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

कर्णसूत्रद्वयेनैव संयुक्तं पीठमिष्यते ।। १७
पूर्वोक्तास्तु सुरा ये तु पदस्थास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः ।
एतत्पदं मठादीनां तच्च ग्रामादि योग्यकम् ।। १८
क्षुद्रग्रामादिके चेष्टं पेचकं तु तथैव हि ।
karn.a su’tradvayenaiva samyuktam pi’t’ham is”yate // 17
pu’rvoktastu sura’ ye tu padastha’ste praki’rtita’h /
etatpadam mat’ha’di’na’m tacca gra’ma’di yogyakam // 18
ks”udra gra’ma’dike ces”t’am pecakam tu tathaiva hi /
It is desirable to have the pi’t’ha man.d’ala as associated with two diagonals.
Those directional deities mentioned earlier are assigned the same locations as
stated before. This pi’t’ha pada is fit for a small hut of ascetic, settlement of
village and so on. As said before, pecaka pada could be considered for
small village or colony.
The pi’t’ha pada is a square consisting of 9 grids. This square is formed
by four east-west lines and four north-south lines. That is, the selected
place is reticulated so as to consist of 9 smaller squares called grids.
In this man.d’ala, we do not get nis”kala bindu. The center, being a square,
is technically known as sakala bindu giving place for the visible forms.
The term mat’ha does not here mean a monastery . It means a simple
dwelling place for an acetic.
कर्णसूत्रद्वयोपेतं महापीठं तु कारयेत् ।। १९
मध्ये चतुष्पदं ब्रह्मा भुङ्क्तेऽत्र मुनिसत्तमाः ।
ईशो जयन्त आदित्यो भृशोऽग्निर्र्वितथो यमः ।। २०
भृगुश्च पितृ सुग्रीवो वरुणः शेष मारुतौ ।
मुख्यस्सोमो ऽदितिश्चेति सूत्रस्था बाह्यदेवताः ।। २१
महापीठ पदं प्रोक्तं क्षुद्रग्रामादि योग्यकम् ।