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

aṣṭasaṁkhyā samāyukte dviśate madhyameṣṭakam|
bāhye ṣoḍaśa saṁkhyātān gṛhṇīyāddigvidiggatam|| 243
aṣṭavyūhaṁ tathā tvetat uktasaṁkhyānvitam bhavet|
In the grids lying in all the intermediary directions, four arrays should be formed. Other arrangements are
as explained before. This is for the placement of 508 kalasas. If it is associated with eight enclosures , 200
kalasas may be arranged. Eight kalasas should be placed in the middle row and sixteen in the row lying
outside this. The eight arrys formed in the main directions and in the intermediary directions should be
taken for the placement of remaining kalasas. In this way, the kalasas may be arranged so as to be in
the number mentioned before(508).
स्थण्डिलं पुरुषेणास्याच्चतुःप्रस्थमितं परम्॥ २४४
आरभ्य द्विगुणं चैकवृद्ध्या दशगुणावधि।
मानं च शिवकुम्भे स्यात् तदर्थं करके मतम्॥ २४५
चतुस्त्रिद्व्येक संख्याताः प्रस्थमानं प्रपूरिते।
कलशे वेष्टनं द्वित्रिव्योमसूत्रैः क्रमेण तु॥ २४६
sthaṇḍilaṁ puruṣeṇasyāccatuḥprasthamitaṁ param|| 244
ārabhya dviguṇaṁ caikavṛddhyā daśaguṇāvadhi|
mānaṁ ca śivakumbhe syāt tadardhaṁ karake matam|| 245
catustridvyeka saṁkhyātāḥ prasthamānaṁ prapūrite|
kalaśe veṣṭanaṁ dvitrivyomasūtraiḥ krameṇa tu|| 246
Then, a raised platform(sthandila) should be designed. Four measures(prasthas) of water should be
poured into the siva-kumbha, this quantity being considered to be superior. Starting from the measure
twice the mentioned one and increasing by one each time, the maximum measure may go up to
ten times. This measure is for the siva-kumbha. Half of the measure of siva-kumbha should be for the
other kalasas. Or, either four, three, two prastas or one prasta of water may be poured into the kalasas.
The kalasas should be wound around with two stranded or three stranded thread or with single stranded
thread, in a systematic pattern.
वराळ त्रुटिकर्पूर न्यग्रोधोशीर जातयः।
एभिर्युक्तं शिवाम्बस्स्यात् शिवमन्त्राभिमन्त्रितम्॥ २४७
तेनैव पूरयेत् कुम्भं वर्धनी कलशानपि।
varāḷa tṛṭikarpūra nyagrodhośīra jātayaḥ|
ebhiryuktaṁ śivāmbassyāt śivamantrābhimantritam|| 247
tenaiva pūrayet kumbhaṁ vardhanī kalaśānapi|
The water kept in siva-kumbha should be associated with varala, truti, karpura, nyakrodha, usira and jati
and this should be energized with the recital mula mantra of Siva. The vardhani kalasa and the surrounding
kalasas should be filled up with the consecrated water of siva-kumbha only.