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

For the performance of ‘ratna nyasa’, the lotus made of gold may be used instead of gems. This
‘ratna nyasa’ need not be performed for the image made of earth (terracotta). Then, opening of
the eyes(nayanonmilana), purification of the image(bimba suddhi), circumambulating the
location(grama pradakshina), keeping the image immersed in water(jaladhivasa), purification
and decoration of the pavilion(mandapa samskruti), honoring the learned brahmins with
feeding and such others(brahmana bhojana), sprinkling of the sacred and consecrated water
(punyatoya cecana), vastu homa, placing the image in recumbent pose(sayya), oblution
(snapana), fastening the protective thread(kautuka bandhana) – all these activities should be
carried out in the prescribed order of events. The Acharya should fasten the protective thread on
the right horn of the bull.
शयनारोहणं कुम्भस्थापनं पूर्ववन्नयेत्।
सप्तवर्गाच्चतुर्थान्तं सप्तस्वर विभूषितम्॥ ६९
बिन्दुनाद समायुक्तं आदौ प्रणव संयुतम्।
वृषभाय नमश्चान्ते तस्मिन् ब्रह्माङ्ग कल्पना॥ ७०
śayanārohaṇaṁ kumbhasthāpanaṁ pūrvavannayet|
saptavargāccaturthāntaṁ saptasvara vibhūṣitam|| 69
bindunāda samāyuktaṁ ādau praṇava saṁyutam|
vṛṣabhāya namaścānte tasmin brahmāṅga kalpanā|| 70
Mounting the image in recumbent pose on the couch and arranging of the sacred vessels
(kalasas) – should be done as explained before. The fourth letter of the seventh group of the
alphabet should be added to bindu and nada. Pranva-letter should be added in the beginning.
At the end of these should be prononced ‘vrushabhaya namah’. This is the mula mantra of
the bull. Based on this mantra, the brahma mantras and the anga mantras pertaining to the
bull should be formulated.
मध्यकुम्भे वृषः प्रोक्तः परितोऽष्टसु लोकपाः।
अथ विद्येश्वरान् वापि वृषस्य परितो न्यसेत्॥ ७१
उक्षा च गोपतिश्चापि शङ्कुकर्णस्तथैव च।
तीक्ष्णशृङ्गस्तथा नन्दी विषाणी पशुभृत्तथा॥ ७२