Chapter 8

|| aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ||

prasādasyātha vakṣyāmi (1)nirmāṇaṃ kamalekṣaṇe|
lalādūnādhikāccaiva sāṅgulai rucitaiḥ karaiḥ|| 8.1 ||
(1.lakṣaṇaṃ munipaṅ‌gavāḥ|
     Sl.1.c. d is the same as sl.219c,d.)
dvidvādaśakaraṃyāvat (2)talenaivādhikena tu|
śubhāya siddhaye (3)vṛddhyai garbhagehasya vai rame|| 8.2 ||
(2.talenonādikena tu|)
(3.viddhi garbhaṃ devagṛhasya tu|)
kṛtvā kṣetrāṅgulānāṃ vā karāṇāṃ vā ghanaṃ purā|
(4)tyajettadabhitaḥ samyagyaccheṣaṃ tadvicārya ca|| 8.3 ||
(4.tyajettadaṣṭabhiḥ
     Sl. 4-a-b,c, d is the same as sl 222a, b,c,d
     Sl. 5-a,b,c, d " " 223-a, b,c,d
     Sl. 6-a, b " " 224-a,b)
ekadvyaṣṭa(5)paryantaṃ dhvajadhūpamamṛgeśvarāḥ|
śvā ca gokharamātaṅgāścatvāro vāyasaḥ (6)śubhāḥ|| 8.4 ||
(5.paryantā)
(6.gra. śubhaḥ)
ekatripañcasaptākhyāḥ sarvatraiva vidhīyate|
evamantarbhrameṇaiva saha bhittigaṇena tu|| 8.5 ||
garbhadviguṇavistīrṇaṃ kṣetraṃ devagṛhasya ca|
mandire tvekabhittīye (7)kṣetramānamidaṃ smṛtam|| 8.6 ||
(7.[ī.16] kṣetramānaṃ vidhīyate|)
garbhoktaṃ tattribhāge (8)yuktāyuktena (9)vartmanā|
(10)tatrāpi hrāsavṛddhibhyāmāyaśuddhiṃ vicintayet|| 8.7 ||
(8.yuktaṃ yuktena vartmanā|)
(9.gra. padmanā)
(10.sl. 225a, d tatrāpi hāsavṛddhyā tu āyaśuddhiṃ vicārayet|)
evaṃ nirjagatīkaṃ ca (11)bhāgaṃ pīṭhavivarjitam|
prāsādakṣetramānaṃ ca tadyukta(12)mavadhāraya|| 8.8 ||
(11.bhagapīṭhaṃ)
(12.mavadhāryatām|
      Sl. 9a, b,c,d is the same as sl.227,a,b,c,d.
       " 10a, b,c,d " " 228,a,b,c,d.
       " 11a, b,c,d " " 229,a,b,c,d.
       " 12a, b,c,d " " 230,a,b,c,d.
       " 13a, b,c,d " " 231,a,b,c,d.
       " 14a, b,c,d " " 232,a,b,c,d.)
ṣaḍbhāgenātha pādena tribhāgenobhayātmanā|
atha kāryaṃ caturdikṣu tatpañcāṃśaistu vai tribhiḥ|| 8.9 ||
tṛtīyāṃśena vai madhye nirgamastu vidhīyate|
koṇāt (13)koṇāt tu vai śeṣaṃ bhāgaṃ bhāgaṃ praveśayet|| 8.10 ||
(13.koṇaṃ tu)
uccaṃ garbha(14)samaṃ pīṭhaṃ tatpīṭhena dalena vā|
pīṭhoktālayapīṭhasya lakṣmasthi(15)tyantakalpanā|| 8.11 ||
(14.gra. samā)
(15.gra. tyaṃśakalpanā)
caturdikṣu vidheyo vai bahudhānantapūrvikā|
athocchrāyaṃ tu vai kṣetrāt trikoṇaṃ mandirasya ca|| 8.12 ||
kuryād dvayardhaguṇaṃ caiva dviguṇaṃ vā yathecchayā|
dvirekādaśadhā kuryāt taṃ ca bhāgaiḥ samaṃ purā|| 8.13 ||
vidheyaṃ pīṭhavatpaścādekāṃśena masūrakam|
tadūrdhvavihitā jaṅghā garbhamānena connatā|| 8.14 ||
(16)bhavapāriṣadairdevairlakṣitā śubhalakṣaṇā|
(17)jaṅghāyāmaṃśayugmena tvopayūnādhikena vai|| 8.15 ||
(16.[ī.16]bhavopakaraṇīyābhirdevatābhiralaṃṅkṛtā|)
(17.jaṅghāyāmaṃśayugmena upayūnadhikena vai|| 8. sl.233a, b,c,d.
      Sl.16a, b,c,d is the same as " 234-a, b,c,d.
      " 17a, b,c,d " " 235a, b,c,d.)
kāryaṃ śikharapīṭhaṃ tu pūrvalakṣaṇalakṣitam|
kiṃtu praveśaniryāsau tatra cārdhāṃśasaṃmitau|| 8.16 ||
śikharaṃ cātra vihitaṃ bhūmikānavakānvitam|
saṃkocya tatpurāsūtramādāyonnatisaṃmitam|| 8.17 ||
(18)ekasmādeva karṇāttu jaṅghorvīyātprasārya ca|
saṃspṛśecchikharaṃ pīṭhamañjasā tannirodhya ca|| 8.18 ||
(18.etasmādekavarṇāttu|
