Isānasivagurudevapaddhati 30 worship are then given followed by a detailed mode of worship of Lips or alphabets in a Tantric diagram. The section concludes with a statement about the benefits accuring to the follower of the system. In the course of the enumeration of these concepts the form of the goddess to be meditated upon is also provided. For instance, goddess Sarasvatī in Samrddhinyāsa is to be conceived as follows: मन्दारदामकलितेन्दुजटाकिरीटा, सिन्दूरोचिरभिरामपुस्त्रिनेत्रा । कुन्दावदातवसनाङ कुशपाशविद्या- सन्दोहपङ्कजकरावतु भारती वः ॥ The goddess conceived as Samksobhani in a different way is repre- sented as follows : सिन्दूरारुणसुन्दराङ्गरुचिरा रक्ताम्बरालेपना, मन्दारावृतकुन्तला स्मितमुखी गण्डोल्लसत्त, कुण्डला । ध्येयास्याद् दधती करैः सरसिजं पाशाङ कुशे पुस्तकं, बिम्बोष्ठी मणिभूषणा भगवती संक्षोभणी भूतये ॥ Similarly the different conceptions of the deities to be meditated upon are given in this section. (3) The third Patala enumerates Svarodaya, Svaramūrti and Aksaramūrti. Fach of the vowels and consonats in a Tantric diagram is supposed to belong to a category like colour, etc. The author states that a Sādhaka without such knowledge is like a physician ignorant of the properties of medieval herbs or like one trying to ride an elephant in rut without knowing its intoxica- ted state. अविदितमनुवर्णप्रक्रिया कार्यरूपः कथमिह फललिप्सुः तज्जपादौ प्रवृत्तः । गण विषय विभागानौषधानामजानन् कुभिषगिव छिकित्सालोलुपो बालिशोऽसौ || अविदितगजशिक्षश्वासृणिर्वाधिरोहे- दविरलमदधारा: संस्रवन्तं गजेन्द्रम् ।
