The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s5.86

v1.c6.s5.86

Brahma is always stationed in the middle of the body of the Vāstupuruṣa¹¹⁰, whether the latter lies with his head in the east ('Mayamata', 1. c., 'Śilparatna', VII. 34. etc.) or as is more general with his head in the north-east¹¹¹. If he lies with his head in the east, this is its original place, towards the rising sun. It is then said that Aryaman is stationed there, Vivasvān and Mahidhara occupy the right and left side of the body and Mitra is placed on the sex organ; on his arms and legs are stationed the pairs of Ādityas in the intermediate directions. In this position, Vāstupuruṣa is said to lie huddled up (nikubja) underneath the gods; the Padadevatās appear closely stationed around him; he is hedged in by them. He underlies the Brahmasthāna and the zone of the Ādityas; he is surrounded by the Aṣṭadikpālas and the orbits of the sun and the moon. But, if his head is in the north-east, at the feet of Śiva and where Īśāna is stationed, all the 45 gods dwell on his body; Īśāna or Śikhin on his head; his eyes and mouth are held by Parjanya and Āpa; on the chest, to the right and left, are Aryaman and Mahīdhara, whereas Mitra and Vivasvān occupy his belly; his feet are in Nirṛti; he lies from the north-east to the south-west, his arms are stretched south-east and north-west and bent in the elbows, his knees too are bent so that they touch the middle of each side of the square; the knees, where Gandharva and Kusumadanta are stationed, are in the south and west; the sun and moon are on his arms (Ī.P.); they are folded back, so that the hands (palms) come to lie in Rājayakṣmā, the left, in the north-west, and in Savitā, in the south-east, the right one (Bṛ. S.) or alternatively the palms are folded on his chest ('Agni Purāṇa').