Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

तथाप्ययुतमात्रेण पातकाद्वै प्रमुच्यते संसर्गात्पातकी लक्षं जपेद्वै मानसं धिया

Transliteration

tathāpyayutamātreṇa pātakādvai pramucyate saṃsargātpātakī lakṣaṃ japedvai mānasaṃ dhiyā

Translation

అయినా కేవలం పదివేల (శివమంత్ర) జపంతో పాపం నుండి విముక్తి కలుగుతుంది. కానీ దుష్సంగం వల్ల పాతకిగా మారినవాడు, స్థిరమైన శుద్ధ బుద్ధితో లక్షసార్లు మానసిక జపం చేయాలి.

Word by Word

• tathā api: even so/ nevertheless

• ayuta-mātreṇa: by the measure of ten thousand (japa)

• pātakāt: from sin

• vai: indeed

• pramucyate: is freed/released

• saṃsargāt: due to association/contagion (of impurity)

• pātakī: a sinner

• lakṣam: one hundred thousand

• japet: should repeat (japa)

• vai: indeed

• mānasam: mentally (not aloud)

• dhiyā: with the intellect/inner awareness

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva prāyaścitta teachings to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames mantra-japa as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction) that prepares the pashu (bound soul) for worthy Linga-pūjā by cleansing pasha (bondage) born of impurity.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord—whose mantra, when internalized with purified dhī, loosens pasha and restores the soul’s fitness for grace (anugraha).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Mānasa-japa (mental repetition) with prescribed counts—10,000 generally, and 100,000 for sin intensified by bad saṃsarga—reflecting a Śaiva prāyaścitta aligned with Pāśupata-style inner discipline.