Navarnavacandipancangastotra 54

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pṛ0 26ba) dikṣamadhyecanavapīṭhaśaktiḥpūjayedyathā 2ṃ
jayāyainamaḥ vijayāyainamaḥ ajitāyainamaḥ
aparājitāyainamaḥ nityāyainamaḥ vilāsi
nyainamaḥ dogdhyainamaḥ aghorāyainamaḥ itipū
rvādyaṣṭadikṣutatomadhye maṃgalāyainamaḥ sarva
śaktikamalāsanāyanamaḥ itipīṭhapūjā
tatradignirṇayaḥpūjyapūjyakayoḥ prācīiti
vacanātsvaparaḥprāṃcīvicintayet adharmā
dipūjanīprācītathaivāvarṇārcane athapī
ṭhanirṇayaḥ sāligrāmemaṇauyaṃtrenityapūjāṃ
samācaret hemādipratimāyāṃvāsthāpitā
yāṃyathāvidhiḥ aṃguṣṭādivitastyaṃtamanasā
pratimāgṛhe pūjyānadagdhābhinnāvānordhvādho

directions and in the center, one should worship the nine powers of the sacred seat as follows: [recite twice:] 'Obeisance to Jayā; obeisance to Vijayā; obeisance to Ajitā; obeisance to Aparājitā; obeisance to Nityā; obeisance to Vilāsinī; obeisance to Dogdhrī; obeisance to Aghorā'—thus in the eight directions beginning with the east. Then in the center: 'Obeisance to Maṅgalā; obeisance to the lotus-seat of all powers.' Such is the worship of the sacred seat. / Regarding this, the determination of directions: the worshipable and worshipper face each other as the east, according to the teaching: 'One should envision the direction facing oneself as the east.' Righteousness and the rest are worshipped in the east; likewise in the enclosure worship. Now the determination of the sacred seat: in a śālagrāma stone, in a gem, or in a yantra one should perform daily worship, or upon an image made of gold and so on that has been properly consecrated. Measuring from a thumb's length up to a span in the mind in the house of images, [an icon] is worshipable, not one burned or broken, nor with markings above and below,