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

आजानु पादौ प्रक्षाल्य हस्तावामणिबन्धनात्॥ १४
कार्यं त्रिविध विघ्नानां प्रासादादपसारणम्।
दिव्या नभोगताश्चैव भूगतास्त्रिविधाः स्मृताः॥ १५
तत्त्व दृष्ट्या तु दिव्यांश्च पुष्पक्षेपान् नभोगतान्।
पार्ष्णिघातत्रयाद्भौमान् प्रासादादपसारयेत्॥ १६
ājānu pādau prakṣālya hastāvāmaṇibandhanāt|| 14
kāryaṁ trividha vighnānāṁ prāsādādapasāraṇam|
divyā nabhogatāścaiva bhūgatāstrividhāḥ smṛtāḥ|| 15
tattva dṛṣṭyā tu divyāṁśca puṣpakṣepān nabhogatān|
pārṣṇighātatrayādbhaumān prāsādādapasārayet|| 16
Having cleaned his legs up to knees and his hands up to the fists, the sadhaka should proceed to ward off
three kinds of obstacles from the surroundings of the temple(or the home shrine). The three obstacles are –
those coming from the heavens, those present in the space(atmosphere) and those present in the land. He
should drive away the obstacles related to the heavens by looking above with his eyes charged with
the perfect knowledge of tattvas. He should expel the space-related obstacles from the shrine by throwing
the flowers. He should ward off the earth-related obstacles by striking the ground three times with his
right heel.
श्रेष्ठं पश्चान्मुखं लिङ्गं अभावात् प्राङ्मुखं स्मृतम्।
याम्य कौबेर वक्रं तु न सिद्धाविष्यते बुधैः॥ १७
अथवा शान्तिकर्मादौ सौम्याभिम्ह्खमिष्यते।
एकद्वार विमानेऽयं नियमो निष्कलस्य तु॥ १८
śreṣṭaṁ paścānmukhaṁ liṅgaṁ abhāvāt prāṅmukhaṁ smṛtam|
yāmya kaubera vaktraṁ tu na siddhāviṣyate budhaiḥ|| 17
athavā śāntikarmādau saumyābhimhkhamiṣyate|
ekadvāra vimāne'yaṁ niyamo niṣkalasya tu|| 18
The west-facing Sivalinga is considered to be superior. If there is no west-facing Linga, the east-facing
Linga may be preferred. The south-facing and the north-facing Lingas are not preferred by the learned
Sages for the attainment of superior powers(siddhis). This specific direction is applicable to the temple
which has only one entrance and in which the Formless Form of Siva has been installed.
चतुर्द्वारे च मेर्वादौ लिङ्गे च चतुरानने।
चतुर्द्वारं प्रकर्तव्यं तत्रायं नियमो न हि॥ १९
caturdvāre ca mervādau liṅge ca caturānane|
caturdvāraṁ prakartavyaṁ tatrāyaṁ niyamo na hi|| 19