ब्रह्मकूर्चं चरेद्यस्तु सोमाष्टम्यां विधानतः । अघोरेश्वरसांनिध्ये अघोरेणाभिमंत्रितम् । षडब्दस्य महत्तेन प्रायश्चित्तं कृतं भवेत्
brahmakūrcaṃ caredyastu somāṣṭamyāṃ vidhānataḥ | aghoreśvarasāṃnidhye aghoreṇābhimaṃtritam | ṣaḍabdasya mahattena prāyaścittaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet
Sinumang magsagawa nang ayon sa tuntunin ng panatang Brahmakūrcha sa Somāṣṭamī, sa harap ni Aghoreśvara, na pinabanal sa pamamagitan ng mantrang Aghora—sa dakilang bisa nito, natatamo ang pagtubos-sala para sa anim na taon.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Aghoreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) in the broader section; also the text’s audience
Scene: A devotee performs a restrained Brahmakūrcha observance on Somāṣṭamī before the Aghoreśvara liṅga; a priest consecrates with Aghora-mantra; offerings of water, bilva, and lamp; atmosphere of austerity and purification.
Time (Somāṣṭamī), place (Aghoreśvara’s presence), and mantra (Aghora) together intensify purification and expiation.
Aghoreśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, where the rite is said to become especially potent.
Perform the Brahmakūrcha observance on Somāṣṭamī near Aghoreśvara, empowered by the Aghora mantra, to complete significant prāyaścitta.