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

upapi’t’ha pade caikam bhun’kte madhye pita’mahah // 22
aryama’s’ca vivasva’ms’ca mitran”ca pr’thivi’dharah /
caturdiks”ugata’ deva’ ekaika pada bhoginah // 23
sa’vitras’cendrajas’caiva rudrajas tva’pajas tatha’ /
a’gneya’di catur diks”u bhun”jate devata’h padam // 24
i’s’as’ca satyaks”caiva mahendra’ditya vahnayah /
gandharvas”ca tatha’ devo gr’haks”ata yamau tatha’ // 25
pitaras’ca’suras’caiva pus”padanta jales’varau /
vayus’ca’pi gajas’caiva bhalla’t’as soma eva ca // 26
bhun”jate padamekaikam karn.asu’tra dvaya’nvitam /
upapi’t’ha padam na’mna’ gra’ma’di’na’m s’ubha’vaham // 27
Va’stu Brahma occupies one grid which is at the center of the upapi’t’ha pada.
In the eight grids lying around the central grid, four grids which are in the main
directions are occupied by Aryama’, Vivasva’n, Mitra and Pr’thivi’dhara, each
deity possessing each grid in the east, south, west and north respectively. The
four grids in the south-east, south-west, north-west and north-east are occupied
by Sa’vitra, Indraja, Rudraja and A’paja respectively. Sixteen grids lying around
the daivika belt are occupied by the sixteen va’stu devatas. Starting from the
north-east, they are I’s’a, Satyaka, Mahendra, A’ditya, Agni, Gandharva, Gr’haks”ata,
Yama, Pitr’ , Asura, Pus”padanta, Varun.a, Va’yu, Gaja, Bhallat’a and Soma. This
upapi’t’ha pada associated with two diagonal lines(karn.a su’tra) is capable of
yielding goodness and prosperity for the villages , towns and so forth.
उग्रपीठमिदं मध्ये कर्णसूत्रद्वयान्वितम् ।
मध्ये चतुष्पदं ब्राह्ममन्तरावरणे ततः ।। २८
अर्यमाश्च विवस्वांश्च मित्रश्च पृथिवीधरः ।
प्रागादि भुञ्जते देवा द्विपदं कोणवर्जितम् ।। २९
सविता च तथेन्द्रश्च रुद्रश्चापस्तथैव च ।
आग्नेयकोणमारभ्य भुञ्जते देवताः पदम् ।। ३०