Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2068

c8.2068

An inner temple should be constructed and the idol of Devī should be installed there. Before that, on the bed of the platform bearing the idol, amulets with spiritual inscriptions on them should be deposited there just as in the case of the installation of Maheśvara. Then Parāśakti should be consecrated with recitals of mantras followed by the deposition of Pañcaratnas meditating on Piṇḍikā. Then the idol of Devī should be fixed on the platform. After that Kriyāśakti should be consecrated on the platform and Jñānaśakti on the idol. Finally Ambikā named Śivā should be invoked with the mantras as ordained in the scriptures.