Mastering the mantra of Aghora - Verse 32
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 50.32
Sanskrit Original
कुण्डस्याधः खनेच्छत्रुं ब्राह्मणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। अधोमुखोर्ध्वपादं तु सर्वकुण्डेषु यत्नतः।।
kuṇḍasyādhaḥ khanecchatruṃ brāhmaṇaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ| adhomukhordhvapādaṃ tu sarvakuṇḍeṣu yatnataḥ||
Sūta said: The devotee who has mastered the mantras shall duly install the deity in the funeral pyre or the spot of the dead. He shall duly make five Homakuṇḍas—one in the middle and one each in the easṇ south, west and north—in accordance with the injunctions in the sacred treatises. The preceptor shall sit in front of the middle Kuṇḍa and the aspirants in front of the Kuṇḍas in the quarters. He shall spread Darbha grass in an anti-clockwise manner and hold the trident. He himself shall be seated in the middle of the seat of black fire accompanied by his disciples similarly placed. He shall then meditate on the terrible deity Aghoreśa with the mantra of thirty-two syllables.[2] With the branch of Vibhītaka (Terminalia belerica) cut into pieces of twelve aṅgulas he shall prepare replicas of his king’s enemy and place them on the pedestal along with the coal. Then he shall furiously dig the Kuṇḍas and place the replicas of the king’s enemy inside the Kuṇḍas with the face down and the feet turned upwards. He shall bring burning coals from the cremation ground and burn the branches along with paddy husks. The devotee maintaining strict celibacy shall place the fire silently.