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

देवांसुं उत्तमं प्रोक्तं मध्यमं क्षौमं उच्यते।
कार्पास तन्तुजं वस्त्रं अधमं परिकीर्तितम्॥ २६
अर्कहस्तायतं वाऽत्र विस्तारं स्याद् द्विहस्तकम्।
मनोरमं तु सुश्लक्ष्णं विशिष्टं वस्त्रं उच्यते॥ २७
विस्ताराष्ट गुणायामं सदशं तु सलक्षणम्।
आखुदष्टाग्निदग्धं च केशविद्धं च वर्जयेत्॥ २८
वस्त्रमेवं विधं तच्च गृह्णीयाद् उपयोगि यत्।
sauvarṇam ūrṇasūtrotthaṁ kārposo'tha dukūlakam|
devālaṅkāra yogyena pramāṇena samanvitam|| 25
devāṁsuṁ uttamaṁ proktaṁ madhyamaṁ kṣaumaṁ ucyate|
kārpāsa tantujaṁ vastraṁ adhamaṁ parikīrtitam|| 26
arkahastāyataṁ vā'tra vistāraṁ syād dvihastakam|
manoramaṁ tu suślakṣṇaṁ viśiṣṭaṁ vastraṁ ucyate|| 27
vistārāṣṭa guṇāyāmaṁ sadaśaṁ tu salakṣaṇam|
ākhudaṣṭāgnidagdhaṁ ca keśaviddhaṁ ca varjayet|| 28
vastramevaṁ vidhaṁ tacca gṛhṇīyād upayogi yat|
Cloth designed with yellow gold, soft woollen cloth, cotton cloth, white silk – all these are suitable for attiring
the Linga. The cloth should be with recommended fitting measures. Yellow gold cloth is of superior category;
white silken cloth is of medium category. Cotton cloth is of inferior category. The cloth, with a length of 12
hastas and a breadth of 2 hastas, with a quality of charming the mind and with softness is considered to be
of specific variety. Or, the cloth whose length may be three times its width, with evenly woven threads and
associated with charming features may be used. The clothes bitten by mouse, burnt by fire , tangled with
hairs and with such other defects should be abandoned. These are the lineaments of cloth and such cloth
should be made use of by the sadhaka.
कुङ्कुमं चन्दनं दूर्वा सिद्धार्थोशीरकं तथा॥ २९
तिलेनैव समायुक्तं पाद्यं यद्वोत्तमं भवेत्।
सिद्धार्थोशीरकं दूर्वायुक्तं मध्यमं उच्यते॥ ३०
उशीरं चन्दनोपेतं अधमं पाद्यं उच्यते।
kuṅkumaṁ candanaṁ dūrvā siddhārthośīrakaṁ tathā|| 29
tilenaiva samāyuktaṁ pādyaṁ yadvottamaṁ bhavet|
siddhārthośīrakaṁ dūrvāyuktaṁ madhyamaṁ ucyate|| 30
uśīraṁ candanopetaṁ adhamaṁ pādyaṁ ucyate|
The padya-water associated with saffron flower, sandal, durva-grass, white mustard, usira(a kind of fragrant)
and sesame is said be of superior kind. The padya-water associated with white mustard, usira and durva-grass
is of medium type. The padya-water associated with usira and sandal is of lower variety.