गान्धर्व तन्त्र (शैव-शाक्त आगम - मन्त्र-रहस्य, यन्त्र एवं देवतोपासना सटीक)

sundarī and at the end of the Sandhyā he is to offer a handful of water mixed with red flowers and the powder of sandal wood to the sun under the name of the Mārtandabhairava with the Mantra ह्रीं हस मार्त्तण्डभैरवाय प्रकाशशक्तिसहिताय इदमर्घ्यं नमो नम 8th CHAPTER The 8th chapter describes the sacrificial altar and the way in which the practitioner should, while entering it, bow to the presiding deities of the quarters and other deities such as Ganeśa, Kshetrapāla etc and how he should make an offering to the Bhútas with the mantra ॐ ह्रीँ सर्वविघ्नकृत् सर्व- भूतेभ्यो हू स्वाहा how he should remove all obstacles by muttering seven times Astra-mantra which reads as ऐँक्लीँसौ. अस्त्राय फट् and how he should clean the sacri- ficial altar Every article of worship is to be concealed till the invocation of the Devi The Devotee is instructed to use his discretion in selecting Āsana because the fruit of worship varies with the material of which the Āsana is made. Red blanket is specially advised for the worship of Tripurā. It must measure two cubits in length and one cubit and a half in width He has to sit also on it under the instruc- tions of Āsana The posture peculiar to the worship of Tripurā is Padmāsana and the North is the quarter which the practi tioner must face to secure success in the worship of Tripura- sundarī The practitioner should take care that when wor- shipping he should have everything red such as saffron ointment, red dress, red seat etc and while following instructions regarding the use of the articles of worship and their places, he should have the