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(4) Yāval liṅgasya vishkambhaṁ tri-guṇaṁ pīṭha-vistaram ॥
Pūjāṁśaṁ dvi-guṇaṁ pīṭhaṁ tri-guṇaṁ vā viśeshataḥ ॥
Pīṭhasya tri-guṇaṁ garbhaṁ ta(t)-tri-bhāgaika-bhittikaṁ ।
(Suprabhedāgama, xxxi. 9, 11, 12).
(5) Bhāga-dvayena pratimā tri-bhāgīkṛitya tat punaḥ ।
Pīṭhikā bhāgataḥ kāryā nātinīchā na chochchhritā ॥ 25
Pīṭhikā lakshaṇaṁ vakshye yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ ।
Pīṭhochchrāyaṁ yathāvach cha bhāgān shoḍaśa kārayet ॥ 1
Bhūmāvekaḥ pravishṭaḥ syāch chaturbhir jagatī matā ।
Vṛitto bhāgas tathaikaḥ syād vṛitaḥ paṭala-bhāgataḥ ॥ 2
Bhāgais tribhis tathā kaṇṭhaḥ kaṇṭha-paṭṭas tu bhāgataḥ ।
Bhāgābhyāsam ūrdhva-paṭṭaś cha śesha-bhāgena paṭṭikā ॥ 3
Pravishṭaṁ bhāgam ekaikaṁ jagatīṁ yāvad eva tu ।
Nirgamaṁ tu punas tasya yāvad vai śesha-paṭṭikā ॥ 4
Vāri-nirgamanārthaṁ tu tatra kāryaḥ praṇālakaḥ ।
Pīṭhikānāṁ tu sarvāsām etat sāmānya-lakshaṇam ॥ 6
Pūrṇa-chandrā vajrā cha padmā vārdha-śaśī tathā ।
Tri-koṇā daśamī tāsāṁ saṁsthānaṁ vā nibodhataḥ ॥ 7
Devasya yajanārthaṁ tu pīṭhikā daśa kīrtitāḥ ॥ 19
Liṅga-pūjā-pramāṇena kartavyā pīṭhikā budhaiḥ ॥ 8
(Matsya-Purāṇa, chap. 258, v. 25 ; chap. 262, v. 1-4, 6-7, 19 ; chap. 269, v. 8).
Vibhajya navadhā garbhaṁ madhye syāl liṅga-pīṭhikā ।