Tantric texts tell the worshipper to imagine a red sun orb – signifying a yoni triangle – in his own navel. The popular form of Chhinnamasta is imagined to reside in the orb. The "Tantrasara" cautions a householder-man to invoke the goddess only in "abstract terms". It further advises that, if woman invokes Chhinnamasta by her mantra, the woman will become a dakini and lose her husband and son, thereby becoming a perfect yogini. The "Shaktisamgama Tantra" prescribes her worship only by the left-handed path (Vamamarga). The "Mantra-mahodadhih" declares that such worship involves having sexual intercourse with a woman who is not one's wife. The "Shakta Pramoda" tells the same, adding fire sacrifices, wine, and meat offerings at night. The best time to propitiate her is said to be the fourth quarter of the evening, that is, midnight.