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

The bhasma-snana is ten million times more auspicious than the watery-snana. The ascetic
should take the bhasma-snana daily only by rubbing and powdering his body with the bhasma,
being north-faced. The house-holder should apply this bhasma in the recommended parts of his
body to be in the form of three stripes or in the form of circular mark(tilaka). After taking a
handfull of bhasma with the right hand, the sadhka should purify it through such yogic practices
as dharana and dhyana, contemplate its identity with the Supreme Lord and energise it with
the recital of mula mantra, brahma mantras and anga mantras.
अग्निरित्यादिन भस्म स्थाप्य वामकरे तु यत्।
अस्त्रेण दक्षहस्तेन मलस्नानं तु मस्तकात्॥ ६३
कृत्वा पुनर्विधिस्रानं साभिषेकं समाचरेत्।
ईशानेन कमुद्धूल्य मुखं तत्पुरुषेण तु॥ ६४
हृदयं घोरमन्त्रेण गुह्यं वामेन मन्त्रतः।
सद्योजातेन सर्वाङ्गं षडङ्गैः हृदयादिकम्॥ ६५
agnirityādina bhasma sthāpya vāmakare tu yat|
astreṇa dakṣahastena malasnānaṁ tu mastakāt|| 63
kṛtvā punarvidhisnānaṁ sābhiṣekaṁ samācaret|
īśānena kamuddhūlya mukhaṁ tatpuruṣeṇa tu|| 64
hṛdayaṁ ghoramantreṇa guhyaṁ vāmena mantrataḥ|
sadyojātena sarvāṅgaṁ ṣaḍaṅgaiḥ hṛdayādikam|| 65
Having placed the bhasma in the left hand with the recital of the Veda mantras such as 'agniriti'
and others, the sadhaka should do the 'mala snana' right from the head, with the right hand
and with the recital of astra mantra. Then he should do the 'vidhi snana' and sprinkle the
bhasma kept in the left hand over the recommended parts of his body. The bhasma shold be
sprinkled over the head with the recital of isana mantra; over the face, with the recital of
tatpurusha mantra; over the chest, with the recital of aghora mantra; over the lower hip, with
the recital of vamadeva mantra; over all parts of the body, with the recital of sadyojata mantra;
over the heart, head, crest, shoulders, eyes and front and back of the hands with the recital of
hrudaya, siro, sikha, kavaca, netra and astra mantras respectively.
सव्यापसव्य हस्ताभ्यां शनैरुद्धूलयेत् तनुम्।
न च गुर्वग्नि देवानां सन्निधौ मार्ग एव च॥ ६६