Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 9 · Vastu, Griha Pravesha
वास्तु गृहप्रवेशश्च
नैधने शुद्धिसंयुक्ते शुभलग्ने शुभांशके ।शुभेक्षितेऽथ वा युक्ते लग्ने शंकुं विनिक्षिपेत् ॥ ५७८ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 578.
Set the peg in a good lagna (rising sign) with a good navamsha (one-ninth part of a sign). The 8th house must be clean. Good planets should look at the lagna or join it.
Simple meaning: Set the peg in a good rising sign, with a clean 8th house and good planets looking at it.
ताः पुनः षड्विधाः शालाः प्रत्येकं दशषड्विधाः ।
Halls come in six kinds, each with sixteen forms. Seven names are given here.
सुमुखं दुर्मुखं क्रूरं शत्रुं स्वर्णप्रदं क्षयम् ।
Nine more hall names are given. Vijaya is the sixteenth.
गृहाणि गणयेदेवं तेषां प्रस्तारभेदतः ।
The sixteen houses are counted with a table of long and short marks, built row by row.