Padma Samhita · Chapter 3.26

vyāpivo devadevasya pratiṣṭhā kīdṛśī matā/

sarvasya bhūtajātasya harirātmāsthito'pi nan/
mantra vīryācca māhātmyāt sthāpakasya gurostathā

pratimāyāṃ prakarṣeṇa sannidhatte harissvayam/
kāmānaśeṣāṃstatrai va harimarthayate janaḥ

tena pratiṣṭhā nā medamanvardhaṃ vartate bhuvi/
yathā ca vahnirdahano na dahanvyāpya tiṣṭhati

araṇīmathanādbhūyo jāyamānaḥ praduśyate/
dahanādīni karmāṇi karoti ca yathātatham

tathā sarvagato viṣṇuradṛśyaḥ prākṛtairjanaiḥ/
dṛśyate ca pratikṛtau mantriṇo mantragauravāt

tasmātsarvātmanā viṣṇuṃ pratiṣṭhāpyābhipūjayet/
śilpibhirnirmite bimbe śāstradṛṣṭena vartanā

karmārcā pīṭhikāyāṃ ca ratnādinyasane kṛte/
udghāṭite nayane yathārhaṃ sarvaśāntide

sthūlasūkṣmeṣu cānyeṣu pratimāṅgeṣu sarvataḥ/
sukṛteṣu yathāśāstraṃ karmānte deśikottamaḥ

rathakāreṇa viduṣā sunirūpya nirūpakaḥ/
dhanaiśca karmānuguṇaṃ sthapatīn paritoṣyaca

rathakāraṃ ca vividhairmanaḥ prītivivardhanaiḥ/
gateṣu śilpiṣu tathā rathakāre ca nirgate

antarbahiśca sadane śodhite mārjanādinā/
prajvālitairdarbhapuṃ jaiḥ paryagnikaraṇe kṛte

prākāre maṇḍape dhāmni gopure mārjanādinā/
śuddhīkṛte tathā gavyaiḥ paṃcabhiḥ prokṣite sati

puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvātha brahmaṇai rmantravittamaiḥ/
abliṃgā bhiśca bhūyopi garbhagehaṃ bahistathā

ṛgbhistaṃprobhayetsarvamācāryassa rvabhūsuraiḥ/
pradīpitai rgoghṛtaiśca pradīpai rbajubhistathā

sarvato dīpite dhāmni kālāgurumukhai stathā/
gandadravyairdhūpayitvā sudhācūrṇai stathākṣataiḥ

puṣpairdūrvāṅkuraiścāpi sarvato dhāmnibhūṣite/
tato'parāhṇasamaye śāntihomaṃ samācaret

mānonmānapramāṇāderhānirvā vṛddhireva vā/
durvajñeyaṃ tadakhalaṃ homācchāmyati niścayam

śamīpallava saṃyuktā nakṣatān deśikassvayam/
saptavyāhṛtibhiścaivapratyekaṃ juhuyācchatam

caruṃ nṛsūktena tathā juhuyāt ṣoḍaśāhutīḥ/
pañcopaniṣadā caiva sarpiṣā juhuyācchatam

pratimāsannidhāvenaṃ hutvā pūrṇāvasānikam/
upatiṣṭheta tadanu mantreṇāneva deśikaḥ

namastubhyaṃ bhagavate jātavedassvarūpiṇe/
nārāyaṇāya havyasya kavyasya ca yathātatham

hartre yaṣṭavyadevānāmātmane paramātmane/
sannidhatsvaciraṃ deva pratimāyāṃ hitāyanaḥ

vijñāpyādhokṣajaṃ devamevaṃ prāṃjalirānataḥ/
sadarbhaṃ navavastreṇa pratimāṃ mūlavidyayā

