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

७२ परिवार लक्षण विधिः
72 parivāra lakṣaṇa vidhiḥ
72 Specific Details for the Installation of the Retinue Deities
स्थापनं परिवाराणां संक्षेपाच्छृणुत द्विजाः।
त्रिहस्तं तु समारभ्य करस्यैकस्य वर्धनात्॥ १
मण्डपस्यास्य विस्तारो नवहस्तान्तं एव हि।
तन्मध्ये वेदिकोपेतं षोडशस्तम्भ संयुतम्॥ २
sthāpanaṁ parivārāṇāṁ saṁkṣepācchṛṇuta dvijāḥ|
trihastaṁ tu samārabhya karasyaikasya vardhanāt|| 1
maṇḍapasyāsya vistāro navahastāntaṁ eva hi|
tanmadhye vedikopetaṁ ṣoḍaśastambha saṁyutam|| 2
Now I will tell you briefly about the installation of the retinue Deities. O, the twice-born Sages!,
listen to these details. A pavilion should be constructed in the recommended place.
Its width may be from 3 hastas to 9 hastas, increasing the width by one hasta each time.
It should be provided with an altar at its center and with 16 pillars.
रविस्तम्भयुतं वापि चतुस्तम्भयुतं तु वा।
कुण्डं वा स्थण्डिलं वापि शरवेदैक संख्यया॥ ३
वृत्तं वा चतुरश्रं वा कुण्डं कुर्याद्दिगश्रकम्।
मातृणां नवकुण्डं वा चैककुण्डमथापि वा॥ ४
ravistambhayutaṁ vāpi catusstambhayutaṁ tu vā|
kuṇḍaṁ vā sthaṇḍilaṁ vāpi śaravedaika saṁkhyayā|| 3
vṛttaṁ vā caturaśraṁ vā kuṇḍaṁ kuryāddigaśrakam|
mātṝṇāṁ navakuṇḍaṁ vā caikakuṇḍamathāpi vā|| 4

Or, the pavilion may be provided with 12 pillars or 4 pillars. Either the fire-pits or raised
altars(sthandila) should be designed there, their number being 5, 4 or 1. The fire-pits may
be in the form of circle, square or octagonal. For the Mother-Deities, there may be nine
fire-pits or one fire-pit.
योग्यानां रत्नविन्यासं नेत्रोन्मीलनं एव च।
पञ्चगव्यादिभिस्तेषां शुचिं तोयाधिवासनम्॥ ५
ततो मण्डप संस्कारं ततो बिम्बादि शोधनम्।
कौतुकं शयनारोहं कुम्भविन्यासं एव च॥ ६
yogyānāṁ ratnavinyāsaṁ netronmīlanaṁ eva ca|
pañcagavyādibhisteṣāṁ śuciṁ toyādhivāsanam|| 5
tato maṇḍapa saṁskāraṁ tato bimbādi śodhanam|
kautukaṁ śayanārohaṁ kumbhavinyāsaṁ eva ca|| 6
Then all the acitivities concerned with the installation should be carried out in the prescribed
order. First, placing of gems(ratna vinyasa) shold be done for the fiiting images. Then, opening
of the eyes(netronmilana); then, purification of the image with panca gavya. Keeping the image
immersed in water(jaladhivasa), purification and other sacramental rituals for the pavilion
(mandapa samskara), cleansing the image(bimba sodhana), tying up the protective bond(raksha
bandhana), keeping the image on the couch(sayanadhivasa), arrangement of the kalasas
(kumbha vinyasa) – all these should be performed in the due order.
कृत्वा तु पूर्ववत्सर्वं स्वनामाद्यक्षरेण तु।
तत्तद्वर्णादि संस्थाने यजेत्सम्यक् शिवद्विजाः॥ ७
तेषां मूर्त्यादि विन्यासं कृत्वा होमं समाचरेत्।
पलाशोदुम्बराश्वत्थ वटैः पूर्वादि दिक्षु च॥ ८
समिदाज्य चरून् लाजान् तितलं च जुहुयात्क्रमात्।
ततः प्रभाते बिम्बाद्यं कुम्भानग्निंश्च पूजयेत्॥ ९

kṛtvā tu pūrvavatsarvaṁ svanāmādyakṣareṇa tu|
tattadvarṇādi saṁsthāne yajetsamyak śivadvijāḥ|| 7
teṣāṁ mūrtyādi vinyāsaṁ kṛtvā homaṁ samācaret|
palāśodumbarāśvattha vaṭaiḥ pūrvādi dikṣu ca|| 8
samidājya carūn lājān titalaṁ ca juhuyātkramāt|
tataḥ prabhāte bimbādyaṁ kumbhānagnimśca pūjayet|| 9
O, the Saiva Priests!, having performed all other rituals as explained before, the Acharya should
use the first letter of the name of the concerned Deity to be installed as the seed letter and
with that he should impose each letter of the name of the Deity on each part of the form of that
Deity and worship well. The murti nyasa should be performed for all the images to be installed.
Then the Acharya should perform the fire-ritual. The faggots got from the palasa, udumbara,
asvattha and vata should be used for the fire-pits in the east, south, west and north respectively.
The faggots, clarified butter, cooked rice, parched paddy and sesame should be offered as
oblations in the due order. Then, in the early morning, he should worship the image and others,
kalasas and the fire kindled duly in each fire-pit.
दक्षिणां दापयेत्पश्चादाचार्यादेर्विधानतः।
निष्कादि दशनिष्कान्ता गुरावन्येषु पूर्ववत्॥ १०
dakṣiṇāṁ dāpayetpaścādācāryādervidhānataḥ|
niṣkādi daśaniṣkāntā gurāvanyeṣu pūrvavat|| 10
Then the chief patron should offer the sacrificial fees to the Acharya and the assisting priests
as prescibed for such offerings. For the Acharya(chief-priest), the fees should be from one
nishka of gold to ten nishkas. For others, the fees is as told earlier.
मुहूर्त्तनाडिका पूर्वं मन्त्रन्यासं समारभेत्।
कुम्भाद्बीजं समादाय विन्यसेत् स्वस्वदेशके॥ ११
muhūrtanāḍikā pūrvaṁ mantranyāsaṁ samārabhet|
kumbhādbījaṁ samādāya vinyaset svasvadeśake|| 11

