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Shloka 25

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

हुत्वाघोरेण देवेशं स्नात्वाघोरेण वै द्विजाः अष्टद्रोणघृतेनैव स्नाप्य पश्चाद्विशोध्य च

hutvāghoreṇa deveśaṃ snātvāghoreṇa vai dvijāḥ aṣṭadroṇaghṛtenaiva snāpya paścādviśodhya ca

অঘোৰ মন্ত্ৰে দেৱেশক হোম অৰ্পণ কৰি, হে দ্বিজসকল, তাৰ পাছত অঘোৰ মন্ত্ৰে হে স্নান কৰাব। তাৰপিছত আঠ দ্ৰোণ ঘৃতৰে অভিষেক কৰি, পিছত শোধন-শুদ্ধিক্ৰিয়া সম্পন্ন কৰিব।

hutvāhaving offered (oblations)
hutvā:
āghoreṇawith the Aghora (mantra/rite)
āghoreṇa:
deveśamthe Lord of the gods (Shiva as Pati)
deveśam:
snātvāhaving bathed/after bathing
snātvā:
āghoreṇawith Aghora
āghoreṇa:
vaiindeed
vai:
dvijāḥthe twice-born (qualified ritualists)
dvijāḥ:
aṣṭaeight
aṣṭa:
droṇadroṇa-measures (a large Vedic measure)
droṇa:
ghṛtenawith ghee
ghṛtena:
evaonly/indeed
eva:
snāpyahaving caused to be bathed (abhisheka)
snāpya:
paścātafterwards
paścāt:
viśodhyahaving purified/performing purification
viśodhya:
caand
ca:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja vidhi within the Linga Purana discourse)