O wise one, hear now the sacred arrangement of worship as revealed in the Agni Purāṇa, and the manner in which the divine presence is invoked and honored. To begin, one installs the all-pervading Person within the body, consecrating the organ of generation, the five great elements—earth, water, fire, air, and space—and then proceeds to place the ten principles, starting with the thumb. These vital energies and deities are further established upon the palms, the head, the forehead, the mouth, the heart, the navel, the groin, the thighs, the shanks, the feet, and the two messengers of the senses. In this way, each limb and organ is sanctified in due order—feet, knees, thighs, heart, and head—culminating in the Supreme, beginning with the Self of the Person, and finally the twenty-sixth, the highest and most exalted. Having meditated upon this single circle of sanctity, the wise should worship Prakriti, the primordial Nature, and in the four directions—east, south, west, and north—one venerates the heart and other vital centers. In the southeast and the remaining corners, the missile (astra) deities are honored, along with Garuda and others as previously established. The guardians of the directions are worshipped in their own manner, and in the center, the triple array of fire is invoked. All these abodes, beginning with the east, are adorned with clarified butter and other offerings. In the pericarp and in the sky above, the mental deity is established in the heart of the lotus. One worships the Universal Form for the maintenance of all, and for the victory of the clarified butter sacrifice, uniting all these arrays and the five limbs. With Garuda and others, and also Indra and the rest, all desires are fulfilled. One should especially worship Vishvaksena by name, the seed established in the sky. Now, Nārada speaks: "I shall describe the characteristics of the mudrās, their modes such as presence and so forth. The first mudrā is Anjali, to be offered with the heart, with the thumbs raised, the left fist made, and the right thumb bound upon it. The thumb of the left hand is thus raised. Three mudrās are common in the array, and these are the uncommon ones. By releasing from the little finger onward, there are eight mudrās in sequence. One should carefully observe the order of these eight primary seeds, bending three fingers from the thumb to the little finger. The ninth mudrā is made by raising the fingers upward and facing forward; then, turning the left hand upward, one gently bends it halfway. This is remembered as the mudrā of Varāha, the Boar. These are the initial sequences of the limbs; having bound each one, one should release the finger in the left fist. First, one should contract the previous mudrā with the right hand in this manner; with the thumb raised and the left fist, thus the accomplishment of the mudrā is attained." Again, Nārada continues: "I shall explain the rite of consecration, just as the teacher instructs, O son, by which the adept gains success and the sick are freed from illness. By this rite, a king attains a kingdom, sons, women, and the destruction of impurity. One should place earthen pots filled with jewels in the middle, east, and other directions. The ritual requires a thousand or a hundred circumambulations. In the pavilion or on the maṇḍala, Viṣṇu is to be placed on a seat facing east and northeast. Having arranged the son, the adept, and others, one should properly perform the consecration, preceded by singing and other auspicious rites. The yogapīṭha and other offerings are to be given to those whom you wish to favor. The guru, having assembled, should secretly instruct the disciple, who partakes of all." Nārada then describes the accomplishment of the mantra: "The adept should perfect the mantra in the abode of the deity or similar place, having worshipped Hari and Īśvara on pure ground, or in a house, within a maṇḍala. On a field made square, the maṇḍala and other figures are to be drawn. In the compartments for mercury and gold, auspicious marks are drawn on all sides. The lotus seat is to be drawn with thirty-six compartments in rows outside; there are passageways from two sides, and doors from two others, corresponding to the directions. Having rotated the line, one marks the lotus field in front; rotating half the lotus, one marks the twelfth part outside. The rest is divided and rotated, making four circular fields: first, the central field, second for the filaments, third for the joints of the petals, and fourth for the tips of the petals. Lines are stretched to the corners and to the middle of the directions at their ends. At the tip of the filaments, the joints of the petals are measured, and there the lines are dropped to draw eight leaves. The measure from the end of the petal joint is placed in the middle, and with this, the tip of the petal is rotated, and then its extremity. The spaces in between, and at their sides, are marked, proceeding outward. In the filaments, pairs are drawn in the middle of the petals, and again repeated. This general form of the lotus is said to have twelve petals. With half the measure of the central part, one rotates it in order, beginning from the east. At its side, by means of rotation, there are six coils—thus, twelve fish—and with them, a double-petaled lotus. For the accomplishment of the five-leaved form, other double lines are drawn; in the four directions, the limbs are marked. At three corners, the elements for the feet are placed; at the other two, pairs are placed. The limbs are marked in the four directions. Then, two rows in the directions are erased for the sake of the street; in each of the four directions, four doorways are made. Beside the doorways, eight adornments are made, and on each side of these, the same number of secondary adornments are prescribed. Near the secondary adornments, the corners are marked; in the four directions, two and two are considered with the central compartments. On the outside, four are marked on each side for adornment; three and three are erased on each side of the petal. In the same way, in reverse order, the secondary adornments are made; for the inner and outer parts of the corner, three and three are considered, divided in two ways. Thus, there will be sixteen compartments, and the circle is completed. In the section of twelve, the lotus has thirty-six petals, and the street is marked. One row, as before, is for the outer and inner adornment of the doorways. The circle should be measured as twelve finger-breadths, or one hand in diameter." In this way, O seeker, is the divine maṇḍala and the sacred worship prepared, each step sanctifying the body, the space, and the altar, ensuring the presence of the Supreme in every direction and in every heart.