Just one and a half hours(one muhurta) before the exact installation, the Acharya should
commence the ritulal of mantra-nyasa. Having collected the seeds from the kalasa, he should
palce each seed in each part of the image pertaining to that.
प्रासादतारपादं वा तदर्धं वा त्रिपादकम्।
समं सपादं सार्धं वा सजगत् पादुका बहिः॥ १२
न्यस्त्वा संस्थापयेत् पीठान् अथवाद्यौ विधाय तान्।
प्रतिष्ठां कारयेन् मुक्तारत्नन्यासं प्रदक्षिणम्॥ १३
जलाधिवासनं कुर्यादन्यत्कर्म समारभेत।
prāsādatārapādaṁ vā tadardhaṁ vā tripādakam|
samaṁ sapādaṁ sārdhaṁ vā sajagat pādukā bahiḥ|| 12
nyastvā saṁsthāpayet pīṭhān athavādau vidhāya tān|
pratiṣṭhāṁ kārayen muktāratnanyāsaṁ pradakṣiṇam|| 13
jalādhivāsanaṁ kuryādanyatkarma samārabhet|
Bali-pithas(pedestals for the bali-offering) should be installed outside the main shrine. The
width of such bali-pithas may be one fourth, half, three fourth, one, one and one fourth or one
and a half of the one unit-module of the main shrine. The bali-pithas should be provided with
enough moulding at the base. Having done all the preliminary acivities, the Acharya should
perform the ratna-nyasa beginning with pearl and such nyasa should be done in the clockwise
order. Then the ritual known as jaladhivasa(immersing the image in the water) should be done.
All other activities should be commenced as explained earlier.
महापीठ प्रतिष्ठाया विधानं अधुनोच्यते॥ १४
पूर्व पश्चिम सोमेषु मण्डपं पूर्ववन्नयेत्।
वेदैक संख्यया कुण्डं वेदाश्रं स्थण्डिलं तु वा॥ १५
mahāpīṭha pratiṣṭhāyā vidhānaṁ adhunocyate|| 14
pūrva paścima someṣu maṇḍapaṁ pūrvavannayet|
vedaika saṁkhyayā kuṇḍaṁ vedāśraṁ sthaṇḍilaṁ tu vā|| 15

Now, the process of installation of the mahapitha(great pedestal in the fourth enclosure)
is explained. A pavilion should be erected in the east, west and north, as explained before.
Either four fire-pits or one fire-pit in the form of square or a raised square platform
should be designed.
पञ्चगव्यादिभिः पीठशुद्धिं कृत्वा च कौतुकम्।
स्थण्डिले वेदिकायां तु कुम्भन्यासं तु कारयेत्॥ १६
मध्यपूर्वं यमाप्येन्दु शङ्करस्थ घटेष्वथ।
अविघ्नं च तथामोदं प्रमोदं प्रमुखं तथा॥ १७
दुर्मुखं विघ्नकर्तारं न्यस्त्वा वर्णांस्तु भावयेत्।
pañcagavyādibhiḥ pīṭhaśuddhiṁ kṛtvā ca kautukam|
sthaṇḍile vedikāyāṁ tu kumbhanyāsaṁ tu kārayet|| 16
madhyapūrva yamāpyendu śaṅkarastha ghaṭeṣvatha|
avighnaṁ ca tathāmodaṁ pramodaṁ pramukhaṁ tathā|| 17
durmukhaṁ vighnakartāraṁ nyastvā varṇāṁstu bhāvayet|
The Acharya should purify the image of the maha bali-pitha with pancagavya and other items
and tie up the protective band. He should place six kalasas on the raised platform designed
over the altar. These should be in the middle, east, south, west, north and north-east. The
Acharya should invoke the presence of Avighna, Amoda, Pramoda, Pramukha, Durmukha
and Vighnakartara in the kalasas kept in the middle, east, south, west, north and north-east
respectively. He should meditate on the color of each of these Deities.
अविघ्नं विद्रुमप्रख्यं आमोदं श्यामवर्णकम्॥ १८
प्रमोदं कृष्णवर्णं च प्रमुखं स्फटिकप्रभम्।
दुर्मुखं कुङ्कुमाभं च ध्यात्वैवं पूजयेद्गुरुः॥ १९
avighnaṁ vidrumaprakhyaṁ āmodaṁ śyāmavarṇakam|| 18
pramodaṁ kṛṣṇavarṇaṁ ca pramukhaṁ sphaṭikaprabham|
durmukhaṁ kuṅkumābhaṁ ca dhyātvaivaṁ pūjayedguruḥ|| 19

Avighna is in the color of coral. Amoda is in the color of dark-blue. Pramoda is in the color
of blue-black. Pramukha is in the color of crystal. Durmukha is in the color of saffron flower.
(Vighnakartara is in the color of red). Having meditated in this way, the Acharya should
worship Avighna and others.
पीठे तत्त्वेश मूर्त्यादि न्यासं होमं समाचरेत्।
जङ्घागलकपद्मान्तं आत्मतत्त्वादिकं न्यसेत्॥ २०
समिदाज्यचरून् लाजान् सर्षपं च यवं तिलम्।
क्रमेण जुहुयाद्धीमान् पलाशोदुम्बरा वटम्॥ २१
अश्वत्थं प्राग्दिगारभ्य पूर्ववद्धोमं आचरेत्।
संपूज्य पीठं कुम्भांश्च प्रभाते पावकं तथा॥ २२
pīṭhe tattveśa mūrtyādi nyāsaṁ homaṁ samācaret|
jaṅghāgalakapadmāntaṁ ātmatattvādikaṁ nyaset|| 20
samidājyacarūn lājān sarṣapaṁ ca yavaṁ tilam|
krameṇa juhuyāddhīmān palāśodumbarā vaṭam|| 21
aśvatthaṁ prāgdigārabhya pūrvavaddhomaṁ ācaret|
saṁpūjya pīṭhaṁ kumbhāṁśca prabhāte pāvakaṁ tathā|| 22
He should do the nyasa of tattvas, tattvesvaras, murtis and murtisvaras for the bali-pitha
and perform the fire ritual according to the prescibed directions. For the bali-pitha, atma
tattva is from the base to the jangha part of the pitha. Vidya tattva is from the jangha to
the neck-part. Siva tattva is from the neck to the lotus design on the top. He should do the
tattva nyasa in this way. The learned Acharya should offer into the fire-pits faggots, clarified
butter, cooked rice, parched paddy, mustard and sesame as oblations, in the due order. Then
he should offer the faggots got from the palasa, udumbara, asvattha and vata trees in the fire-pit
of east, south, west and north respectively and complete the fire ritual. Then, in the next
early morning, he should worship the pitha, kumbha and the fire.
दक्षिणां पूर्ववद्दत्वा मन्त्रन्यासं समारभेत्।
अविघ्नं कर्णिका मध्ये विन्यसेत् कुम्भमध्यगम्॥ २३

आमोदादीन् न्यसेद्धीमान् चतुर्दिक्ष्वीश कोणके।
तत्तत्कुम्भोदकेनैव स्नापयेत्पीठमादरात्॥ २४
dakṣiṇāṁ pūrvavaddatvā mantranyāsaṁ samārabhet|
avighnaṁ karṇikā madhye vinyaset kumbhamadhyagam|| 23
āmodādīn nyaseddhīmān caturdikṣvīśa koṇake|
tattatkumbhodakenaiva snāpayetpīṭhamādarāt|| 24
As before, the Acharya and the assisting priests should be honored with sacrificial fees. After
this, the Acharya should do the mantra-nyasa for the pitha. He should invoke the prsence of
Avighna in the kalasa placed in the middle. Similarly he sholuld invoke the presence of
Amoda, Pramoda, Pramukha, Durmukha and Vighnakartara in the kalasas kept in the east, south,
west, north and north-east repectively. Then he should bathe the middle, east side,
south side, west side, north side and north-east of the pitha with the consecrated water of the
kalasa pertaining to the each direction.
एवं स्याद्भूतपीठस्य पैशाचेऽप्येवमाचरेत्।
किन्तु मध्यम कुम्भस्य मध्यमे नीललोहितम्॥ २५
नक्षत्रं पूर्वदिग्भागे राशिं चैव तु दक्षिणे।
पश्चिमे क्षेत्रपालं च सोमे विश्वगणान् न्यसेत्॥ २६
रुद्रांश्च पूर्वदिक्कुम्भे याम्ये मातृगणान् न्यसेत्।
गणान् पश्चिमदिग्भागे यक्षानुत्तर दिग्गते॥ २७
evaṁ syādbhūtapīṭhasya paiśāce'pyevamācaret|
kintu madhyama kumbhasya madhyame nīlalohitam|| 25
nakṣatraṁ pūrvadigbhāge rāśiṁ caiva tu dakṣiṇe|
paścime kṣetrapālaṁ ca some viśvagaṇān nyaset|| 26
rudrāṁśca pūrvadikkumbhe yāmye mātṛgaṇān nyaset|
gaṇān paścimadigbhāge yakṣānuttara diggate|| 27

