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

अह्नि वा पूरणं कृत्वा परीक्षां तु समाचरेत्॥ १५
गत्वा शतपदं चान्तः प्रत्यावृत्य निरीक्षयेत्।
अन्यूनं चेज्जलं तत्स्थं उत्तमा भूः प्रशस्यते॥ १६
अङ्गुलेन तु हीनं चेन्मध्यमेति प्रकीर्तिता।
ततो हीनं तु हीना स्यादतिहीना विपत्करी॥ १७
ahni vā pūraṇaṁ kṛtvā parīkṣāṁ tu samācaret|| 15
gatvā śatapadaṁ cāntaḥ pratyāvṛtya nirīkṣayet|
anyūnaṁ cejjalaṁ tatsthaṁ uttamā bhūḥ praśasyate|| 16
aṅgulena tu hīnaṁ cenmadhyameti prakīrtitā|
tato hīnaṁ tu hīnā syādatīhīnā vipatkarī|| 17
To make sure of the result, the Acharya may examine the quality of the ground in the daytime also. Having
filled up the pit with the water, he should walk for hundred steps away from the pit and then come back
and observe the level of the water. If the water remains in the same level as before without being reduced,
then the selected ground is declared to be of the foremost type. If the water level has reduced by one
digit(angula), then it indicates that the ground is of medium type. The ground should considered to be
of inferior kind if the water level has reduced by more than one digit. The ground is conducive to damage
and difficulties if the water level has reduced excessively.
इयं परीक्षा कर्तव्या प्रवेशार्थबलेः पुरा।
सर्वेषामपि वास्तूनां सा तु साधरणी मता॥ १८
एवं परिग्रहं कृत्वा ततः कर्षणं आरभेत्॥ १९
iyaṁ parīkṣā kartavyā praveśārthabaleḥ purā|
sarveṣāmapi vāstūnāṁ sā tu sādharaṇī matā|| 18
evaṁ parigrahaṁ kṛtvā tataḥ karṣaṇaṁ ārabhet|| 19
This kind of examination should be done prior to the performance of ‘pravesa bali’. For all kinds of the
constructions, this examination is held to be common. Having completed the activity of gaining access
to the ground in the prescribed way, the Acharya should commence the ploughing of the ground.
॥ इति कामिकाख्ये महातन्त्रे भूपैग्रहविधिः त्रयोदशः पटलः ॥
|| iti kāmikākhye mahātantre bhūpaigrahavidhiḥ trayodaśaḥ paṭalaḥ ||
This is the 13ᵗʰ chapter titled “Directions for Taking Possession of the ground” in the Great Tantra called Kamika