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

Or, the pavilion may be provided with 12 pillars or 4 pillars. Either the fire-pits or raised
altars(sthandila) should be designed there, their number being 5, 4 or 1. The fire-pits may
be in the form of circle, square or octagonal. For the Mother-Deities, there may be nine
fire-pits or one fire-pit.
योग्यानां रत्नविन्यासं नेत्रोन्मीलनं एव च।
पञ्चगव्यादिभिस्तेषां शुचिं तोयाधिवासनम्॥ ५
ततो मण्डप संस्कारं ततो बिम्बादि शोधनम्।
कौतुकं शयनारोहं कुम्भविन्यासं एव च॥ ६
yogyānāṁ ratnavinyāsaṁ netronmīlanaṁ eva ca|
pañcagavyādibhisteṣāṁ śuciṁ toyādhivāsanam|| 5
tato maṇḍapa saṁskāraṁ tato bimbādi śodhanam|
kautukaṁ śayanārohaṁ kumbhavinyāsaṁ eva ca|| 6
Then all the acitivities concerned with the installation should be carried out in the prescribed
order. First, placing of gems(ratna vinyasa) shold be done for the fiiting images. Then, opening
of the eyes(netronmilana); then, purification of the image with panca gavya. Keeping the image
immersed in water(jaladhivasa), purification and other sacramental rituals for the pavilion
(mandapa samskara), cleansing the image(bimba sodhana), tying up the protective bond(raksha
bandhana), keeping the image on the couch(sayanadhivasa), arrangement of the kalasas
(kumbha vinyasa) – all these should be performed in the due order.
कृत्वा तु पूर्ववत्सर्वं स्वनामाद्यक्षरेण तु।
तत्तद्वर्णादि संस्थाने यजेत्सम्यक् शिवद्विजाः॥ ७
तेषां मूर्त्यादि विन्यासं कृत्वा होमं समाचरेत्।
पलाशोदुम्बराश्वत्थ वटैः पूर्वादि दिक्षु च॥ ८
समिदाज्य चरून् लाजान् तितलं च जुहुयात्क्रमात्।
ततः प्रभाते बिम्बाद्यं कुम्भानग्निंश्च पूजयेत्॥ ९