The process of installation of the maha bali-pitha(also known as bhuta pitha) should take
place in this way. Installation should be performed even for the great bali-pitha in the fifth
enclosure. But, in the kalasa kept in the middle , Nilalohita should be invoked. The nakshatras
are to be invoked in the kalasa kept in the east. Rasis in the south kalasa; Kshetrapala in the
west kalasa. Visvedevas in the north kalasa. Rudras in the east kalasa(kept by side of the
nakshatra kalasa). The host of Mother Deities in the south kalasa. Ganas in the west kalasa.
Yakshas in the north kalasa.
ग्रहानीशान दिग्भागे वह्नावसुर संज्ञकान्।
राक्षसान् पितृदेशे तु वायौ नागगणान् न्यसेत्॥ २८
तद्बाह्ये कलशान् स्थाप्य लोकपालाधिदैवतान्।
संपूज्य गन्ध पुष्पाद्यैः नैवेद्यान्तं हि देशिकः॥ २९
एतदेव विशेषं स्यादन्यत्सर्वं समानकम्।
grahānīśāna digbhāge vahnāvasura saṁjñakān|
rākṣasān pitṛdeśe tu vāyau nāgagaṇān nyaset|| 28
tadbāhye kalaśān sthāpya lokapālādhidaivatān|
saṁpūjya gandha puṣpādyaiḥ naivedyāntaṁ hi deśikaḥ|| 29
etadeva viśeṣaṁ syādanyatsarvaṁ samānakam|
The nine Grahas in the kalasa kept in the north-east; Asuras in the kalasa kept in the south-east.
Rakshasas in the south-west kalasa. The host of Nagas in the north-west kalasa. Having
arranged the kalasas outside the row of kalasas mentioned before, the Acharya should invoke
the presence of the Lokapalas in these kalasas. Having worshipped all these Deities (invoked)
with sandal, flowers and other paraphernalia, the Guru should offer the naivdya(eatable items) to
them. With regard to the bali-pitha of the fifth enclosure, these are the specific details
concerned with the installation. All other rituals are common for both the pithas.
कर्णिकायां न्यसेत्पञ्च गणानष्टौ दलेषु च॥ ३०
दलबाह्ये न्यसेद्धीमान् लोकेशान् स्वस्वदिग्गतान्।
मन्त्रन्यास विशेषोऽयं पिशाचबलिपीठके॥ ३१
अनुक्तं यन्नयेत्सर्वं प्रतिमा स्थापनोक्तवत्॥ ३२

karṇikāyāṁ nyasetpañca gaṇānaṣṭau daleṣu ca| 30
dalabāhye nyaseddhīmān lokeśān svasvadiggatān|
mantranyāsa viśeṣo'yaṁ piśācabalipīṭhake|| 31
anuktaṁ yannayetsarvaṁ pratimā sthāpanoktavat|| 32
On the lotus designed on the top of the paisaca bali-pitha(of the fifth enclosure), the Acharya
should invoke the five Ganas(starting from Nilalohita). He should invoke other Ganas in the
eight petals of the lotus. The Lokapala pertaining to each direction should be invoked outside
the petals. This is the specific process of mantra nyasa for the great bali-pitha of the fifth
enclosure(paisaca bali-pitha). All other rituals which have not been explained here should be
performed as detailed earlier.
॥ इति कामिकाख्ये महातन्त्रे परिवारस्थापन विधिः द्विसप्तितमः पटलः ॥
|| iti kāmikākhye mahātantre parivārasthāpana vidhiḥ dvisaptitamaḥ paṭalaḥ||
This is the 72ⁿᵈ chapter titled “Specific Details for the Installation of the Retinue Deities” in the Great
Tantra called Kamika

७३ परिवारार्चन विधिः
73 parivārārcana vidhiḥ
73 Directions for the Worship of the Retinue Deities
परिवारार्चनं वक्ष्ये श्रूयतां मुनिपुङ्गवाः।
आदौ प्रणवयुक्स्वस्ववर्णो विष्णु समन्वितः॥ १
बिन्दुनाद समायुक्तश्चतुर्थ्यन्तस् सनामकः।
नमस्करादि संयुक्तः परिवारार्चने मनुः॥ २
parivārārcanaṁ vakṣye śrūyatāṁ munipuṅgavāḥ|
ādau praṇavayuksvasvavarṇo viṣṇu samanvitaḥ|| 1
bindunāda samāyuktaścaturthyantas sanāmakaḥ|
namaskārādi saṁyuktaḥ parivārārcane manuḥ|| 2
O, the foremost Sages!, now I am giving the directions for the worship of the retinue Deities.
Listen to these. First, the letter OM; then the first letter of the particular name of the Deity
combined with letter of Vishnu(that is, the first letter added with anusvara); then this should be
added with bindu and nada(the terminating sounds); all these should be added with the name of
the Deity ending with the termination of the fourth case. This is how the mantra of a Deity is
formed. This should be added with terminating seed-words such as ‘namah’, ‘svaha’ and others
according to the context of the ritual.
पूर्वाह्ने वाथ मध्याह्ने रात्रावभ्यर्चयेत्तु तान्।
अथवा एककालं वा अन्यत्सर्वं समर्चयेत्॥ ३
pūrvāhne vātha madhyāhne rātrāvabhyarcayettu tān|
athavā ekakālaṁ vā anyatsarvaṁ samarcayet|| 3

