Padma Samhita · Chapter 3.12

athātatsaṃpravakṣyāmi mūlaberasamucchrayam/
garbhavistāramānaṃ vā dvāradairghyamathāpi vā

prāsādapādamānaṃ vā hastamānamathāpi vā/
yajamānapramāṇaṃ vā stambhamānamathāpi vā

kuryāddhuvapratikṛtiṃ grāmāderanukūlikām/
pratimāgarbhavistāra tulyā śreṣṭhā caturmukha

navābhāgai kahīnā tu pratimā madhyamā bhavet//
pañcabhāgaikahīnā tu jaghanyā parikīrtatā

saptadā gararbhavistāraṃ vibhajya dvau vivarjayet/
śiṣṭabhāga samucchrāyā śroṣṭhā syādathavābjaja

madhyamā pañcasūtryaṃśaiḥ tribhadvābhyā kanīyasī/
dvārādhyārdhasamucchrāyā śroṣṭhā pādādhikā punaḥ

madhyamā dvāramātrā tu kaniṣṭhā madhyamā bhavet/
dvāraṃ ṣoḍaśadhā kṛtvā nyunai kadvitrabhiḥ kramāt

śreṣṭhā madhyā kaniṣṭhā syāditthaṃ pādādiṣu kramāt/
uttamā pañcabhirhasteḥ tribhirekena cetare

sthitasya kautukasyāya mucchrasassamudīritaḥ/
garbagehasya vistāraṃ tridhā bhaṅtkvā dvayī bhavat

uttamā pañcadhātryaṃśaiḥ madhyamārdha kanīyasī/
āsīnā cāthavā śreṣṭhā garbhavistāra sammitā

navabhāgaikahīnā tu madhyamā pañcadhā kṛte/
ekenā caramā proktā saptadhā ṣaḍbhiruttamā

saptathaiva tribhirmadhyā tridhā dvābhyāṃ kanīyasī/
dvārādiṣu sthitasyaiva samāsīnonnati kramāt

hastaissastabhirāsīnā śroṣṭhā madhyā tu pañcabhiḥ/
tribhirjaghanyā vakṣyāmi śayanasyāpi connatim

āyāmaṃ garbhagehasya bhaṅtkvā ṣoḍaśadhā punaḥ/
avaśiṣṭadaśāṃ śena śayitasyottamonnatiḥ/
āyāmamaṣṭadā kṛtvā hitvādvau mūndhnapārśvataḥ

ekamaṃśaṃ caraṇataśśiṣṭāṃ śenaiva madhyamā/
āyāmaṃ saptadhā kṛtvā mūrdhna dvāvekamaṅghritaḥ

hitvā kaniṣṭhāśeṣeṇa śayānasyākṛtirbhavet/
vistāre vā caturdhā tu kṛte teṣvekamuddharet

śiṣṭena dviguṇena syācchayanasyottamonnatiḥ/
kṛtvaivaṃ pañcabhāgena syācchayānasya madhyamā

garbha vistāramānena śayānasyādhamā bhavet/
dviguṇā dvāramānena śayānasyottamonnatiḥ

adhyardhamānai rmadhyā syātsapādā caramā bhavet/
uttamādikramo yādṛgdvāramāśritya kīrtataḥ

dhruvaberasya yādṛksyāt stambhadyāśrayaṇe'pi ca/
saptabiḥ pañcabhirha staistrsibhiśśreṣṭhā yathākramam

yāne'pyāsanavanmānaṃ viśvarūpaṃ sthitāṃ yathā/
garbhagehaṃ tridhā kṛtvā dvibhāgaṃ cottamaṃ bhavet

pañcadā tu kṛte tasmin tribhago madhyamo bhavet/
garbhārdhamadhamaṃ dhāmnā sarvasādhāraṇe vidhiḥ

yajamānādyanuguṇe vidhiradyābhidīyate/
labdhāṃśamaṅgulīkuryātprāsādasya caturmukha

tatrāṅgulividhiṃ vakṣye yathātadavadhāraya/
paṃcadhāṅgulirākhyātā ucyante tā vidhāḥ kramāt

mānaṃ mānā ntaraṃ mātrā muṣṭirdeha stathaiva ca/
vakṣyamāṇakrameṇaiṣāṃ bhedānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu

vātāyanapathaṃ prāpya ye yānti raviraśmayaḥ/
teṣu sūkṣmā visarpanti reṇavaḥ paramāṇavaḥ

te'ṣṭau keśāhvaya ste'ṣṭau līkṣo yūkastadaṣṭakam/
tadaṣṭakaṃ yavā ste'ṣṭauvaṅgu lissamudāhṛtā

taduttamāṅgulissapta yavā ssaiva tu madhyamā/
yavāṣṣaḍadhamā proktā mānāṅgulamidaṃ bhavet

vinyastaistiryagaṣṭābhiryavai rmānāntarāgulam/
śālībhirvā ṛjunya staistribhirmānā ntaraṃ bhavet

