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

be in the form of half-moon. For the mantras which are meant for auspicious benefits, the fire-pit should be
in the form of circle. For the mantras related to the forms of Kinnaras, the fire-pit should be in the form of
pentagon. It is recommended in this Agama that for the mantras related to the Vidyas and Vidyesvaras, the
fire-pit should be in the form of lotus. For the mantras meant for immobilizing a thing or to paralyze an
activity, a square fire-pit should be designed in the east. To cause misery or agony, fire-pit in the form of vulva
should be designed in the south-east. To effect destruction or cessation, fire-pit in the form of half-moon
should be designed in the south or in the form having sixteen angles designed in the south-west. To appease
and to alleviate, circular fire-pit should be designed in the west. To cause disgust, separation or expulsion,
hexagonal fire-pit should be designed in the north-west. To promote growth and prosperity, fire-pit in the
form of lotus should be designed in the north or octagonal fire-pit in the north-east.
शतार्ध शतहोमे तु विस्तारं द्विगुणं क्रमात्॥ ११
सहस्रायुत होमे तु हस्त हस्तद्वयं क्रमात्।
भवेल्लक्षयुते होमे चतुर्हस्तं च षट्करम्॥ १२
कोटिहोमेऽष्टहस्तं स्यात् तस्मादूर्ध्वमधो न हि।
हस्तमात्रं भवेत्कुण्डं लिङ्गे कन्यसके न्यसेत्॥ १३
śatārdha śatahome tu vistāraṁ dviguṇaṁ kramāt|| 11
sahasrāyuta home tu hasta hastadvayaṁ kramāt|
bhavellakṣayute home caturhastaṁ ca ṣaṭkaram|| 12
koṭihome'ṣṭahastaṁ syāt tasmādūrdhvamadho na hi|
hastamātraṁ bhavetkuṇḍaṁ liṅge kanyasake nyaset|| 13
For the offering of 50 oblations, the fire-pit should be with a side measuring one mushti(size of the fist);
for 100 oblations, the fire-pit should be with a side measuring 2 mushtis. For 1000 oblations, the fire-pit
should be with a measure of one hasta(cubit); for 10,000 oblations, it should be with the size of 2 hastas;
for making 100,000 oblations, the size of the fire-pit should be 4 hastas; for one million oblations, 6 hastas;
for making 10 million oblations, it should be with a size of 8 hastas. No fire-pit should exceed the maximum
limit of 8 hastas and no fire-pit should be smaller than one mushti. For the Linga whose height is in the
inferior kind, the fire-pit should be with a size of one hasta.
द्व्यङ्गुलार्धं तयोर्वृद्धिः प्रान्ते द्वित्र्यंशतः क्रमात्।
पञ्चमांशे पुरे त्यक्त्वा कोणवेदांश मानतः॥ १४
भ्रमादश्वत्थ पत्राभं कुण्डमाग्नेयं उच्यते।
चतुरश्रे गृहे भक्ते त्यक्त्वाऽद्यन्ते तदंशके॥ १५
मध्य सप्तांश मानेन कुण्डं खण्डेन्दुवद् भ्रमात्।
dvyaṅgulārdhaṁ tayorvṛddhiḥ prānte dvitryaṁśataḥ kramāt|
pañcamāṁśe pure tyaktvā koṇavedāṁśa mānataḥ|| 14
bhramādaśvattha patrābhaṁ kuṇḍamāgneyaṁ ucyate|
caturaśre gṛhe bhakte tyaktvā'dyante tadaṁśake|| 15
madhya saptāṁśa mānena kuṇḍaṁ khaṇḍenduvad bhramāt|