The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s5.56

v1.c6.s5.56

Where Īśāna is stationed in the north-east, Agni is stationed in the south-east. The one or the other corner of the east, is assigned to him in the Vāstu, but the cardinal point is held by Mahendra and by Āditya (Sūrya). Īśāna is a form and name of Agni (Ś.B. VI. 1. 3. 17), Īśāna is the sun with its rays. Therefore Īśāna is lord of all the quarters (AV. XV. 1. 5), and is stationed particularly in the north-east, the most auspicious of the intermediate regions. Īśāna is an Āditya as is Parjanya, adjacent to him in the east, Jayanta and Mahendra, the Lokapāla of the east, and next to him Āditya, who is Sūrya, the Sungod, Lord of Planets.⁹⁷ They constitute the potency of Agni as the Celestial Fire in the quarter of the gods; it radiates forth in the names and the presence of many suns.