Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 36 · Ashlesha 1st Pada
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
होमं कारयितुं प्राज्यं कुण्डे चाष्टदले तथा ॥दशांशतर्पणं तस्य मार्जनं तद्दशांशतः ॥ १६ ॥
He should have a rich homa (fire offering) done in a fire pit shaped with eight petals. Tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) is a tenth part of it. Marjana (sprinkling) is a tenth part of that.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रतिमां रुचिरां कृत्वा सुवर्णस्य महेश्वरि ॥
O Great Goddess, he should make a lovely image in gold, of sixty pala (a unit of weight). He should worship it with care, by the rule.
मन्त्रेणानेन विधिना गन्धधूपादिभिस्तथा ॥
With this mantra (sacred words) and this rite, with scents, incense and the like, he says: Durga, O Goddess, salutation to you, giver of all success.
इमां पूजां गृहीत्वा तु मम कार्यं प्रसाधय ॥
Accept this worship and complete my work. Om hrim maheshvaryai namah: Om, salutation to the Great Goddess. Om durgayai namah: Om, salutation to…