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

foot to his chest. When the deposit is placed, there should be a gap of 6 angulas to 24
angulas between the casket and the wall of the pit. The form of the pit should resemble the
form of the casket. The wall of the pit is to be strengthened and guarded by stones or
bricks.
गोमयालेपनं कृत्वा पुण्याहं वाचयेत्ततः ।
पञ्चगव्येन संप्रोक्ष्य तन्मध्येऽष्टमृदं न्यसेत् ।। ७६
gomaya'lepanam kr'tva' pun.ya'ham va'cayet tatah /
pan"cagavyena samproks"ya tanmadhye as"t'mr'dam nyaset //
Having besmeared the pit with the cow-dung, he should perform the ritual of
purification. He should sprinkle the pit with the aggregate of the five substances
got from the cow and place the eight kinds of earth at the center of the pit.
शेषनागोर्ध्वभूमीषु सप्तद्वीपार्णवां भुवम् ।
दिग्गजैर्भूधरैर्युक्तां गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्यजेत् ।। ७७
s'es"a na'gordhva bhu'mi's"u saptadvi'pa'rn.va'm bhuvam /
diggajair bhu'dharairyukta'm gandha pus"padibhir yajet // 77
The Acharya should meditate the Divine Form of the Earth as resting on the expanded
hoods of the Primal Serpent known as Adisesha and surrounded by seven
islands and seven oceans and guarded in all the eight directions by eight elephants
and propped up by eight directional mountains. Meditating on such a form, he
should worship the Earth with sandal , flowers and other paraphernalia.
आचार्यं पूजयेत्तत्र वस्त्रहेमाङ्गुलीयकैः ।
अधमा पञ्चनिष्कं तु द्विगुणा मध्यमं भवेत् ।। ७८
त्रिगुणा चोत्तमा प्रोक्ता देशिकस्य तु दक्षिणा ।
गोभूमिदासधान्यादि गृहोपकरणानि च ।। ७९