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Shloka 23

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

जपेल्लक्षमघोराख्यं हुत्वा चैव घृतादिभिः घृतेन चरुणा चैव समिद्भिश् च तिलैस् तथा

japellakṣamaghorākhyaṃ hutvā caiva ghṛtādibhiḥ ghṛtena caruṇā caiva samidbhiś ca tilais tathā

অঘোৰ-নাম মন্ত্ৰ এক লক্ষবাৰ জপ কৰিব; তাৰ পাছত ঘৃতাদি দ্ৰব্যেৰে হোম কৰিব—ঘৃত, চৰু, সমিধা আৰু তিলৰে আহুতি দি মহাদেৱৰ কৃপা আৰু পাশ-বন্ধনচ্ছেদৰ বাবে বিধি সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰিব।

japetshould repeat/recite
japet:
lakṣamone hundred thousand (japa-count)
lakṣam:
aghora-ākhyamcalled ‘Aghora’ (the Aghora-mantra/name of Shiva)
aghora-ākhyam:
hutvāhaving offered into the fire (homa)
hutvā:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
ghṛta-ādibhiḥwith ghee and other (oblations)
ghṛta-ādibhiḥ:
ghṛtenawith ghee
ghṛtena:
caruṇāwith caru (cooked rice oblation)
caruṇā:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
samidbhiḥwith fuel-sticks (samidh)
samidbhiḥ:
caand
ca:
tilaiḥwith sesame seeds
tilaiḥ:
tathālikewise/accordingly
tathā:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)