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

vastrādīnyanyakarmāṇi siṁhāsane prakalpayet|| 286
ityātmasthāna dravyāṇi liṅgaśuddhau kṛte sati|
arcanaṁ śaivikaṁ kāryaṁ anyathā na vidhīyate|| 287
Then, he should proceed to perform the ceremonial ablution making use of the consecrtated water contained
in the samanya arghya-vesssel. The lotus-seat is meant for invoking the Lord; ananta-seat is meant for
the rituals concerned with ablution; vimala-seat is meant for offering of flowers and such other items;
yoga-asana is meant for the offering of eatables(naivedya); the lion-seat(simhasana) is meant for adorning
the Lord with clothes, ornaments and such others. In this way, the five seats should be conceived by the
Guru, while worshipping Lord Siva. The worship of Lord Siva should be performed only after completing
the rituals concerned with the purification of self, place, materials, mantras and the Linga. No other
alternate direction has been declared in this regard.
गणेशं पीठवायव्यां गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्यजेत्।
ऐशान्यां गुरुपङ्क्तींश्च पूजयेद् हृदयेन तु॥ २८८
आसनासनि सद्भावं ज्ञात्वा यजनं आरभेत्।
आसनं द्विविधं प्रोक्तं देहजीव विभेदतः॥ २८९
शुद्धविद्यान्ततोऽनन्ताद्यासनं परिकीर्तितम्।
महामायावसानं तु दिव्यदेहं विचिन्तयेत्॥ २९०
जीवोऽस्मिन् शिव एव स्यादेवं त्रिविध कल्पनात्।
यल्लघु व्यापकं तद्धि व्याप्तं हि तदधिष्ठितम्॥ २९१
gaṇeśaṁ pīṭhavāyavyāṁ gandhapuṣpādibhiryajet|
aiśānyāṁ gurupaṅktīśca pūjayed hṛdayena tu|| 288
āsanāsani sadbhāvaṁ jñātvā yajanaṁ ārabhet|
āsanaṁ dvividhaṁ proktaṁ dehajīva vibhedataḥ|| 289
śuddhavidyāntato'nantādyāsanaṁ parikīrtitam|
mahāmāyāvasānaṁ tu divyadehaṁ vicintayet|| 290
jīvo'smin śiva eva syādevaṁ trividha kalpanāt|
yallaghu vyāpakaṁ taddhi vyāptaṁ hi tadadhiṣṭhitam|| 291
The guru should worship Ganesa in the north-west of the pedestal with sandal, flowers and other
materials. In the north-east of the pedestal, he should worship the row in which seven Gurus are
present, reciting the hrudaya mantra. Having perfectly known the relationship between the seat
and the seated(asana and asani), he should commence the rituals concerned with the worship. The
seat is said to be two kinds, differentiated as the body and the soul. The ananta and other seats
are extending above up to the plane of suddha vidya tattva. He should contemplate that the luminous
body(vidya deha) extends above, up to the end of pure maya. This soul, here, is Lord Siva Himself.
In this way, three categories should be contemplated- seat, vidya deha and Siva. That which is extremely
subtle is of the nature of pervading everywhere. The pervaded one is being controlled by the
pervading one.