The Acharya should worship the retinue Deities in the forenoon or noon and in the night. Or,
he may worship them once in a day. He should worship all other Deities as well.
बलिं त्रिद्व्येककालं वा दापयेत्तु क्रमेण तु।
तेषां पूजा नमोन्तेन स्वाहान्त मनुना बलिः॥ ४
baliṁ tridvyekakālaṁ vā dāpayettu krameṇa tu|
teṣāṁ pūjā namontena svāhānta manunā baliḥ|| 4
He should perform the recommended bali-offerings for three times, two times or one time a day
in the prescribed order. The Deities appropriate for the bali-offerings should be worshipped
with their corresponding names ending with ‘namah’. The bali-offerings should be made
with the accompaniment of the corresponding mantra-name ending with ‘svaha’.
गन्धपुष्पान्न धूपैश्च दीपवाद्यादि संयुतम्।
द्वारादि बलिपीठान्तं बलिं दद्याद्विशेषतः॥ ५
पूर्वोत्तरमुखो भूत्वा धृतवस्त्रोत्तरीयकः।
कुक्कुटाण्डप्रमाणेन तदर्धेन तदर्धतः॥ ६
gandhapuṣpānna dhūpaiśca dīpavādyādi saṁyutam|
dvārādi balipīṭhāntaṁ baliṁ dadyādviśeṣataḥ|| 5
pūrvottaramukho bhūtvā dhṛtavastrottarīyakaḥ|
kukkuṭāṇḍapramāṇena tadardhena tadardhataḥ|| 6
With all the essential paraphernalia such as the sandal, flowers, food , incense and light,
sounds of musical instruments and others, the Acharya should perform the bali-offering in
a specific way, from the main entrance up to the bali-pitha. Having attired with specific cloth
and wearing the upper garment, turned towards the north, he should offer the ball of cooked rice
whose size may be equal to the fowl`s egg or half the size of that or quarter the size of that.
नन्दिने प्रथमं दद्यान् महाकालाय पूर्वतः।
चतुर्द्वारं समोपेतं भृङ्गिणे च विनायके॥ ७

दक्षिणे पश्चिमे देशे वृषस्कन्दबलिं न्यसेत्।
देव्यै चण्डाय सोमे तु पश्चादुक्षबलिम् ददेत्॥ ८
ततोऽष्टपरिवारादि बलिं दद्यात्क्रमेण तु।
nandine prathamaṁ dadyān mahākālāya pūrvataḥ|
caturdvāra samopetaṁ bhṛṅgiṇe ca vināyake|| 7
dakṣiṇe paścime deśe vṛṣaskandabaliṁ nyaset|
devyai caṇḍāya some tu paścādukṣabalim dadet|| 8
tato'ṣṭaparivārādi baliṁ dadyātkrameṇa tu|
First, the bali should be offered to Nandi and then to Mahakala, installed in the east. Then,
for Bhrungi and Vinayaka installed in the pavilion associated with four entrances, the bali
should be offered. In the south, bali should be offered to Vrushabha. In the west, bali should
be offered to Skanda. Then the bali should be offered to Durga and Candesvara installed in
the north. Then the bali should be offered to the Bull. Then the bali should be offered to eight
retinue Deities and others in the prescribed order.
दत्वोदकं पुनर्गन्धं पुष्पं धूपं सदीपकम्॥ ९
दद्याद्धविष्यं पानीयसहितं बलिकर्मणि।
देवदक्षिण देशस्थः तस्माद्गच्छेत्प्रदक्षिणम्॥ १०
datvodakaṁ punargandhaṁ puṣpaṁ dhūpaṁ sadīpakam|| 9
dadyāddhaviṣyaṁ pānīyasahitaṁ balikarmaṇi|
devadakṣiṇa deśasthaḥ tasmādgacchetpradakṣiṇam|| 10
In the performance of the bali-offering, the Acharya should offer the consecrated water first.
Then the sandal, flowers, incense and the light should be offered. Then the ball of cooked rice
used for the fire-ritual should be offered along with the consecrated water. Being on the right
side of the Deity, the Acharya should offer these things in the due order and proceed in the
clockwise direction.

बलिपीठं ततो गत्वा बलिं दद्यात्तु तत्र वै।
कर्णिकायां अविघ्नस्य आमोदे पूर्वदिग्दले॥ ११
प्रमोदे प्रमुखे चैव दुर्मुखे विघ्नकर्तरि।
दक्षिणाप्योत्तरेशेषु बलिं दद्यात्स्वनामभिः॥ १२
balipīṭhaṁ tato gatvā baliṁ dadyāttu tatra vai|
karṇikāyāṁ avighnasya āmode pūrvadigdale|| 11
pramode pramukhe caiva durmukhe vighnakartari|
dakṣiṇāpyottareśeṣu baliṁ dadyātsvanāmabhiḥ|| 12
Then, having reached the maha bali-pitha, he should perform the bali-offering there. In the
percarp of the lotus designed on the top of the pitha, bali should be offered to Avighna. In
the east petal, bali should be offered to Amoda. In the south, west, north and north-east petals,
bali should be offered to Pramoda, Pramukha, Durmukha and Vighnakartara respectively with
the recital of the mantra-name of the each.
सतिपैशाचिके पीठे तत्रापि बलिमाचरेत्।
एकत्र वा बलिं दद्यात् पैशाचे वाथ भौतिके॥ १३
कर्णिका मध्यमे नीलरुद्राय बलिरीरितः।
पूर्व दक्षाप्य सौम्येषु ऋक्षादिभ्यो बलिं क्षिपेत्॥ १४
रुद्रेभ्यः पूर्वतो दद्यान् मातृभ्यो दक्षिणे तथा।
गणेभ्यः पश्चिमे भागे यक्षेभ्यस्सोमदिग्दले॥ १५
गृहेभ्यश्च तथैशान्यां असुरेभ्योऽग्निगोचरे।
पालाश्यां पलभक्षेभ्यो नागेभ्यो वायुदिग्दले॥ १६
दलबाह्ये बलिं दद्यादिक्पालानां स्वनामतः॥ १७

