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

appearance of each Deity should be meditated and these Deities are to be worshipped in a systematic way
with sandal, flowers and such other paraphernalia.
सामान्यर्घ्यं ततो दत्वा सव्य शाखां समाश्रितः।
प्रविशेदक्ष पादेन प्रासादाभ्यन्तरं गुरुः॥ २५
निवारणार्थं विघ्नानां न्यस्य खङ्गं उदुम्बरे।
संपूज्यात्मभुवं वास्तोष्पते ब्रह्मण इत्यपि॥ २६
sāmānyarghyaṁ tato datvā savya śākhāṁ samāśritaḥ|
praviśeddakṣa pādena prāsādābhyantaraṁ guruḥ|| 25
nivāraṇārthaṁ vighnānāṁ nyasya khaḍgaṁ udumbare|
saṁpūjyātmabhuvaṁ vāstoṣpate brahmaṇa ityapi|| 26
Having offered samanya-arghya water, the Guru(priest) should enter the main shrine by the right side of
the entrance, placing the right foot first. He should invoke the presence of khadga-weapon on the threshold
in order to ward off the obstacles there and then worship the Vastu-Brahma , reciting the mantra which
begins with ‘vastoshpate’.
लिङ्गं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य भक्त्या स्तुत्वा महेश्वरम्।
गन्धपुष्पादिकं सर्वं आनीतं परिचारकैः॥ २७
संवीक्ष्य द्रव्य संघातं स्थापयेत् कलशान्सुधीः।
वीक्षितांस्तत्त्वदृष्ट्या चाभ्युक्षितान् अस्त्रमन्त्रतः॥ २८
ताडितान् प्रोक्षितांश्चैव गृहीत्वा निस्सरेद्बहिः।
कलशान् सुशिरोनाहान् सुस्थिरान् छिद्रवर्जितान्॥ २९
liṅgaṁ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhaktyā stutvā maheśvaram|
gandhapuṣpādikaṁ sarvaṁ ānītaṁ paricārakaiḥ|| 27
saṁvīkṣya dravya saṁghātaṁ sthāpayet kalaśānsudhīḥ|
vīkṣitāṁstattvadṛṣṭyā cābhyukṣitān astramantrataḥ|| 28
tāḍitān prokṣitāṁścaiva gṛhītvā nissaredbahiḥ|
kalaśān suśironāhān susthirān chidravarjitān|| 29
Having circumambulated the Linga in clockwise direction, the Guru should adore the Great Lord with
deep devotion. Then the learned Guru should look at the multitudes of various objects such as the sandal,
flowers and other such items brought and arranged there by the servicing devotees(paricarakas) and
install the kalasas(pots). These items should be looked at with ‘tattva-eyes’; sprinkled with the recital
of astra mantra(abhyukshana, sprinkling the consecrated water with the right palm turned down); well
striked and again sprinkled(prokshana, sprinkling the consecrated water, with the right palm turned
upwards). After doing all such purifying rituals , the Guru should accept those items and send the
servicing devotees out(of the main shrine). The kalasas should be with well-formed top, with thick and
rounded side, should be unshakable and should be devoid of holes.