      Sl.18c, d is the same as sl.Sl.236 c,d)
prāsādādbahirādyantabhūbhāge (19)kamalekṣaṇe|
karṇādūrdhvaṃ nayetsūtraṃ lāñchyamānaṃ krameṇa tu|| 8.19 ||
(19.tvamalekṣaṇe!
      Sl.19c, d is the same as sl.237c, d.
      " 20a, b " " 238a, b)
śikharonnataparyantaṃ caturdikṣvevameva hi|
paryaṭellāñchyamānaṃ tu karṇātkarṇaṃ(20) varānane(21)|| 8.20 ||
(20.munīśvarāḥ|
      Sl.21a, b,c, d is the same as sl.239a, b,c,d)
yāvatkumudapatrābhā sā syācchikharamañjarī|
evamālekhya dṛṣṭyā tu (21)saṃpādyātantupātataḥ|| 8.21 ||
(21.sampādyā''tantupātataḥ"iti pāṭho yujyate|)
bhūmikāṇḍaprasiddhyarthaṃ (22)sūtrasya daśadhā punaḥ|
upariṣṭāttu bhāgena bhavedāmalasāravat|| 8.22 ||
(22.[ī.16]kāryā daśadhā punaḥ|
      Sl.22c, d is the same as sl.240c,d.
       " 23a, b,c,d " " 241a, b,c,d
       " 24a, b is the same as sl.242-a, b.)
bhūmayo bhāgamānāstu tata(23)stasyāṃ samācaret|
kṣayavṛddhyā vidhānaṃ tu tad dviraṣṭāṃśasaṃmitam|| 8.23 ||
(23.gra stasya)
vibhinnapīṭharacanā tāsu kāryā yathāsthitiḥ|
sacakrairvividhaiḥ (24)patraiḥ prādurbhāvaistu cākhilaiḥ|| 8.24 ||
(24.padmaiḥ)
(25)navairvā lāñchanairmūrtairnṛttagītarasasthitaiḥ|
navāṃśenaurdhvabhāgāttu svapādena (26)viniścitam|| 8.25 ||
(25.sarvairvā)
(26.vinirgatam|
      Sl.24a, b is the same as sl.244a, b.)
uṣṇīṣamūrdhvabhūmestu kāryaṃ vai racanonvitam|
śiṣṭaṃ kṛtvā (27)svakaṃ pīṭhamaṇḍasyaikena pūrvavat|| 8.26 ||
(27.tridhā pīṭhaṃ maṇḍalasthena pūrvavat|)
dvitīyena tataḥ (28)karṇaṃ tṛtīyenordhvagena tu|
susamaṃ śrīyutaṃ kuryā(29)dantaṃ dhātrīphalāṇḍavat|| 8.27 ||
(28.kaṇṭhaṃ)
(29.daṇḍaṃ)
      Sl.28-a, b,c,d is the same as sl.246-a,b,c,d
      " 29-a, b,c,d " " 247-a,b,c,d
      " 30-a, b,c,d " " 248-a,b,c,d
      " 31-a, b,c,d " " 249-a,b,c,d
[ī.16]Sl.32=a, b,c,d " " 250-a,b,c,d)
navadhoṣṇīṣakaṃ kṛtvā caturbhirvedikābhramam|
tribhāgapṛthubhāgena sastambhā hyatha kevalā|| 8.28 ||
unnatā śikharārdhena sāpyutpaladalopamā|
kāryā śikharapīṭhordhve divyakarmavibhūṣitā|| 8.29 ||
tataḥ śubhataraṃ kuryāt maṇḍapaṃ stambhasaṃmitam|
bhūṣitaṃ vihagendreṇa balimaṇḍalakena tu|| 8.30 ||
caturdvāre tathā dikṣu vidheyaṃ maṇḍapatrayam|
praveśatritayopetaṃ maṇḍape maṇḍapaṃ bhavet|| 8.31 ||
kuryānmaṇḍapamuktaṃ vā yathābhimatanirgamam|
rathoparathakāryaṃ tu teṣāṃ garbhād vidhīyate|| 8.32 ||
niryāso daśamāṃśena dvādaśāṃśena (31)vā rame|
athavā ṣoḍaśāṃśena te kāryā nemivatpunaḥ|| 8.33 ||
(31.lāṅgalin|
      Sl.33-c, d is the same as sl.251-c, d
       " 34-a, b " " 252-a,b,c)
caturdik‌pakṣasaṃliptāḥ pīṭhakarmavibhūṣitāḥ|
śikharasya caturdikṣu (32)kuryād‌dvāragaṇaṃ samam‌|| 8.34 ||
(32.pīṭhopari samāpayet|
      Sl.35-a, b,c,d is the same as sl.254-a, b,c,d
      " 36=a, b same as " 255-a, b.)
tricatuḥpañcaṣaḍbhāge tato garbhādvidhīyate|
dviguṇaṃ connatatvena tripañcanavaśākhikam|| 8.35 ||
yuktaṃ dvārsthadvayenaiva kumbhebhadaśanaistu vā|
evaṃ vimānaṃ kṛtvā tu pratiṣṭhāṃ kārayettataḥ|| 8.36 ||

|| iti śrīśrīpraśnasaṃhitāyāṃ aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ||