Skandapurana 2.9.27.3.2

2.9.27.3.2

raṅgadravyairbahuvidhairharidrākuṃkumādibhiḥ .. 15 ..
kurvīta taṇḍulairvāpi tatra padmādi śobhanam ..
padmasya karṇikāṃ madhye hemavarṇā suśobhayet .. 16 ..
śoṇavarṇāni patrāṇi paritastasya cārcakaḥ ..
kuryādaṣṭāpyaṣṭadikṣu svarṇavarṇāni vā mune ..17..
pūrvaṃ tu gopuraṃ śoṇaṃ śyāmaṃ kuryācca dakṣiṇam ..
pītavarṇaṃ paścimaṃ ca sphaṭikābhaṃ tathottaram ..18..
antarāle ca puṣpāṇi citrāṇi purapadmayoḥ..
kṛtvā madhye'tha śrīkṛṣṇaṃ tadvāme rādhikāṃ nyaset..19..
rādhākṛṣṇasyāsya tataḥ pṛṣṭhe saṃkarṣaṇaṃ nyaset..
caturbāhuṃ dhṛtacchatraṃ gaurāṅgaṃ nīlavāsasam .. 2.9.27.20 ..
dakṣe nyasedbhagavataḥ pradyumnaṃ pītavāsasam ..
caturbhujaṃ ghanaśyāmaṃ dhṛtvā cāmaramāsthitam .. 21 ..
vāme'niruddhaṃ ca harernyasedaruṇavāsasam ..
indranīlamaṇiśyāmaṃ saṃsthitaṃ dhṛtacāmaram .. 22 ..
trayopyete tu kartavyā nānālaṃkāraśobhitāḥ ..
anarghyaratnamukuṭāstāruṇyena manoharāḥ .. 23 ..
tato'vatārāṃstu hareḥ kesareṣvaṣṭasu kramāt ..
ekaikasminnyased dvaudvāvaṣṭasvevaṃ hi ṣoḍaśa .. 24 ..
sthāpayedvāmanaṃ buddhaṃ pūrvasminkesare'grataḥ ..
ghanaśyāmāvubhau hyetau karuṇau brahmacāriṇau .. 25 ..
sitāṃśukau kare dakṣe bibhratau phullapaṅkajam ..
abhayaṃ vāmahaste ca śāntau yajñopavītinau .. 26 ..
kalkinaṃ parśurāmaṃ ca vahnikoṇe'tha vinyaset ..
khaṅgapāṇistatra kalkī parśupāṇistathā'paraḥ .. 27 ..
ubhau gaurau ca tāmrākṣau jaṭilau sitavāsasau ..
yajñopavītinau kāryau tyaktakrodhamahārayau .. 28 ..
hayagrīvavarāhau ca sthāpayedyāmyakesare ..
hayagrīvo hayāsyaḥ syānnarāṃgaśca caturbhujaḥ .. 29 ..

With various colouring substances such as turmeric, saffron, and the like, / or with husked rice-grains, one should make the beautiful lotus and other designs there. / In the middle, the worshipper should make the pericarp of the lotus splendid with a golden colour, / and all around it, O sage, he should make the eight petals in the eight directions red, / or else golden in colour. / He should make the eastern gateway red, and the southern one black, / the western one yellow, and the northern one resembling crystal. / In the space between the city and the lotus having placed diverse flowers, / and having installed Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the middle, he should place Rādhikā on his left. / Then behind this Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa he should place Saṃkarṣaṇa, / four-armed, holding an umbrella, fair-limbed, and wearing blue garments. / To the right of the Lord he should place Pradyumna, wearing yellow garments, / four-armed, cloud-dark, standing and holding a fly-whisk. / And to the left of Hari he should place Aniruddha, wearing reddish-brown garments, / dark like a sapphire gem, standing and holding a fly-whisk. / All three of these should be made adorned with various ornaments, / with priceless gem-studded crowns, and enchanting with their youthfulness. / Then he should place the avatars of Hari on the eight filaments in order, / two on each one, thus indeed sixteen upon the eight: / he should install Vāmana and Buddha on the eastern filament in front, / both of them cloud-dark, compassionate, and observant of celibacy, / wearing white garments, holding an open lotus in the right hand / and the gesture of fearlessness in the left hand, peaceful, and wearing sacred threads; / then he should place Kalki and Paraśurāma in the south-east corner, / Kalki holding a sword in his hand there, and the other holding an axe in his hand; / both are to be made fair-skinned, red-eyed, with matted hair, wearing white garments, / wearing sacred threads, and with immense fury cast aside; / and he should install Hayagrīva and Varāha on the southern filament; / Hayagrīva should have the face of a horse, a human body, and four arms.