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

The fore-head, ears, shoulders, fore-arms, fist, elbows, chest,stomach, navel, two sides of the navel,
back – these are the sixteen places recommended for the tripundra. By applying the tripundra on
these 16 places, three forms of Siva, three form of fire, nine Saktis from Vama to Manonmani
and Asvini Devas get pleased.
शिरो ललाट कर्णौ च बाहू च हृदयं तथा।
नाभि पृष्ठ इति ज्ञेयास्वष्टौ वै सन्ध्यः क्रमात्॥ ७६
क्रमेण ब्रह्मणश्चैवं ऋषीणां तु प्रियं भवेत्।
ललाट बाहु हृन्नाभि पञ्च सन्धिषु वा भवेत्॥ ७७
शिवेश रुद्र कृष्णात्मभुवाञ्च प्रीतिसिद्धये।
śiro lalāṭa karṇau ca bāhū ca hṛdayaṁ tathā|
nābhi pṛṣṭha iti jñeyāsvaṣṭau vai sandhayaḥ kramāt|| 76
krameṇa brahmaṇaścaivaṁ ṛṣīṇāṁ tu priyaṁ bhavet|
lalāṭa bāhu hṛnnābhi pañca sandhiṣu vā bhavet|| 77
śiveśa rudra kṛṣṇātmabhuvāñca prītisiddhaye|
Head, fore-head, ears, arms, chest, back of the navel – these are the eight places recommended for
applying the tripundra. Brahma and the seven Great Sages get pleased by applying the tripundra
on these 8 places. Fore-head, two arms, chest and navel - these are the five places recommended
for the tripundra. By applying the tripundra on these five places, Siva, Isa, Rudra, Krishna and
Brahma get pleased.
मध्यतर्जन्यनामाभिस्त्रिपुण्ड्रं विधिवन्नयेत्॥ ७८
षडण्गुल प्रमाणेन विप्राणां तु त्रिपुण्ड्रकम्।
नृपाणां चतुरङ्गुल्यं वैश्यानां द्व्यङ्गुलं भवेत्॥ ७९
शूद्राणामपि सर्वेषां एकाङ्गुल्यं त्रिपुण्ड्रकम्।
स्त्रीणां तथैव कुर्वीत अन्यजातिस्तु वर्जयेत्॥ ८०
madhyatarjanyanāmābhistripuṇḍraṁ vidhivannayet|| 78
ṣaḍaṅgula pramāṇena viprāṇāṁ tu tripuṇḍrakam|