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

Just one and a half hours(one muhurta) before the exact installation, the Acharya should
commence the ritulal of mantra-nyasa. Having collected the seeds from the kalasa, he should
palce each seed in each part of the image pertaining to that.
प्रासादतारपादं वा तदर्धं वा त्रिपादकम्।
समं सपादं सार्धं वा सजगत् पादुका बहिः॥ १२
न्यस्त्वा संस्थापयेत् पीठान् अथवाद्यौ विधाय तान्।
प्रतिष्ठां कारयेन् मुक्तारत्नन्यासं प्रदक्षिणम्॥ १३
जलाधिवासनं कुर्यादन्यत्कर्म समारभेत।
prāsādatārapādaṁ vā tadardhaṁ vā tripādakam|
samaṁ sapādaṁ sārdhaṁ vā sajagat pādukā bahiḥ|| 12
nyastvā saṁsthāpayet pīṭhān athavādau vidhāya tān|
pratiṣṭhāṁ kārayen muktāratnanyāsaṁ pradakṣiṇam|| 13
jalādhivāsanaṁ kuryādanyatkarma samārabhet|
Bali-pithas(pedestals for the bali-offering) should be installed outside the main shrine. The
width of such bali-pithas may be one fourth, half, three fourth, one, one and one fourth or one
and a half of the one unit-module of the main shrine. The bali-pithas should be provided with
enough moulding at the base. Having done all the preliminary acivities, the Acharya should
perform the ratna-nyasa beginning with pearl and such nyasa should be done in the clockwise
order. Then the ritual known as jaladhivasa(immersing the image in the water) should be done.
All other activities should be commenced as explained earlier.
महापीठ प्रतिष्ठाया विधानं अधुनोच्यते॥ १४
पूर्व पश्चिम सोमेषु मण्डपं पूर्ववन्नयेत्।
वेदैक संख्यया कुण्डं वेदाश्रं स्थण्डिलं तु वा॥ १५
mahāpīṭha pratiṣṭhāyā vidhānaṁ adhunocyate|| 14
pūrva paścima someṣu maṇḍapaṁ pūrvavannayet|
vedaika saṁkhyayā kuṇḍaṁ vedāśraṁ sthaṇḍilaṁ tu vā|| 15