ācchādayeduttarīya mapidadhyāttathā guruḥ/
arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathācāmaṃ gandhaṃ dhūpaṃ tathaiva ca

dīpaṃ sumanasassarvaṃ gāyatryā viṣṇupūrvayā/
dadyācchrīyādidevīnāmuktaṃ sarvasvavidyayā

brahmādiparivārāṇāmanyeṣāṃ ca svavidyayā/
kautukaṃ dakṣiṇe haste badhnīyānmūlavidyayā

tayaiva vidyayā sapta vārān kṛtvābhimantraṇam/
badhvā samarcayeddevaṃ puṇṭarīkākṣavidyayā

chāyādhivāsasidhyarthaṃ devasya puratastataḥ/
jaladroṇīṃ kaṭāhāṃ vā sthāpayellohanirmitam

mṛṇmayaṃ vā yathālābhaṃ bhājanaṃ dhānyasañcaye/
pūrayedgandhato yona śuddhasphaṭikavarcasā

jale ca nikṣipetkūrca maṣṭāviṃśatidarbhakam/
arcayecca hariṃ kūrce bhāvayenmūla vidyayā

saṃhāraktamamācāryāḥ smṛtvā kurcaṃ jale svayam/
śāyayitvā prākchirasaṃ cakramudrāṃ pradarśayet

kūrcaṃ śrīdharayorda rbhaistribhissyādrudravedhasoḥ/
paṃcaviṃśatibhiḥ kāryaṃ dvābhyāmanyāmṛtāśināṃ

rakṣākumbhaṃ ca tatraiva yamasya diśī kalpayet/
saṃveṣṭya navavastrābhyāmekena karakaṃ tathā

brahmāṇaṃ pūjayetkumbhe karake ca sudarśanam//
paritaḥ kalaśānaṣṭau nidadhyādvastraveṣṭitān

sāpidhānān savastrāṃśca saratnān kūrcasaṃ yatān/
indrādi dikpatīn teṣu pūjayedaṣṭa cāṣṭasu

sarvārghīṇena vastreṇa navena pratimāṃ tadā/
chādayitvā samantācca siddhārthān vikiretkṣitau

rakṣohaṇeti mantreṇa rakṣāṃ muryātsamantataḥ/
āropayedanirvāṇān pradīpānbahuvarcanaḥ

pravartayettra yīghoṣaṃ brahmaṇai rvedapāragaiḥ/
cakramantraṃ ca valaje vinyasyābhyarcayedguruḥ

prādakṣiṇyena sadanāt niṣkrametsahamūrtipaiḥ/
yasyāḥ pratikṛtessākṣānnādhivāso jale bhavet

tasyāśchā yādhivāso yaṃ kathitaḥ kamalāsana/
dāruloha śilāmayyaḥ pratimā yāḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ

tāsāṃ jalādhivasanaṃ sākṣādevaṃ vidhīyate/
lohajapratimānāṃ tu pūrvaṃ vāryadhivāsanāt

kṛtvā saro jalaṃ khāta madhivāsaṃ samācaret/
vṛttākāraṃ śālibhāraṃ nidhāyopari taṇḍulān

tadardhamupariṣṭācca taṇḍulārdhaṃ tilān kṣipet/
tileṣu padmavinyāsaṃ kṛtvāstīrya kuśān punaḥ

prāgagraṃ nūtanapaṭaṃ teṣāmupari nikṣipet/
sapadmaṃ kevalaṃ vāpi pīṭhaṃ vinyasya tatra tu

ratnānyapi ca lohāni gāyatryā viṣṇupūrvayā/
vivyasya juhuyādagnau sarpiṣāṣṭotraṃ śatam

nṛsūktena caruṃ caiva puṇyāhaṃ caiva vācayet/
devamāropayettasmin pīṭhe mantramudīrayet

supratiṣṭhena manasā gururdhyāyejjagadgurum/
pratiṣṭhito'sīti sāma paṭhecca tadanantaram

dṛḍhabandhaṃ sthapatinā kārayetkamalāsana/
udghāṭayecca nayane pratimāyāḥ yathāvidhiḥ

toṣayedrathākārādīn dhanena mahatā punaḥ/
śamīpatrākṣatairhomaṃ kṛtvābhyajya ca parpipā

ghṛtasnāneti mantreṇa cūrṇai ścodvṛrtya sarvataḥ/
prakṣālyavāribhiścoṣṇaiḥ kuśairnutanavāsasā

saṃveṣṭayetpratikṛtiṃ yathāpūrvamanukramāt/
upavītottarīyādipradānāni yathāpuram

ācamya ca pratisaraṃ bandhayitvā ca maṅgalam/
tato rathādike yāne samāropya ca mūrtipāḥ

paṭheyussāma gānajñaissārdhamanyaiśca bhūsuraiḥ/
rathantarādikaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktamuktamam

nārāyaṇānuvākaṃ ca sūktaṃ śākunameva ca/
āmaneyaḥ pratidiśaṃ sūktaṃ rakṣoghnameva ca

pāṇḍareṇātapatreṇa cāmareṇa sitena ca/
cīnāṃśukamayai śchatrairdhvajairbarhamayaistathā

vyajanairapi kalyāṇairdhvajairnānāvidhairapi/
tūryai rbahuvidhairnṛttairgeyaiścāpi samantataḥ

mahatā janasaṅghena brāhmaṇānāmitastataḥ/
nṛpopacārairaparai rupacarya yathāvidhi

pratimāṃ grāmadhāmādi prādakṣiṇyena cānayet/
jalādhivāsadeśāntamāsādya śibikādikāt

avaropya jalābhyarṇe prapāyāṃ sihmaviṣṭare/
prāṅmukhaṃ samavasthāpya yadvā sthāpya udaṅmukham

nadīṣu dīrghikāyāṃ vā taṭāke nirjhare'pi vā/
jalādhivāsanaṃ kuryātprasanne salile'pi vā

alpatoye smaśānānte lavaṇo dakadūṣite!
kaṣāye kaṭuke caiva tikte phenaiśca duṣite

caityavṛkṣasamīpe ca nīcairadhyāsite tathā/
ūṣare śaivalayute varṇāntarayute tathā

evamādiṣu duṣṭeṣu pratimāṃ nādhivāsayet/
jalamadhye prapāṃ kuryādbahustambhasamanvitām

caturdvārasamopetāṃ catustoraṇabhūṣitām/
vitānadhvajasaṃyuktāṃ darbhamālāpariṣkṛtām

muktādāmasamāyuktāṃ sragviṇīṃ dīpadīpitām/
phalairnānādidhairyuktāṃ tatrādhivasanaṃ caret

puṇyāhava ca naṃ pūrvaṃ puvarnadvādiṣu sthitā/
āpaḥ puruṣamantreṇa saṃśoṣya gururātmavān

na
agnimantreṇa dagdhvā ca candrakoṭisamaprabham/
nivṛtti mantraṃ taddhyāyettasmāddhyānādvinirgataiḥ

jalairamṛtakalpaiśca puvarvadyādi pūrayet/
tasmin jale mahāpīṭhaṃ caturaśraṃ samāyatam

vinyasyāstaraṇopetaṃ sopadhānaṃ navaṃ śubhaṃ/
prakalpayedyogapīṭhaṃ tasyopari yathākramam

gandhapuṣpādinā pīṭhamarcayitvā samāhitaḥ/
dvāratoraṇakumbhādi yaṣṭavyaṃ tadana ntaram

paṭhadbhiśśākunaṃ sūktaṃ brāhmaṇaissahamūrtipaiḥ/
ādāya pratimāṃ paścādācāryastīradeśataḥ

saṃhārakramamācāryaḥ smṛtvā toye praveśayet/
udaṅgukhaṃ prākchirasaṃ pratimāṃ śāyayettataḥ

veṣṭitāṃ navavastreṇaṃ āpādatalamastakam/
sthāpitān pūrvavartīre kumbhādīvapi pūjitān

jale niveśayettadvardīre tadvadyathākramam/
darśayeccakramudrāṃ ca rakṣāmudrāṃ ca darśayet

tīre caturvidhaṃ vādyaṃ vādayetsarva toditam/
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni purāṇāni ca bhūsurāḥ

āmaneyuranirvāṇān pradīpānapi kārayet/
snāsapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti nācaret

ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ vā jalamadhye'dhivāsayet/
yāmaṃ yāmārdhakaṃ vāpi jalavāsaṃ samācaret

gṛhārcāsthāpane kāle sadya eva samācaret/
jalādhivasane caiva tathā nayanamokṣaṇe

śayane vedikāyāṃ ca na kālaḥ kamalāsana/
pradoṣeṣvadhivāna syācchayanaṃ ca mahāniśi

pratiṣṭhāṃ ca divā kuryānmuhūrte śāstracodite/
nadyādyabhāve bimbasya jalādhivasanaṃ bhavet

jaladroṇyāṃ kaṭāhe vā samuddhṛtya mahajjalam/
yathāsambhavamanyasmin mṛṇyayādau vidhīyate