Listen, as I recount the sacred arrangement of the great worship, as revealed in the scripture. The place of worship is to be fashioned with five splendid enclosures, each adorned with exquisite beauty. Upon the petals of the inner lotus, one should install the perfections, and within the filaments, place the powers. Beginning with the eastern petal, the eight Rudras—starting with Vama—are to be positioned in their proper order. At the very center, in the pericarp, detachment is to be established, while the seeds there contain the nine powers. On the stalk of this divine lotus, let the dharma whose essence is Shiva be set; in the stem, knowledge that rests upon Shiva. Above the pericarp, let there be circles representing fire, the sun, and the moon. Above these circles, place the three supreme principles: the essence of Shiva, knowledge, and reality. Over all these seats, let there be a beautiful array of various flowers. With these five enclosures in place, worship is to be offered together with Ambika, who is pure as crystal, serene, and radiant with a cool, gentle light. The Lord is to be envisioned adorned with a crown of matted hair, shining like a circle of lightning, clothed in a tiger skin, and his face blooming like a lotus touched by a subtle smile. His feet, hands, and lips glow like red lotus petals, marked by all auspicious signs and adorned with every ornament. He is equipped with divine weapons, anointed with celestial fragrances, five-faced and ten-armed, crowned with a crescent moon jewel. His eastern face is gentle and radiant like the rising sun, adorned with three lotus-like eyes and a crescent moon. His southern face gleams with the brilliance of a dark raincloud, fierce with furrowed brows and three eyes rimmed with red. The northern face is formidable, like coral, with protruding fangs, quivering lips, and dark locks of hair. His western face is playful, crowned with a crescent moon, full like the moon itself and shining with three bright eyes. The fifth face is gentle and captivating, its lips adorned with a crescent moon and a soft smile, shining like crystal with the brilliance of the lunar line. This form is exceedingly gentle, his three eyes blossoming. In his right hands, he holds a blazing trident, axe, thunderbolt, and sword. In his left hands, he displays a serpent, arrow, bell, noose, and goad. His form is bound at the knees by the power of restraint and established by the measure of honor. Up to his neck, he is enveloped by knowledge; his forehead is adorned with peace, and above that, with the supreme energy known as transcending peace. He pervades the five paths, manifesting as the embodiment of the five energies, the ancient Lord called Puruṣa, crowned as Īśāna. His heart is Aghora, his secret left side is Maheśvara, his foot is Sadya, and his form is composed of thirty-eight energies. Īśāna himself is composed of the mothers, of the five Brahmas, and of the sacred syllable Oṃ, united with the power of the Swan. Thus, he is established upon the circle with the power of will, knowledge on the right, and action on the left. Sadāśiva, the embodiment of knowledge, is formed from the three principles; one should conceive this form from the root, making it complete and perfect in order. Having worshipped properly, up to the offering of water, with the root mantra, one should worship Shiva with form, together with the Supreme Power. There, having invoked the great Lord—who is beyond the distinctions of existence and non-existence—and having prepared five offerings, one should worship the Supreme Lord. Then, with the Brahma mantras and the six limbs, together with the mothers, the sacred syllable, and Shiva himself, all in their proper order and endowed with power, the worship is to be performed. Or, with the peaceful mantra, and likewise with other Vedic mantras in their entirety, one should worship the Supreme God, or with Shiva alone. Having performed the rituals up to the offering of water, mouth-rinse, and scents, without the act of dismissal, one should begin the worship of the five enclosures in due order. First, on the right and left sides of Shiva, one should worship the two deities, Heramba and Ṣaṇmukha, with scents and other offerings. Then, all around, the Brahmas, beginning with Īśāna, together with their powers up to Sadya, are to be worshipped in the first enclosure. There, too, the six limbs, beginning with the heart, should be honored in sequence, and for Shiva and Śivā, their vehicles—beginning with fire—should be revered. There, the eight Rudras, starting with Vāma, are to be worshipped with their corresponding powers. If not, then afterwards, all around, beginning from the east, they are to be honored in order. O delight of the Yadus, thus have I described the first enclosure. Now, with affection, listen with faith as I explain the second enclosure. In the eastern petal, one should worship Ananta along with his energy; to his left, his power is to be placed. In the subtle southern petal, Ananta is again to be worshipped with his energy. In the western petal, worship the supreme Shiva with his energy; in the northern petal, honor the One-eyed Lord. In the northwest petal, worship Eka-Rudra and his energy; in the southeast, the Trimurti and his energy. In the southwest, worship Shrikantha and, to his left, his energy; likewise, in the northwest, worship Shikhandisha. In the second enclosure, all the sovereigns of the directions are to be worshipped. In the third enclosure, the eight forms, along with their energies, are to be honored. In the eight directions, proceeding from the east, worship Bhava, Sharva, Ishana, Rudra, and then Pashupati—followed by Ugra, Bhima, and Mahadeva. These are the eight forms, in order. Next, Mahadeva and the others, together with their energies, are to be worshipped there as the eleven forms: Mahadeva, Shiva, Rudra, Shankara, Nilalohita, Ishana, Vijaya, Bhima, Devadeva, Bhavodbhava, and Kapardisha—these are the eleven energies. Among them, the first eight are to be worshipped in order, beginning with the southeast. Thus, the divine arrangement of the worship is set forth, step by step, in reverence and faith, honoring the Lord and his manifold forms, powers, and energies, as revealed in the sacred tradition.