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

७५ गोपुरस्थापन विधिः
75 gopurasthāpana vidhiḥ
75 Directions for Empowering the Gopura (elevated pyramidal structure)
स्थापनं गोपुराणां च वक्ष्ये लक्षण पूर्वकम्।
मूलप्रासाद् विस्तारे सप्ताष्ट नवभागिके॥ १
दशैकादश भागे तु तत्तदेकोन भागतः।
द्वारशोभादि मानं स्याद् गोपुरान्तं विशालतः॥ २
sthāpanaṁ gopurāṇāṁ ca vakṣye lakṣaṇa pūrvakam|
mūlaprāsāda vistāre saptāṣṭa navabhāgike|| 1
daśaikādaśa bhāge tu tattadekona bhāgataḥ|
dvāraśobhādi mānaṁ syād gopurāntaṁ viśālataḥ|| 2
I tell you now the directions for empowering the gopura(multi storeyied pyramidal structure
at the main entrance of the temple). Before that, I tell you the specific features of the Gopuras.
(There are five types of gopuras – dvara sobha, dvara sala, dvara harmya, dvara prasada and
dvara gopura, raised at the first enclosure called antar mandla, second enclosure called antar hara,
third enclosure called madhya hara, fourth enclosure called maryada and the fifth enclosure
called maha maryada, respectively) The width of the gopuras from dvara sobha to
dvara gopura should be decided based on the width of the temple. The width of the temple
should be divided into 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 equal parts. One part should be left out in each and the
remaining parts should be taken as the width of the gopuras from dvara sobha to dvara gopura
in the due order.
क्षुद्रेऽल्पे च तदुद्दिष्टं मध्यमानं विधीयते।
धाम्नि तारे चतुष्पञ्च षड्भागेन विभाजिते॥ ३
सप्ताष्टा कृते तेभ्यो विभागो गोपुरान्तकः।
द्वारशोभादि विस्तारः पञ्चधा परिकीर्तितः॥ ४