Glory of Aghoreśa - Verse 18
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 15.18
Sanskrit Original
कृत्वा च गुरुतल्पं च पापकृद्ब्राह्मणो यदि। रुद्रगायत्रिया ग्राह्यं गोमूत्रं कापिलं द्विजाः।।
kṛtvā ca gurutalpaṃ ca pāpakṛdbrāhmaṇo yadi| rudragāyatriyā grāhyaṃ gomūtraṃ kāpilaṃ dvijāḥ||
Sūta said: He should gather together (i) urine of a tawny coloured cow repeating “rudra-gāyatrī”,[1] (ii) freshly laid dung of the same or similar cow repeating the mantra “gandhadvāra”,[2] (iii) ghee made from a similar cow repeating the mantra “tejosi śukram”,[3] (iv) milk from the same or similar cow repeating the mantra “āpyāyasva”[4] and (5) fresh curds made from the milk of the same or similar cow repeating the mantra “dadhikrāṇā”.[5] To this mixture water taken with a tuft of kuśa grass should be added by repeating the mantra “devasya tvā”,[6] and the mixture should be well stirred in a vessel made of gold, silver or copper, or in a cup made of lotus or palāśa leaf, repeating the aghora mantra. In this vessel he should place (different) gems and a piece of gold along with a tuft of kuśa grass.