The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s5.75

v1.c6.s5.75

The North of the Vāstu is protected by Soma, who is the Lord of Nakṣatras and Vasu, Lokapāla and Āditya in one. This is the region of the birth of form; here the serpents emerge, Nāga who is Vāsuki, and Argala who is Bhujaga having cast their skin; Soma-Kuvera is the Lord of wealth, Soma, the Moon with the lance of his rays is Bhallāṭa; they are flanked by Mukhya on the one side and Aditi and Diti on the other. Mukhya is Viśvakarman, the maker of all form, who is Vidhātā; Aditi, the boundless, and Diti, the bounded, are both wives of Kāśyapa, who is called Jayanta in the Vāstu; the one is the mother of the Ādityas, the other of the Daityas; production 'per artem'—Viśvakarman—and by nature—Aditi and Diti—occupy the north, the region of Soma, pradakṣiṇa-wise between the regions of death and life, west and east. They are all connected, follow one upon the other, as stages of realisation, and they remain present in the plan.