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

शैलं सुधामयं कार्यं शयितं तु विशेषतः॥ ८
स्थितं वापि प्रकर्तव्यं ऋषभं देशिकोत्तमाः।
lohajaṁ saṁyajeddvāre parivāre tu śailajam|
pīṭhāgre mṛṇmayaṁ proktam śailaṁ vā tatra saṁmatam|| 7
lohajaṁ tu prakartavyaṁ sthitaṁ vā śayitaṁ tu vā|
śailaṁ sudhāmayaṁ kāryaṁ śayitaṁ tu viśeṣataḥ|| 8
sthitaṁ vāpi prakartavyaṁ ṛṣabhaṁ deśikottamāḥ|
The bull to be worshipped in front of the entrance of the main shrine should be made of metal.
The bull to be woshipped as one of the retinue Deities should be made of granite. The bull
to be worshipped in front of the bali-pīṭha should preferably be made of earth(terracotta). Even
the bull made of granite may be accepted here. The metallic bull may be designed so as to be in
erect posture or recumbent posture. The bull made of granite and stucco should preferably
be in the recumbent posture. O, the foremost Gurus!, under certain circumstances, these may
be designed so as to be in erect posture.
अथ सामान्य लिङ्गस्य पुरस्ताद्वृषभो मतः॥ ९
स्वयंभुवाणलौहाख्यं रौद्रलोके प्रपूजितम्।
लोकपालाङ्कितं सिद्धं शतसाहस्रलिङ्गकम्॥ १०
मुखलिङ्गं च बेरं च विशिष्टं लिङ्गमीरितम्।
तदन्यत्र वृषः प्रोक्तस्तत्रापि कथितस्तु वा॥ ११
ध्वजयष्टिस्तथा प्रोक्ता तल्लक्षणमिहोच्यते।
atha sāmānya liṅgasya purastādvṛṣabho mataḥ|| 9
svayaṁbhubāṇalauhākhyaṁ raudraloke prapūjitam|
lokapālāṅkitaṁ siddhaṁ śatasāhasraliṅgakam|| 10
mukhaliṅgaṁ ca beraṁ ca viśiṣṭaṁ liṅgamīritam|
tadanyatra vṛṣaḥ proktastatrāpi kathitastu vā|| 11
dhvajayaṣṭistathā proktā tallakṣaṇamihocyate|