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

pūjārambhāttu nṛttāntaṁ kuryātsandhyāvasānakam|
saṁdhyātikramaṇāddoṣo nyūnāyāṁ tu na doṣabhāk||    5
gurūpacāra pūjāyāṁ vidhireṣaḥ prakīrtitaḥ|
There are nine varieties of daily worship – worship done in 7 yamas(of one day), 6 yamas, 5 yamas, 4 yamas,
3 yamas, 2 yamas, one yama, three quarters of one yama and a half of one yama. The worship should be done
from the beginning up to the dance-recital so as to last for the completion of sandhi. If the worship exceeds
the duration of one sandhya, it is defective. But, if it is completed within one sandhya, there is no violation.
In a process in which the series of rituals (upacaras) are performed in a grand scale, such rules are to be
observed.
घटिकाद्वितयं स्नाने घटिकैकार्चने भवेत् ॥      ६
घटिकार्धं निवेद्यार्थं बलिदानं तु तत्समम्।
नित्याग्नि कार्यं अर्धं च नित्योत्सवे द्विन्डिका॥      ७
घटिकैका तु नृत्तार्थं काल एषः प्रकीर्तितः।
एवं कालविधिः प्रोक्तो महासन्ध्या त्रयस्य च॥      ८
ghaṭikādvitayaṁ snāne ghaṭikaikārcane bhavet||      6
ghaṭikārdhaṁ nivedyārthaṁ balidānaṁ tu tatsamam|
nityāgni kāryaṁ ardhaṁ ca nityotsave dvināḍikā||      7
ghaṭikaikā tu nṛttārthaṁ kāla eṣaḥ prakīrtitaḥ|
evaṁ kālavidhiḥ prokto mahāsandhyā trayasya ca||      8
For the performance of ablution, two ghatikas(48 minutes); for arcana, one ghatika; for naivedya, half of
a ghatika; for the bali-offering, half of a ghatika; for the daily fire-ritual, half of a ghatika; for the daily
festival, 2 ghatikas; for the dance, one ghatika. This is the schedule of time for each phase of worship. This
is the order of duration for the complete worship to be done in the three main sandhis(morning, noon and
evening).
लघूपचारे सन्ध्यायां हीनं चेत्तु न दूषकम्।
यथा सम्भव काले तु यथा सम्भव नाडिका॥      ९
आत्मार्थ यजनं कुर्याद्यथाशक्त्यनुरोधतः।
laghūpacāre sandhyāyāṁ hīnaṁ cettu na dūṣakam|
yathā sambhava kāle tu yathā sambhava nāḍikā||      9
ātmārtha yajanaṁ kuryādyathāśaktyanurodhataḥ|
When the series of rituals are performed in a simple scale, if the duration of each phase of worship gets
shortened, there is no defect. There is no such schedule of time in the performance of personal worship
(atmartha puja). This may be done in any sandhya available to the sadhaka, so as to last for the available
ghatikas, in consideration of his own capacity.