Skandapurana 2.9.27.3.4

2.9.27.3.4

nyasecca dalamadhyeṣu pārṣadānarccako'ṣṭasu .. 44 ..
viṣvaksenaṃ ca garuḍaṃ tatrādau pūrvato nyaset ..
tato dakṣakrameṇaiva prabalaṃ ca balaṃ nyaset .. 45 ..
kumudaṃ kumudākṣaṃ ca sunandaṃ nandameva ca ..
śrutadevaṃ jayantaṃ ca vinyasedvijayaṃ jayam .. 46 ..
tataḥ pracaṇḍaṃ caṇḍaṃ ca puṣpadantaṃ ca sātvatam ..
dvaudvāvevaṃ krameṇaiva sthāneṣvaṣṭasu vinyaset .. 47 ..
caturbhujāḥ sarva ete śaṅkhāryabjagadādharāḥ ..
kāryāḥ kiriṭinaḥ śyāmāḥ pītavastrāḥ subhūṣaṇāḥ .. 48 ..
dalamadhyāntarāleṣu siddhīraṣṭasu vinyaset ..
nānā maṃgalavādyānāṃ vādane nipuṇāḥ kramāt .. 49 ..
aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā ..
īśitā vaśitā caivāṣṭamī kāmāvasāyitā .. 2.9.27.50 ..
etāḥ suvarṇavarṇābhāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ ..
veṇuvīṇādihastāśca karttavyāścitravāsasaḥ .. 51 ..
dalāgreṣvaṣṭasu tato vedāñchāstrāṇi ca nyaset ..
tatra vedānnyaseddikṣu śāstrāṇi tu vidikṣu saḥ .. 52 ..
pūrve nyasettu ṛgvedamakṣamālādharaṃ sitam ..
kharvaṃ lambodaraṃ saumyaṃ padmanetraṃ sitāmbaram .. 53 ..
yāmye nyasedyajurvedaṃ madhyamāṃgaṃ kṛśodaram ..
piṃgākṣaṃ sthūlakaṇṭhaṃ ca pītaṃ cāruṇavāsasam .. 54 ..
akṣasrajaṃ kare vāme dakṣe vajraṃ ca bibhratam ..
paścime sāmavedaṃ ca prāṃśumādityavarcasam .. 55..
dakṣe'kṣamālāṃ vāme ca dhṛtavantaṃ kare daram ..
svarṇavastraṃ viśālākṣaṃ vinyasedgāyanodyatam .. 56 ..
atharvāṇaṃ nyasetsaumye sitāṃgaṃ nīlavāsasam ..
vāme'kṣasūtraṃ dakṣe ca khaṭvāṃgaṃ bibhrataṃ kare ..
vahnyojasaṃ ca tāmrākṣaṃ vayasā sthaviraṃ tathā .. 57 ..
agnikoṇe dharmaśāstraṃ nyasecca kamalāsanam ..

the worshipper should place the attendants in the middle of the eight petals. / There, first in the east, one should place Viṣvaksena and Garuḍa; / then in clockwise order, one should place Prabala and Bala, / Kumuda and Kumudākṣa, Sunanda and Nanda, / Śrutadeva and Jayanta, and one should install Vijaya and Jaya; / then Pracaṇḍa and Caṇḍa, and Puṣpadanta and Sātvata. / Thus two by two in regular order one should install them in the eight positions. / All of these are four-armed, bearing a conch, discus, lotus, and mace; / they should be crowned, dark-complexioned, wearing yellow garments, and well-ornamented. / In the intervals between the middles of the petals, one should install the eight supernatural powers, / skilled in order at playing various auspicious musical instruments: / aṇimā, laghimā, prāpti, prākāmya, and mahimā, / īśitā, vaśitā, and the eighth, kāmāvasāyitā. / These have the luster of golden color, are adorned with all ornaments, / hold flutes, vīṇās, and the like in their hands, and are dressed in multicolored garments. / Then on the eight petal-tips one should install the Vedas and the treatises; / there he should install the Vedas in the cardinal directions, and the treatises in the intermediate directions. / In the east one should place the Ṛgveda, holding a rosary, white, / dwarfish, pot-bellied, gentle, lotus-eyed, and clad in white garments. / In the south one should place the Yajurveda, of medium limbs, slender-waisted, / yellow-eyed, thick-necked, yellow-complexioned, and wearing reddish garments, / bearing a garland of beads in the left hand and a thunderbolt in the right. / In the west one should place the Sāmaveda, tall, with the splendor of the sun, / holding a rosary in the right hand and a conch in the left, / dressed in gold cloth, large-eyed, intent on singing. / In the north one should place the Atharva[veda], white-limbed, wearing blue garments, / bearing a rosary in the left hand and a club with a skull in the right, / with the radiance of fire, copper-colored eyes, and aged in years. / In the southeast corner one should place the Dharmaśāstra, seated on a lotus,