Agni Purana

लिङ्गं धूपादिभिः प्राच्यं गायेयुर्भर्तृगास्त्रियः। सव्येन चापसव्येन सूत्रेणाथ कुशेन वा

The liṅga should be honored with incense and similar offerings; the wives of the master should sing, using a thread either to the right or left, or with kuśa grass.

स्मृत्वा च रोचनं दत्वा कुर्यान्निर्मञ्जनादिकं । गुडलवणधान्याकदानेन विसृजेच्च ताः

Remembering the pigment, having given it, one should perform cleansing and related rites; with gifts of jaggery, salt, and grains, one should dismiss them.

गुरुमूर्त्तिधरैः सार्द्धं हृदा वा प्रणवेन वा। मृत्स्नागोमयगोमूत्रभस्मभिः सलिलान्तरं

Together with those bearing the form of the teacher, or with the heart or with the praṇava, one should use clay, cow dung, cow urine, ashes, and other waters.

स्नापयेत् पञ्चगव्येन पञ्चमृतपुरः सरं । विरूक्षणं कषायैश्च सर्वौषधिजलेन वा

One should bathe with pañcagavya, preceded by the five nectars; purification may also be done with decoctions or with water from all medicinal herbs.

शुभ्रपुष्पफलस्वर्णरत्न श्रृङ्गयवोदकैः। तथा धारासहस्रेण दिव्यौषधिजलेन च

With pure flowers, fruits, gold, gems, horns, barley water, and also with a thousand streams and divine medicinal water.

तीर्थोदकेन गङ्गेन चन्दनेन च वारिणा। क्षीरार्णवादिभिः कुम्भैः शिवकुम्भजलेन च

With water from sacred places, from the Ganges, with sandalwood water, with pots from the ocean of milk, and with water from the vessel of Shiva.

विरूक्षणं विलेपञ्च सुगन्धैश्चन्दनादिभिः। सम्पूज्य ब्रह्मभिः पुष्पैर्वर्मणा रक्तचीवरैः

Purification and anointing should be done with fragrant substances like sandalwood; worship with Brahmins, flowers, armor, and red garments.

रक्तरूपेण नीराज्य रक्षातिलकपूर्वकं। घृतौघैर्जलदुग्धैश्च कुशाद्यैरर्घ्यसूचितैः

With a red form, perform the waving of lights, preceded by protective marks; with streams of ghee, water, milk, and offerings indicated by kuśa grass and threads.

द्रव्यैः स्तुत्यादिबिस्तुष्टमर्चयेत् पुरुषाणुना । समाचम्य हृदा देवं ब्रूयादुत्थीयतां प्रभो

With materials, hymns, and other praises, one should worship the satisfied liṅga with the Purusha mantra; after bowing with the heart to the deity, one should say: 'Arise, O Lord.'

देवं ब्रह्मारथेनैव क्षिप्रं द्रव्याणि तन्नयेत् । मण्डपे पश्चिमद्वारे शय्यायां विनिवेशयेत्

The deity should be quickly brought with the Brahma chariot and its materials; in the pavilion, at the western door, it should be placed upon a bed.

शक्त्यादिशक्तिपर्य्यन्ते विन्यसेदासने शुभे। पश्चिमे पिण्डिकान्तस्यन्यसेद्ब्रह्मशिलान्तदा

From Śakti and onwards to the end of the powers, one should arrange them on an auspicious seat; at the western end of the pedestal, place the Brahma stone.

शस्त्रमस्त्र शतालब्धनिद्राकुम्भध्रुवासनं । प्राकल्प्य शिवकोणे च दत्वार्घ्यं हृदयेन तु

Weapons, missiles, the seat of a hundred reeds, the pot for sleep, and the fixed seat should be prepared; in the Shiva corner, offer arghya with the heart.

उत्थाप्योक्तासने लिङ्गं शिरसा पूर्वमस्तकं। समारोप्य न्यसेत्तस्मिन् सृष्ट्या धर्मादिनन्दनं

Having raised the liṅga, place the head first upon the designated seat; install there, by creation, the offspring of Dharma and others.

दद्याद्धूपञ्च सम्पूज्य तथा वासांसि वर्मणा। गृहोपकृतिनैवेद्यं हृदा दद्यात् स्वशक्तितः

Offer incense and worship, then garments and armor; give house offerings and food with the heart, according to one's ability.

घृतक्षौद्रयुतं पात्रमब्यङ्गाय पदान्तिके। देशिकश्च स्थितस्तत्र षट्‌त्रिंशत्तत्त्वसञ्चयं

A vessel mixed with ghee and honey is for anointing at the foot; the teacher stands there, gathering the thirty-six principles.

शक्त्यादिभूमिपर्य्यन्तं स्वतत्त्वाधिपसंयुतं। विन्यस्य पुष्पमालाभिस्त्रिशण्डं परिकल्पयेत्

He should arrange a triple garland of flowers, from Śakti and the others up to Bhūmi, together with their respective presiding principles, and thus establish the triad.

