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

५ अर्चनाङ्ग विधिः
5 arcanāṅga vidhiḥ
5 On the Essential Aspects of the Daily Worship
अर्चनाङ्गविधिं वक्ष्ये सन्ध्या लक्षण पूर्वकम्।
भास्करोदयं आरभ्य यावद्वै भास्करोदयः॥ १
सप्तार्ध घटिकामानो यामोऽयं सन्धिरुच्यते।
षष्ट्युच्छ्वासो भवेत्प्राणष्षट्प्राणो घटिका भवेत्॥ २
घटिका षष्ट्यहोरात्रं अष्टसन्ध्र्यं तदुच्यते।
अष्टसन्ध्यासु या पूजा सा भवेद् उत्तमोत्तमा॥ ३
arcanāṅgavidhiṁ vakṣye sandhyā lakṣaṇa pūrvakam।
bhāskarodayaṁ ārabhya yāvadvai bhāskarodayaḥ॥ 1
saptārdha ghaṭikāmāno yāmo'yaṁ sandhirucyate।
ṣaṣṭyucchvāso bhavetprāṇaṣṣaṭprāṇo ghaṭikā bhavet॥ 2
ghaṭikā ṣaṣṭyahorātraṁ aṣṭasandhyaṁ taducyate।
aṣṭasandhyāsu yā pūjā sā bhaved uttamottamā॥ 3
I will explain the directions related to the essential aspects of the daily worship, first speaking on the
significant features of time-juncture(sandhya). In the duration from the sunrise(of one day) to the sunrise
(of the next day), seven and a half ghatikas make one yama and each yama denotes one sandhi(juncture).
Six breathings make one prana and six pranas make one ghatika. Sixty ghatikas make one full day
consisting of one day-time and one night-time. In one full day, there are eight sandhis. The worship performed
in all the eight sandhis is considered to be of the most superior category.
(one breath= 40 seconds; one prana= 4 minutes; one ghatika = 24 minutes; one yama= 3 hours)
सप्तषड्भूतवेदाग्नि युग्मेन्दु प्रहरेषु च।
यामार्थकाल संवृत्ता पूजा नवविधा भवेत्॥ ४
पूजारम्भात्तु नृत्तान्तं कुर्यात्सन्ध्यावसानकम्।
संध्यात्मक्रमणाद्दोषो न्यूनायां तु न दोषभाक्॥ ५
गुरूपचार पूजायां विधिरेषः प्रकीर्तितः।
saptaṣaḍbhūtavedāgni yugmendu prahareṣu ca।
yāmārdhakāla saṁvṛttā pūjā navavidhā bhavet॥ 4