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

come out of the tank or river , setting right his sacred thread well and go to the other point of
the shore or to the other bank and perform the ‘acamana’(taking of three sips of water).
गृहे मैत्रपदे वापि कृत्वा चावश्यक क्रियाम्॥ १७
शौचं समाचरेत् स्नानं मन्दिरे प्राग्विधानतः।
संग्राह्य दन्तकाष्ठन्तु हरेद्दन्तगतं मलम्॥ १८
वस्वर्काङ्गुल मानन्तु काष्ठं नैष्ठिकभोगिनोः।
सार्द्रं त्वगन्वितमृजुं समच्छेदमृजूर्द्वहम्॥ १९
कनिष्ठाङ्गुलिनाहं तु कर्तव्यं उभयं नृणाम्।
gṛhe maitrapade vāpi kṛtvā cāvaśyaka kriyām॥ 17
śaucaṁ samācaret snānaṁ mandire prāgvidhānataḥ|
saṁgrāhya dantakāṣṭhantu hareddantagataṁ malam॥ 18
vasvarkāṅgula mānantu kāṣṭhaṁ naiṣṭhikabhoginoḥ|
sārdraṁ tvaganvitamṛjuṁ samacchedamṛjūdvaham॥ 19
kaniṣṭhāṅgulināhaṁ tu kartavyaṁ ubhayaṁ nṛṇām|
Attending to the call of nature and bath may be done even in one`s own house, especially in
a separate room designed in the Mitra pada( segment belonging to the vastu Deity, Mitra) of the
house. Cleansing and the bath may be done in the way as explained before. Having taken the tooth-
stick, he should remove the dirt present in the teeth. For those who are devoted to life-long
abstinence from the worldly attachments, the length of the tooth-stick should be 8 digits(angulas).
For those who are aspiring for the worldly enjoyments, the length of the tooth-stick should be
12 digits. The tooth-stick should be wet, well covered with the bark, straight and evenly shaped.
The thickness of the tooth-stick should be equal to that of the little finger, for the both(ascetics
and the worldly minded).
करञ्जञ्चिरबिल्वञ्च खदिरञ्चार्जुनं तथा॥ २०
अपामार्गं च मुक्त्यर्थं जंब्वाम्रककुभादिकम्।
भुक्तये धवधात्री च माकुलीनिम्बसंभवम्॥ २१
शिग्रुश्लेष्मातकैरण्ड पिशाचतरुसंभवम्।
वर्जयेद्दन्तकाष्ठं तदन्यल्लोह विनिर्मितम्॥ २२