The Temples of Śiva - Verse 100

Sūta said:: After scrubbing and cleaning the front yard of the shrine by any material, O excellent brahmins, if a devotee describes a mystic diagram in the form of a square to the north or south or to the west of the shrine and embellishes it with the powders, flowers, raw rice grains etc., and then worships the deity with flowers, raw rice grains, etc., he is liberated from all sins.