ब्रह्मकूर्चं चरेद्यस्तु सोमाष्टम्यां विधानतः । अघोरेश्वरसांनिध्ये अघोरेणाभिमंत्रितम् । षडब्दस्य महत्तेन प्रायश्चित्तं कृतं भवेत्
brahmakūrcaṃ caredyastu somāṣṭamyāṃ vidhānataḥ | aghoreśvarasāṃnidhye aghoreṇābhimaṃtritam | ṣaḍabdasya mahattena prāyaścittaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet
凡于苏摩阿湿多弥日依仪轨修行“梵摩库尔恰”之戒,在阿诃罗伊湿伐罗前,以“阿诃罗”真言加持者,凭其广大威德,六年之忏悔赎罪皆得圆满。
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.