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

they may or may not wear the sacred thread. The exact rules for the wearing of sacred thread
laid down for the mixed castes and others should be consulted well and decided as to whether
they could or could not wear the sacred thread.
चतुरङ्गुल मानेन त्रिगुणीकृत सूत्रकम्॥ ९३
वस्वर्क संख्ययायेन सूत्रं तु त्रिगुणीकृतम्।
वर्तयेत्प्राङ्मुखो भूत्वा तोयसिक्तं समं शुभम्॥ ९४
ततस्तत् त्रिगुणीकृत्य समं संवर्तिताग्रकम्।
वामेतर करादूर्ध्वम् भूगतौ परिवर्जयेत्॥ ९५
निधाय तद् द्रुमादौ तु यथाग्रो भूमिमागतौ।
तद्भ्रमान्मुनितृप्तिस्स्यात् तृणं दत्वाऽथ शोधनम्॥ ९६
तत्सर्वं हृदयेनैव मन्त्रेण हृदि कल्पयेत्।
caturaṅgula mānena triguṇīkṛta sūtrakam|| 93
vasvarka saṁkhyayāyena sūtraṁ tu triguṇīkṛtam|
vartayetprāṅmukho bhūtvā toyasiktaṁ samaṁ śubham|| 94
tatastat triguṇīkṛtya samaṁ saṁvartitāgrakam|
vāmetara karādūrdhvam bhūgatau parivarjayet|| 95
nidhāya tad drumādau tu yathāgro bhūmimāgatau|
tadbhramānmunitṛptissyāt tṛṇaṁ datvā'tha śodhanam|| 96
tatsarvaṁ hṛdayenaiva mantreṇa hṛdi kalpayet|
Thin threads, in the count of ninty-six, should be wound round a piece of wood having a length
of four angula. Releasing the thread from the piece, first three threads should be twisted into
a single string. Then three such strings should be twisted into a single strand. While doing so,
the threads should be drenched, equally stretched and rendered to be auspicious and the one who
twists should be east-faced. Again, these strands should be twisted so as to make a single strand
and its one end should be twisted tightly, holding in the raised right hand. If the strands fall down
to the ground, they should be abandoned. To avoid falling to the ground, another end should be
fixed to a tree and twisted. Such kind of twisting would please the sages. A measuring stick
should be used to ascertain the equal length of the strands. All such activities should be done
with the recital of hrudaya mantra, contemplating its form within the heart.