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The Essence of the Tantra13.20

13.20

तत्र मध्ये भगवान् ऊर्ध्वे ऽस्य ऐशानं वक्त्रम् अधः पातालवक्त्रम् पूर्वादिदिक्चतुष्के श्रीतत्पुरुषाघोरसद्योवामाख्यं दिक्चतुष्कमध्ये अन्याश् चतस्रः

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra madhye bhagavān ūrdhve 'sya aiśānaṃ vaktram adhaḥ pātālavaktram pūrvādidikcatuṣke śrītatpuruṣāghorasadyovāmākhyaṃ dikcatuṣkamadhye anyāś catasraḥ

— in the centre, the Lord ; — the Īśāna face ; — the netherworld face ; — in the four directions beginning with east ; — named the venerable Tatpuruṣa, Aghora, Sadyojāta, and Vāmadeva ; — in the midst of the four directions (the intermediate points) ; — the other four (faces)

There, in the centre, is the Lord; above is His Īśāna face, below the netherworld face; in the four directions beginning with the east are the faces named the venerable Tatpuruṣa, Aghora, Sadyojāta, and Vāmadeva; and in the intermediate points are the other four.