satipaiśācike pīṭhe tatrāpi balimācaret|
ekatra vā baliṁ dadyāt paiśāce vātha bhautike|| 13
karṇikā madhyame nīlarudrāya balirīritaḥ|
pūrva dakṣāpya saumyeṣu ṛkṣādibhyo baliṁ kṣipet|| 14
rudrebhyaḥ pūrvato daddyān mātṛbhyo dakṣiṇe tathā|
gaṇebhyaḥ paścime bhāge yakṣebhyassomadigdale|| 15
gṛhebhyaśca tathaiśānyāṁ asurebhyo'gnigocare|
pālāśyāṁ palabhakṣebhyo nāgebhyo vāyudigdale|| 16
dalabāhye baliṁ dadyāddikpālānāṁ svanāmataḥ|| 17
If there is the bali-pitha in the fifth enclosure, the Acharya should perform the bali-offering
even there. Either in the bali-pitha of the fifth enclosure or in the bali-pitha of the fourth
enclosure, the bali-offerings may be performed in one place. In the middle of the pericarp,
bali should be offered to Nilarudra. For the Constellations, Rasis, Kshetrapala and the
Visvedeavas, the bali should be offered in the east, south, west and the north petals. Bali
should be offered for the Rudras in the fore-part of the east petal. In the fore-part of the south
petal, bali for the Matru Ganas; in the fore-part of the west petal, bali for the Bhuta Ganas; in
fore-part of the north petal, bali for the Yakshas; in the north-east petal, bali for the Grahas;
in the south-east petal, bali for the Asuras; in the south-west petal, bali for the Rakshasas;
in the north-west petal, bali for the Naga Ganas. And for the Lokapalas, bali should be
offered in the space outside the petals.
॥ इति कामिकाख्ये महातन्त्रे परिवारार्चन विधिः त्रिसप्ततितमः पटलः ॥
|| iti kāmikākhye mahātantre parivārārcana vidhiḥ trisaptatitamaḥ paṭalaḥ ||
This is the 73ʳᵈ chapter, titled “ Directions for the Worship of the Retinue Deities” in the Great Tantra called Kamika

७४ वृषभस्थापन विधिः
74 vṛṣabhasthāpana vidhiḥ
74 Directions for the Installation of the Bull
वृषभस्थापनं वक्ष्ये तल्लक्षणपुरस्सरम्।
अन्तर्द्वारस्य पूर्वस्मिन् कल्पयेत्प्रथमं वृषम्॥ १
द्वितीयं मण्डपाग्रे तु पीठात्पूर्वे तृतीयकम्।
पीठे पीठे विशेषेण पश्चिमे वृषभस्थितिः॥ २
vṛṣabhasthāpanaṁ vakṣye tallakṣaṇapurassaram।
antardvārasya pūrvasmin kalpayetprathamaṁ vṛṣam॥ 1
dvitīyaṁ maṇḍapāgre tu pīṭhātpūrve tṛtīyakam।
pīṭhe pīṭhe viśeṣeṇa paścime vṛṣabhasthitiḥ॥ 2
Now I am giving the directions for the installation of the bull-vehicle, including its characteristic
features. The first bull should be installed in front of the innermost entrance.
The second bull should be installed in front of the front hall(agra mandapa). The third bull
should be installed in front of the bali-pitha. Specifically, the exact place for the installation
of the bull in the fourth and the fifth enclosures is behind the bali-pitha.
पीठार्धं वा समं तत्र द्विगुणं त्रिगुणं तु वा।
त्यक्त्वा चतुर्गुणं वापि तस्याग्रे स्थापयेद् वृषम्॥ ३
pīṭhārdhaṁ vā samaṁ tatra dviguṇaṁ triguṇaṁ tu vā।
tyaktvā caturguṇaṁ vāpi tasyāgre sthāpayed vṛṣam॥ 3
In the inner enclosure, the bull should be installed in front of the bali-pitha, leaving out
half, one, twice, thrice or four times the width of the bali-pitha(such measure of space should
be between the bali-pitha and the bull)

