सर्वं देवीमयं चेदं भावयेन्मनसा किल । मूलमन्त्रं जपन्भक्त्या प्रोक्षणं स्याच्छराणुना
He should mentally contemplate that all this is pervaded by the Goddess, and, reciting the root-mantra with devotion, perform the sprinkling with the śara (arrow) mantra.
शरमन्त्रं समुच्चार्य ताडयेन्मण्डपक्षमाम् । हुंमन्त्रं तु समुच्चार्य कुर्यादभ्युक्षणं ततः
Reciting the śara-mantra, he should strike the side of the pavilion, and then, reciting the huṃ-mantra, he should perform the aspersion.
धूपयेदन्तरं धूपैर्विकिरान् विकिरेत्ततः । मार्जयेत्तांस्तु मार्जन्या कुशनिर्मितया पुनः
He should fumigate the interior with incense, then scatter offerings, and again purify those places with a broom made of kuśa grass.
ईशानदिशि तत्पुञ्जं कृत्वा संस्थापयेन्मुने । पुण्याहवाचनं कृत्वा दीनानाथांश्च तोषयेत्
Having gathered that heap in the northeast direction, he should set it there, O sage; after performing the puṇyāhavācana rite, he should satisfy the poor and the helpless.
विशेन्मृद्वासने पश्चान्नमस्कृत्य गुरुं निजम् । प्राङ्मुखो विधिवद्ध्यात्वा देयमन्त्रस्य देवताम्
Then, sitting on a soft seat, he should bow to his own guru; facing east, he should properly meditate on the deity of the mantra to be given.
भूतशुद्ध्यादिकं कृत्वा पूर्वोक्तेनैव वर्त्मना । ऋष्यादिन्यासकं कुर्याद्देयमन्त्रस्य वै मुने
Having performed bhūtaśuddhi and related rites as previously described, he should perform the ṛṣi and other nyāsas for the mantra to be given, O sage.
न्यसेन्मुनिं तु शिरसि मुखे छन्दः समीरितम् । देवतां हृदयाम्भोजे गुह्ये बीजं तु पादयोः
He should place the seer on the head, the meter on the mouth, the deity in the lotus of the heart, and the seed syllable at the feet.
शक्तिं विन्यस्य पश्चात्तु तालत्रयरवात्ततः । दिग्बन्धं कारयेत्पश्चाच्छोटिकाभिस्त्रिभिर्नरः
Then, after placing the śakti, and upon hearing the three claps, he should perform the binding of the directions, and then make three snaps of the fingers.
प्राणायामं ततः कृत्वा मूलमन्त्रमनुस्मरन् । मातृकां विन्यसेद्देहे तत्प्रकारस्तथोच्यते
Then, having performed breath control and remembering the root mantra, one should place the letters (mātṛkā) upon the body; the method for this is now described.
ॐ अं नम इति प्रोच्य न्यसेच्छिरसि मन्त्रवित् । एवमेव तु सर्वेषु न्यसेत्स्थानेषु वै मुने
Uttering 'Om am namaḥ', the knower of mantra should place it on the head; in the same way, O sage, he should place it at all the prescribed locations.
मूलमन्त्रं षडङ्गं च न्यसेदङ्गेषु सत्तमः । अङ्गुष्ठादिष्वङ्गुलीषु हृदयादिषु च क्रमात्
The excellent one should place the six-limbed root mantra upon the limbs, sequentially on the fingers beginning with the thumb, and on the heart and other places.
नमः स्वाहावषड्युक्तैर्हुंवौषट्फट्पदान्वितैः । प्रणवादियुतैर्मन्त्रैः षड्भिरेव षडङ्गकम्
With the words 'namaḥ', 'svāhā', 'vaṣaṭ', 'huṃ', 'vauṣaṭ', and 'phaṭ', joined with praṇava and other syllables, the six-limbed mantra is formed by these six.
वर्णन्यासादिकं पश्चान्मूलमन्त्रस्य योजयेत् । स्थानेषु तत्तत्कल्पोक्तेष्विति न्यासविधिः स्मृतः
After the placement of the letters and so forth, one should apply the root mantra at the locations prescribed by tradition; thus is the method of nyāsa remembered.
ततो निजे शरीरेऽस्मिंश्चिन्तयेदासनं शुभम् । दक्षांसे च न्यसेद्धर्मं वामांसे ज्ञानमेव च
Then, within one's own body, one should contemplate an auspicious seat; on the right thigh place dharma, and on the left thigh, knowledge.
वामोरौ चापि वैराग्यं दक्षोरावथ विन्यसेत् । ऐश्वर्यं मुखदेशे तु मुने ध्यायेदधर्मकम्
On the left knee, place detachment, and on the right knee, similarly; on the face, O sage, meditate on lordship, and on the face, also contemplate adharma.
