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

s’ayya’m ca kalpayitva’tha pan”camr’t pan”ca gavyakaih // 7
praks”a’lya ces”t’aka’m sthu’pim yajed gandha’dibhir hr’da’ /
Having completed the ‘vastu fire-ritual’ first, he should design the sthandila(slightly raised
platform) with rice and other substances. For this, 8 or 4 dronas of rice, 2 dronas of
unhusked rice, sesame, parched rice, darbha and flowers should be used. Then the Acharya
should design a couch and sprinkle the five kinds of earth and the mixture of five
substances got from the cow over the bricks and the finial(sthupi) with the accompaniment
of hrudaya mantra and worship them with sandal and other paraphernalia.
स्वराद्यं वेदवर्णं तु पूर्वादिक्रमशो लिखेत् ।। ८
इष्टकासु हृदा मन्त्री श्वेतचन्दन चर्चितः ।
शय्यायां स्थापयित्वा तु तद्वामे स्थूपिकां न्यसेत् ।। ९
svara’dyam vedavarn.am tu pu’rva’di kramas’o likhet // 8
is”t’ka’su hr’da’ mantri’ s’vetacandana carcitah /
s’ayyaya’m stha’payitva’ tu tadva’me sthu’pika’m nyaset // 9
Then the Acharya, being smeared with white sandal paste, should scribe the first four
letters of the alphabet on the bricks in the east and other directions in due order with the
accompaniment of hrudaya mantra. Having placed the bricks on the couch, he should
place the finial on the left side of the bricks.
कौतुकं बन्धयित्वा तु वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य देशिकः ।
परितोऽष्टौ घटान् न्यस्त्वा लोकेशाशासु तान्हृदा ।। १०
kautukam bandhayitva’ tu vastren.a’ccha’dya des’ikah /
paritos”t’au ghat’a’n nyastva’ lokes’a’s’a’su ta’n hr’da’ // 10
Having tied up the protective string-band in his right hand and having covered his
body with new cloth, the Acharya should install eight pots(vessels or kalasas) in all
the eight directions and invoke the guardian deities of the directions immediately
with the accompaniment of hrudaya mantra.