पूजाभाग समं श्रेष्ठं तदर्धं मध्यमं भवेत्।
तदर्धं अधमं ज्ञेयं चतुस्त्रिद्विगुणं तु वा॥ ४
तत्तदन्तरमानं वा लोहजे वृषभं मतम्।
pūjābhāga samaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ tadardhaṁ madhyamaṁ bhavet|
tadardhaṁ adhamaṁ jñeyaṁ catustridviguṇaṁ tu vā|| 4
The height of the bull is considered to be the foremost, if it is equal to the rudra-bhaga of the
Sivalinga. It is of intermediary type, if it is equal to half of the rudra-bhaga. It is of the lower
type, if it is equal to the quarter of the rudra-bhaga. In the outer enclosures, the height of the
bull may be four times, three times or two times the height of the rudra-bhaga. The measures
in between these settled measures are applicable to the bull to be made of metal.
गर्भं कृत्वा नवांशं तु नवधा शैलजे मतम्॥ ५
द्वारोच्चं अष्टधा कृत्वा चैकैकांश विवर्धनात्।
चतुर्गुणान्तमानं तु मृण्मये वृषभे मतम्॥ ६
tattadantaramānaṁ vā lohaje vṛṣabhaṁ matam|
garbhaṁ kṛtvā navāṁśaṁ tu navadhā śailaje matam|| 5
dvāroccaṁ aṣṭadhā kṛtvā caikaikāṁśa vivardhanāt|
caturguṇāntamānaṁ tu mṛṇmaye vṛṣabhe matam|| 6
The width of the main shrine should be divided into nine equal parts. The height of the bull to be
made of granite is from one part to nine parts, increasing the measure by one part each time.
The height of the main shrine should be divided into eight equal parts. The height of the bull
to be designed with earth(terracotta) is from one part to four parts, increasing the measure by one
part each time.
लोहजं संयजेद्द्वारे परिवारे तु शैलजम्।
पीठाग्रे मृण्मयं प्रोक्तम् शैलं वा तत्र संमतम्॥ ७
लोहजं तु प्रकर्तव्यं स्थितं वा शयितं तु वा।

शैलं सुधामयं कार्यं शयितं तु विशेषतः॥ ८
स्थितं वापि प्रकर्तव्यं ऋषभं देशिकोत्तमाः।
lohajaṁ saṁyajeddvāre parivāre tu śailajam|
pīṭhāgre mṛṇmayaṁ proktam śailaṁ vā tatra saṁmatam|| 7
lohajaṁ tu prakartavyaṁ sthitaṁ vā śayitaṁ tu vā|
śailaṁ sudhāmayaṁ kāryaṁ śayitaṁ tu viśeṣataḥ|| 8
sthitaṁ vāpi prakartavyaṁ ṛṣabhaṁ deśikottamāḥ|
The bull to be worshipped in front of the entrance of the main shrine should be made of metal.
The bull to be woshipped as one of the retinue Deities should be made of granite. The bull
to be worshipped in front of the bali-pīṭha should preferably be made of earth(terracotta). Even
the bull made of granite may be accepted here. The metallic bull may be designed so as to be in
erect posture or recumbent posture. The bull made of granite and stucco should preferably
be in the recumbent posture. O, the foremost Gurus!, under certain circumstances, these may
be designed so as to be in erect posture.
अथ सामान्य लिङ्गस्य पुरस्ताद्वृषभो मतः॥ ९
स्वयंभुवाणलौहाख्यं रौद्रलोके प्रपूजितम्।
लोकपालाङ्कितं सिद्धं शतसाहस्रलिङ्गकम्॥ १०
मुखलिङ्गं च बेरं च विशिष्टं लिङ्गमीरितम्।
तदन्यत्र वृषः प्रोक्तस्तत्रापि कथितस्तु वा॥ ११
ध्वजयष्टिस्तथा प्रोक्ता तल्लक्षणमिहोच्यते।
atha sāmānya liṅgasya purastādvṛṣabho mataḥ|| 9
svayaṁbhubāṇalauhākhyaṁ raudraloke prapūjitam|
lokapālāṅkitaṁ siddhaṁ śatasāhasraliṅgakam|| 10
mukhaliṅgaṁ ca beraṁ ca viśiṣṭaṁ liṅgamīritam|
tadanyatra vṛṣaḥ proktastatrāpi kathitastu vā|| 11
dhvajayaṣṭistathā proktā tallakṣaṇamihocyate|

Generally, the bull should be installed in front of the common Sivalingas(designed by the
humans). The self-manifest linga(svayambhu), bana linga, metallic linga, lingas worshipped
in the Rudraloka(and come down to this world), lingas appearing with specific marks related
to the directional Deities, lingas worshipped by the Siddhas, sata lingas(rudra bhaga associated
with 100 lingas), sahasra lingas(rudra bhaga associated with 1000 lingas, mukha lingas, images-
these are considered to be the specific type of Lingas. There is no need to install the bull
in front of such Lingas. For all other types of Lingas, the bull may be installed in the places
specified earlier. The same directions are applicable even for the flag mast. Now, the
specific lineaments of the bull are told here.
लिङ्गत्र्यंशाय संयुक्तो लंबसूत्रार्थ दृग्युतः॥ १२
पीठोच्च पृष्ठ संयुक्तो लम्बकूर्चाग्र मस्तकः।
भक्त्वा चतुरशीत्यन्तं तेन मानं विधीयते॥ १३
liṅgatryaṁśāya saṁyukto lambasūtrārtha dṛgyutaḥ|| 12
pīṭhocca pṛṣṭha saṁyukto lambakūrcāgra mastakaḥ|
bhaktvā caturaśītyantaṁ tena mānaṁ vidhīyate|| 13
The length of the bull should be equal to the measure of the three parts of the linga; its eyes
should be aligned with the plumbline; its back should be raised up to the height of the linga-
pedestal and its head should be synchronizing with the upper end of the plumbline. If the height
of such bull is divided into 84 equal parts, then one part is considered to be the basic
unit of one digit(angula) in respect of such bull to be designed.
शृङ्गप्रदेश विस्तारष्षोडशाङ्गुल उच्यते।
तावदेव च दैर्घ्यं स्याद्वक्त्र तारस्तु षट्कलः॥ १४
सृक्विणी प्रोथयोर्मध्ये दशाङ्गुल् विनिर्मिता।
नेत्रं नेत्रसमं दैर्घ्यात्तदर्धं विस्तरेण च॥ १५
śṛṅgapradeśa vistāraṣṣoḍaśāṅgula ucyate|
tāvadeva ca dairghyaṁ syādvaktra tārastu ṣaṭkalaḥ|| 14
sṛkviṇī prothayormadhye daśāṅgual vinirmitā|
netraṁ netrasamaṁ dairghyāttadardhaṁ vistareṇa ca|| 15