ācāryadakṣiṇakare madhyamāṅgulimadhyame/
parvaṇorantaraṃ dīrghaṃ mātrāṅgulamudāhṛtam

caturdhā vibhajedeko bhāgo muṣṭyaṅguliḥ smṛtā/
kautukāyāmamānam?
yatkiñcitkautukāyāmaṃ vibhajya daśadhā punaḥ

ekaṃ dvādaśadhā bhāgaṃ kṛtvā teṣvekamaṅgulam/
ucchrāyaḥ pratimāyāssyā nmahāmānāṅgulāśrayaḥ

prāsādādīṃśca tenaiva kuryunmānāntareṇa vā/
vedikā pīṭhaśibikā rathādīnāṃ vidhiḥ punaḥ

mānāntarāṅgulenai va bhavennanyena kevacit/
yāgopakaraṇānāṃ ca kuryānmātrāṅgulena ca

homāṅgāni sruvādīni kuṇamuṣṭyaṅgulāśrayaḥ/
dehalabdhāṅgulenaiva pratimāṅgāni kalpayet

yairyāvadbhirvibhāgāṃ śairarcyamānamudāhṛtam/
mānāṅgulena tanmānamaṅgulīkṛtya tatpuvaḥ

āyavyayādau saṃyojya grāmāderyacchubhaṃ bhavet//
tattathā vakṣyate brahman idānīmavadhāryatām

laldhāṃśamaṅgulīkṛtya tadaṅgulamathāṣṭabhiḥ
vardhayeddhrāsayeccaiva punardvādaśasaṅkhyayā

āyaṃ śiṣṭāṅgu laṃ jñeyaṃ vyayairnavabhiredhayet/
daśabhiḥ kṣapayecchiṣṭamaṅgulaṃ vyayasaṃjñitam

āyassamagraśubhado vyasassvalpaśubhāvahāḥ/
pratikūle viparyāse grāmādeḥ kamalāsana

tribharvṛddhau kṣayo'ṣṭābhiśśiṣṭaṃ yonirudāhṛtā/
dhvajo dhūmastathā saṃhaśśvāvṛṣo gardabhaḥ karī

kāka ityucyate yoni ssā śubhā śubhalakṣaṇā/
dhvajassiṃho gajo'vaḍvān śubhayoniśśubhāvahaḥ

dhūmadhvāṅkṣakharaśvānaḥ pratikūlā viyonayaḥ/
aṣṭābhirvardhate hānau saptaviṃśatisaṅkhyayā

śiṣṭamṛkṣamiti proktaṃ grāmāde stacchubhaṃ bhavet/
navabhirvardhate hānau pastabhiśśiṣṭamaṅgulam

vārāste śubhadāssaumyāḥ krūrāssyurbhayadāyinaḥ/
vṛddhau caturbhirnavabhiśśiṣṭaṃ hānavathāṃśakam

taskaro bhuktiśaktiśca dhanyo naravatiḥ klibaḥ/
sunītiḥ prīṃrāyuṣmān eteṃśāssamudīritāḥ

mānāṅgulai rdvādaśabhiḥ mānaṃ tālāhyayaṃ matam/
dvautālau kathito hastasai hyaṣṭau dhanurucyate

sa eva daṇḍassayugaḥ krośastaiḥ paṃca bhiśśataiḥ/
krośaiścaturbhirgaupānaṃ yojanaṃ taccaturgaṇam

grāmasya yajamānasya rājño janapadasya ca/
āyādiranukūlaścetpratimāssarvasiddhidāḥ

āyādireṣa vijñeyo mūlaberasamāśrayaḥ/
na tadaṅgeṣu bimbeṣu lohajeṣvitareṣu vā

śraddhābimbeṣu vijñeyastathā bhavanakautuke/
prasthā dīnā tuṃ maryādā prasaṅgāducyate'dhunā

catvāro vrīyaḥ kuñjāste'ṣṭau mañjiṣṭha ucyate/
te śataṃ ṣaṣṭiradhikaṃ niṣkaṃ niṣkāṣṭakaṃ phalam

phalāni pañca kuḍubhaṃ prasthaṃ syāttu caturgaṇam/
taccaturguṇakaṃ vidyādāḍhakaṃ tadvayaṃ śivam

taddvayaṃ droṇamuditaṃ khārī tadvitayaṃ bhavet/
tatkhārītritayaṃ bhāraṃ parimāṇamudīritam