Shloka 25
Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti
Devanagari script
हुत्वाघोरेण देवेशं स्नात्वाघोरेण वै द्विजाः अष्टद्रोणघृतेनैव स्नाप्य पश्चाद्विशोध्य च
Transliteration
hutvāghoreṇa deveśaṃ snātvāghoreṇa vai dvijāḥ aṣṭadroṇaghṛtenaiva snāpya paścādviśodhya ca
Translation
अघोर मंत्राने देवेशास हवन अर्पण करून, हे द्विजांनो, मग अघोर मंत्रानेच स्नान घालावे. त्यानंतर आठ द्रोण घृताने अभिषेक करून, पुढे शोधन-विधी करावा.
Word by Word
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:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja vidhi within the Linga Purana discourse)