The breadth of that part of the head where the horns are is said to be of 16 digits; the length of
the head is also of 16 digits. The length of the of the mouth is 6 digits. The space between
the corner of the mouth and the nostrils measures 10 digits. The length of the eyes 2 digits.
Breadth of the eyes one digit.
तत्त्रिभागेन तारं स्याज्ज्योतिस्तत्पञ्चमांशतः।
नेत्रार्धान्तं भ्रुवोस्स्थौल्यं तद्दैर्घ्यं स्याद्विमात्रकम्॥ १६
नासा स्याद् द्व्यङ्गुला प्रोक्तस्तन्मध्ये वेदमात्रकः।
नासाप्रदेश विस्तारो वक्त्रं स्याद् द्वादशाङ्गुलम्॥ १७
तदूर्ध्वं दशमात्रं स्यात्तदूर्ध्वेऽष्टादशाङ्गुलम्।
नेत्रान्तरं चतुर्मात्रं त्रिकोणे तु कपोलके॥ १८
चतुर्नेत्रावुभौ पार्श्वौ वक्त्रसंध्योस्तु कर्णकौ।
कर्णमूलाच्च नेत्रान्तं पञ्चवक्त्रं प्रकीर्तितम्॥ १९
tattribhāgena tāraṁ syājjyotistatpañcamāṁśataḥ|
netrārdhāntaṁ bhṛvossthaulyaṁ taddairghyaṁ syāddvimātrakam||16
nāsā syād dvyaṅgulā proktastanmadhye vedamātrakaḥ|
nāsāpradeśa vistāro vaktraṁ syād dvādaśāṅgulam|| 17
tadūrdhve daśamātraṁ syāttadūrdhve'ṣṭādaśāṅgulam|
netrāntaraṁ caturmātraṁ trikoṇe tu kapolake|| 18
caturnetrāvubhau pārśvau vaktrasaṁdhyostu karṇakau|
karṇamūlācca netrāntaṁ pañcavaktraṁ prakīrtitam|| 19
The luminous circle inside the eyes meaures 3 parts out of 5 parts of the length of the eyes.
Thickness of the eye-brows measures half the breadth of the eyes. Length of the eye-brows
measures 2 digits. Length of the nose, 2 digits. The space between the nostrils measures 4 digits.
Breadth of the face at the level of the nose measures 12 digits. Above this level, the
breadth is 10 digits. And, above this level, breadth of the face is 18 digits. The space between
the eyes measures 4 digits. The triangular formation of the cheeks on the either side 8 digits.
The distance between the face-joint and the ears and between the base of the ears and the eyes
measures 5 digits.

कर्णमूलात्तु कर्णान्तं प्रोक्तं मन्वङ्गुलं भवेत्।
कर्णमूलौ द्विमात्रौ तु तद्वदुच्च समन्वितौ॥ २०
तत्रैव वर्तुले कार्ये दशाङ्गुल सुनाहके।
कर्णौ पञ्चाङ्गुलायामौ कलावृत्त समुद्भवौ॥ २१
पञ्चाङ्गुल पृथूमध्ये परितः परतः कृशौ।
षडङ्गुलावृतौ मूले ऋजुरेखा विभूषितौ॥ २२
karṇamūlāttu karṇāntaṁ proktaṁ manvaṅgulaṁ bhavet|
karṇamūlau dvimātrau tu tadvaducca samanvitau|| 20
tatraiva vartule kārye daśāṅgula sunāhake|
karṇau pañcāṅgulāyāmau kalāvṛtta samudbhavau|| 21
pañcāṅgula pṛthūmadhye paritaḥ parataḥ kṛśau|
ṣaḍaṅgulāvṛtau mūle ṛjurekhā vibhūṣitau|| 22
The distance between the base of the two ears measures 14 digits. The raised part at the base of
the ears measures 2 digits.The circumference of the circular formation at this area measures 10
digits. The length of ears which raise from circular area of 16 units of a digit measures 5 digits.
The breadth of the ears at the middle measures 5 digits and the ears should gradually decrease
in breadth and thickness. At the base of the ears, the circumference is 6 digits and the ears should
be beautified with straight lines.
शृङ्गमूलं चतुर्मात्रं षडङ्गुल समुच्छ्रयम्।
अर्धाङ्गुलाग्र विस्तारो मनाग्वक्र समन्वितः॥ २३
शृङ्गमूलस्थितं पिण्डं हित्वा भागान्तरे मतम्।
पिण्डमङ्गुलमानं स्यादुच्छ्रितं शृङ्गमूलयोः॥ २४
शृङ्गाग्रादवटं यावत् षण्नेत्रं चान्तरं मतम्।
अष्टनेत्रायता ग्रीवा ककुद्द्दैर्घ्यं त्रिणेत्रतः॥ २५