Navarnavacandipancangastotra 41

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oṃcaṃ0paṃ pṛ0 20a) triṃśadvāraṃjapanvāsaṃpuṭaṃniruddhya dakṣapuṭe
napavanaṃrocayet ityekaḥprāṇāyāmaḥ e
ṣevaiparītyenakriyamāṇodvitīyaḥ pratha
mavartṛtīyaḥ itthaṃprāṇāyāmatrayeṇanirasta
sakalakalaṣaṃsvaśarīraṃvicintya bhūtaśuddhiṃ
dhyāyet itthaṃsvaṃdevatārādhanayogyaṃvibhā
vya prāṇapratiṣṭāṃkuryāt oṃasyaśrīprāṇa
pratiṣṭhāmaṃtrasya vrahmāviṣṇuśivāṛṣayaḥ
ṛgyajuḥsāmānichaṃdāṃsi parāprāṇaśakti
rdevatā āṃbījaṃhrīṃśaktiḥ krauṃkīlakaṃ prā
ṇapratiṣṭhārtheviniyogaḥ itikṛtvāṃjaliḥ
smṛtvānyaset vrahmaviṣṇuśivṛṣibhyona
maḥśirasi ṛgyajuḥsāmachaṃdobhyaḥmukhe

[folio 20a] while holding the nostril closed, one should exhale the breath through the right nostril. This is one breath-control. The second is performed in reverse; the third is like the first. Having thus contemplated one's body as having all impurities expelled through three breath-controls, one should meditate on the purification of the elements. Having thus conceived oneself as fit for the worship of the deity, one should perform the installation of the vital breath: 'Oṃ, of this venerable mantra of the installation of the vital breath, the seers are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva; the metres are Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma; the deity is Parā Prāṇaśakti; the seed-syllable is Āṃ; the power is Hrīṃ; the peg is Krauṃ; the ritual application is for the installation of the vital breath.' Having made an añjali and remembered [this], one should perform the placement: 'Reverence to the seers Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva', on the head; 'Reverence to the metres Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma', on the mouth;