वामपार्श्वे नाभिदेशे दक्षपार्श्वे तथा पुनः । नञादीश्चापि ज्ञानादीन्पूर्वोक्तानेव विन्यसेत्
On the left side at the navel region, and again on the right side, one should place the previously mentioned nañ and other (letters) as well as knowledge and so forth.
पादा धर्मादयः प्रोक्ताः पीठस्य मुनिसत्तम । अधर्माद्यास्तु गात्राणि स्मृतानि मुनिपुङ्गवैः
O best of sages, the feet are said to represent dharma and the rest, as the seat; but adharma and the rest are considered the limbs by eminent sages.
मध्येऽनन्तं हृदि स्थाने न्यसेन्मृद्वासने स्थले । प्रपञ्चपद्मं विमलं तस्मिन्सूर्येन्दुपावकान्
In the center, at the heart, on a soft seat, one should place Ananta; upon that, draw the pure lotus of the world, and within it, the sun, moon, and fire.
न्यसेत्कलायुतान्मन्त्री संक्षेपात्ता वदाम्यहम् । सूर्यस्य द्वादश कलास्ता इन्दोः षोडश स्मृताः
The practitioner should place the rays (kalā) there; I will briefly state them: the sun is said to have twelve rays, and the moon sixteen.
दश वह्नेः कलाः प्रोक्तास्ताभिर्युक्तांस्तु तान्स्मरेत् । सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव न्यसेत्तेषामथोपरि
The fire is said to have ten rays; remembering them together, one should then place sattva, rajas, and tamas above them.
आत्मानमन्तरात्मानं परमात्मानमेव च । ज्ञानात्मानं न्यसेद्विद्वानित्थं पीठस्य कल्पना
The wise should place the self, the inner self, the supreme self, and the self of knowledge; thus is the conception of the seat.
अमुकासनाय नम इति मन्त्रेण साधकः । आसनं पूजयित्वा तु तस्मिन्ध्यायेत्पराम्बिकाम्
With the mantra 'Obeisance to the seat of so-and-so', the practitioner, having worshipped the seat, should then meditate on the supreme Mother there.
कल्पोक्तविधिना मन्त्री देयमन्त्रस्य देवताम् । मानसैरुपचारैश्च पूजयेत्तां यथाविधि
According to the method prescribed by tradition, the practitioner should worship the deity of the mantra, offering mental services as appropriate.
मुद्राः प्रदर्शयेद्विद्वान्कल्पोक्ता मोदकारिकाः । याभिर्विरचिताभिस्तु मोदो देव्यास्तु जायते
The wise should display the mudrās as prescribed by tradition, which, when properly formed, bring delight to the Goddess.
श्रीनारायण उवाच ततः स्ववामभागाग्रे षट्कोणोपरि वर्तुलम् । चतुरस्रयुतं सम्यङ्मध्ये मण्डलमालिखेत्
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then, at the front of one's left side, above a hexagon, draw a circle; within it, properly inscribe a square with four sides.
मध्ये त्रिकोणं संलिख्य शङ्खमुद्रां प्रदर्शयेत् । षडङ्गानि च षट्कोणेष्वर्चयेत्कुसुमादिभिः
In the center, inscribe a triangle and display the śaṅkha mudrā; and in the six corners, worship the six limbs with flowers and the like.
अग्न्यादिषु तु कोणेषु षडङ्गार्चनमाचरेत् । आधारपात्रमादाय शङ्खस्य मुनिसत्तम
In the corners, beginning with the fire and others, one should perform the worship of the six limbs, O best of sages, taking the vessel for the base from the conch.
अस्त्रमन्त्रेण सम्प्रोक्ष्य स्थापयेत्तत्र मण्डले । मं वह्निमण्डलायोक्त्वा ततो दशकलात्मने
Sprinkling it with the weapon-mantra, one should place it there in the mandala, uttering 'maṃ' for the fire circle, then for the one consisting of ten parts.
अमुकदेव्या अर्घ्यपात्रस्थानाय नम इत्यपि । मन्त्रोऽयमुक्तः शङ्खस्याप्याधारस्थापने बुधैः
Also, recite the mantra: 'Salutation to the place of the offering vessel of such-and-such goddess,' for establishing the base of the conch, as taught by the wise.
आधारे पूर्वमारभ्य प्रदक्षिणक्रमेण तु । दश वह्निकलाः पूज्या वह्निमण्डलसंस्थिताः
Beginning first at the base and proceeding clockwise, one should worship the ten parts of fire, situated in the fire circle.