tapta-jambunada-prakhyam

 sankha-cakra-gadambujaih

lasac-catur-bhujam santam

 padma-kiñjalka-vasasam

 

sphurat-kirita-kataka

 kati-sutra-varangadam

srivatsa-vaksasam bhrajat-

 kaustubham vana-malinam

 

dhyayann abhyarcya daruni

 havisabhighrtani ca

prasyajya-bhagav agharau

 dattva cajya-plutam havih

 

juhuyan mula-mantrena

 sodasarcavadanatah

dharmadibhyo yatha-nyayam

 mantraih svisti-krtam budhah

 

Translation: 

 

The intelligent devotee should meditate upon that form of the Lord whose color is like molten gold, whose four arms are resplendent with the conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower, and who is always peaceful and dressed in a garment colored like the filaments within a lotus flower. His helmet, bracelets, belt and fine arm ornaments shine brilliantly. The symbol of Srivatsa is on His chest, along with the glowing Kaustubha gem and a garland of forest flowers. The devotee should then worship that Lord by taking pieces of firewood soaked in the sacrificial ghee and throwing them into the fire. He should perform the ritual of aghara, presenting into the fire the various items of oblation drenched in ghee. He should then offer to sixteen demigods, beginning with Yamaraja, the oblation called svisti-krt, reciting the basic mantras of each deity and the sixteen-line Purusa-sukta hymn. Pouring one oblation after each line of the Purusa-sukta, he should utter the particular mantra naming each deity.