मायापदेशक्त्यन्तन्तुर्य्याशाष्टांशवर्त्तुलं । तत्रात्मतत्त्वविद्याख्यं शिवं सृष्टिक्रमेण तु

At the end of the Śakti principle, in the realm of Māyā, in a circle divided into eight parts by the directions, there, in the order of creation, he should place Śiva, known as the principle of the self and knowledge.

एकशः प्रतिभागेषु ब्रह्मविष्णुहरधिपान्। विन्यस्य मूर्त्तिमूर्त्तीशान् पूर्वादिक्रमतो यथा

Individually, in each segment, he should place the forms and formless lords—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Hara—in order from the east and so on, as appropriate.

क्ष्मावह्निर्यजमानार्क्कजलवायुनिशाकरान्। आकाशमूर्त्तिरूपांस्तान् न्यसेत्तदधिनायकान्

He should assign the forms of earth, fire, sacrificer, sun, water, wind, and moon, as well as the form of space, and their respective presiding deities.

सर्वं पशुपति चोग्रं रुद्रं भवमखेश्वरं । महादेवञ्च भीमञ्च मन्त्रास्तद्वाचका इमे

All—Paśupati, Ugra, Rudra, Bhava, Makheśvara, Mahādeva, and Bhīma—these are the mantras that denote them.

लवशषचयसाश्च हकारश्च त्रिमात्रिकः। प्रणवो हृदयाणुर्वा मूलमन्त्रोऽथवा क्कचित्

The syllables 'la', 'va', 'śa', 'ca', 'ya', and the letter 'ha' with its three measures, the praṇava, the hṛdaya, the aṇu, or sometimes the root mantra—these are used.

पञ्चकुण्डात्मके योगे मूर्त्तीः पञ्चाथवा न्यसेत्। पृथिवीजलतेजांसि वायुमाकाशमेव च

In the yoga of the five fires, he should place five forms, or alternatively, the elements: earth, water, fire, wind, and space.

क्रमात्तदधिपान् पञ्च ब्रह्माणं धरणीधरं। रुद्रमीशं सदाख्यञ्च सृष्टिन्यायेन मन्त्रवित्

In order, he should assign their five presiding deities: Brahmā, Dharaṇīdhara, Rudra, Īśa, and Sadākhya, according to the principle of creation, as known to the knower of mantras.

मुमुक्षोर्वा निवृत्ताद्याः अजाताद्यास्तदीश्वराः । त्रितत्त्वं वाथ न्यसेद्व्याप्त्यात्मकारणं

Or, for one seeking liberation, he should place the principles beginning with Nivṛtti or Ajāta and their lords, or else the three principles as the cause pervading all.

शुद्धे चात्मनि विद्येशा अशुद्धे लोकनायकाः। द्रष्टव्या मूर्त्तिपाश्चैव भोगिनो मन्त्रनायकाः

In the pure self, the lords of knowledge are to be seen; in the impure, the lords of the worlds; and the forms, bonds, enjoyers, and lords of mantras as well.

पञ्चविंशत्तथैवाष्टपञ्चत्रीणि यथाक्रमं। एषान्तत्त्वं तदीशानामिन्द्रादीनां ततो यथा

Twenty-five, then eight, five, and three, in due order—these are the principles and their lords, such as Indra and the others, as appropriate.

ओं हां शक्तितत्तवाय नम हत्यादि । ओं हां शक्तितत्त्वाधिपाय नम इत्यादि। ओं हां क्ष्मामूर्त्तये नमः। ओं हां क्ष्मामूर्त्त्यधीशाय शिवाय नम इत्यादि। ओं हां पृथिवीमूर्त्तये नमः। ओं हां मूर्त्त्यधिपाय ब्रह्मणे नम इत्यादि। ओं हां शिवतत्त्वाधिपाय रुद्राय नम इत्यादि। नाभिकन्दात्समुच्चार्य्य घण्टा नादविसर्प्पणं । ब्रह्मादिकारणत्यागाद् द्वादशान्तसमाश्रइतं

Om hāṃ, salutation to the principle of Śakti, and so on; om hāṃ, salutation to the lord of the principle of Śakti, and so on; om hāṃ, salutation to the form of earth; om hāṃ, salutation to Śiva, lord of the form of earth, and so on; om hāṃ, salutation to the form of earth; om hāṃ, salutation to Brahmā, lord of the form, and so on; om hāṃ, salutation to Rudra, lord of the principle of Śiva, and so on. From the navel root, uttering forth, the sound of the bell should be extended; after renouncing the causal principle beginning with Brahmā, it should reach up to the dvādaśānta (the twelfth point).

नम्त्रञ्च मनसा भिन्नं प्राप्तानन्दरसोपमं। द्वादशान्तात्समानीय निष्कलं व्यापकं शिवं

The mantra, distinct in the mind and akin to the taste of attained bliss, should be drawn from the dvādaśānta and merged into the formless, all-pervading Śiva.

अष्टत्रिशत्कलोपेतं सहस्रकिरणोज्जवलं। सर्वशक्तिमयं साङ्गं ध्यात्वा लिङ्गे निवेशयेत्

Meditating on him, endowed with thirty-eight rays, shining with a thousand beams, full of all powers and with his limbs, one should install him in the liṅga.