Shantikamalakara 3.1.3

3.1.3

With this mantra, or with [the verse beginning] indraṃ mitraṃ varuṇam, having invoked Garutmat to the north, and having invoked the guardians of the directions in the eight directions with their respective mantras, then one should install: Śeṣa to the east of Ravi; Vāsuki in front of Soma; Takṣaka in front of Bhauma; Karkoṭaka to the north of Budha; Padma to the north of Guru; Mahāpadma to the north of Śukra; Śaṅkhapāla to the west of Śani; Kambala in front of Rāhu; and Kuliśa in front of Ketu. Then, in the east: the seven lunar mansions beginning with Aśvinī, the seven yogas beginning with Viṣkambha, the karaṇas Bava and Bālava, the seven continents, and the Ṛgveda. In the south: the seven lunar mansions beginning with Puṣya, the seven yogas beginning with Dhṛti, the karaṇas Kaulava and Taitila, the seven oceans, and the Yajurveda. [In the west:] the karaṇas Gara and Vaṇij, the seven netherworlds, and the Sāmaveda. In the north: the seven lunar mansions beginning with Abhijit, the six yogas beginning with Sādhya, the Viṣṭi karaṇa, the seven worlds beginning with Bhūḥ, and the Atharvaveda. In the northwest: Dhruva and the Seven Seers. Then, according to available space: the seven rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā, the seven principal mountain ranges, the eight Vasus, the twelve Ādityas, the eleven Rudras, the forty-nine Maruts, the sixteen Mothers, the six seasons, the twelve months, the two solstices, the fifteen lunar days, the sixty years, the birds, the snakes, the yakṣas, the gandharvas, the vidyādharas, the apsarases, the rākṣasas, the spirits, and human beings. But in the ten-million homa: Brahman in the east of the sacrificial altar, Janārdana in the center, Rudra in the west, and Skanda in the north; then one should meditate [upon them]. Then having invoked [them with the verses] mitrā[varuṇā] and gṛhā vai, and having worshipped them with sixteen services according to the Puruṣasūkta, one should pray: “The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Maruts, and likewise the guardians of the world, / Brahman, Janārdana, Śūlapāṇi, and the destroyer of the eyes of Bhaga— / may all be present here and partake in the sacrifice! / May they everywhere accept the worship offered by me with devotion, / and, composed, may they all bring welfare to the sacrificer!”