।
प्रतिसालं तु पीठं वा पैशाचं तु बहिर्भवेत्॥ ९६
caturdikṣu catuṣpīṭhe cāgrapṛṣṭhe dvayaṁ tu vā|
pṛṣṭhaṁ vihāya tritayaṁ ekamagre'thavā bhavet|| 95
koṇadvāre bhavetpīṭhaṁ koṇasthaṁ diggataṁ tu vā|
pratisālaṁ tu pīṭhaṁ vā paiśācaṁ tu bahirbhavet|| 96
There should be four pedestals in all the four directions. Or, two pedestals, in the front and
the back. Leaving out the back side, three pedestals may be installed in the other three sides.
Or, only one pedestal in the front. The pedestals should be in the corners for the Deities
pertaining to those corners. Even for the Deities of the main directions, pedestals may be
installed. The pedestals should be in each enclosure. Or, they may be confined to the
paisaca pada alone, in the outer boundary.