Shloka 23
Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti
Devanagari script
जपेल्लक्षमघोराख्यं हुत्वा चैव घृतादिभिः घृतेन चरुणा चैव समिद्भिश् च तिलैस् तथा
Transliteration
japellakṣamaghorākhyaṃ hutvā caiva ghṛtādibhiḥ ghṛtena caruṇā caiva samidbhiś ca tilais tathā
Translation
अघोर-नाम मंत्राचा एक लक्ष जप करावा; नंतर घृतादि द्रव्यांनी हवन करावे—घृत, चरु, समिधा व तीळ यांची आहुती देऊन महादेवाची कृपा व पाशबंधनच्छेद साधावा.
Word by Word
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:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)