Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 2 · Jvara: past deeds
ज्वर — कर्मविपाकः
तच्छमनार्थं जातवेदसमष्टोत्तरशतयुतं कल्पम् । सहस्रकलशाभिषेकं महादेवस्य कुर्यात् ब्राह्मणभोजनं च कारयेत् ।
To bring peace from it, the rule is the mantra of Jatavedas (the fire god), said with 108 repeats. One should also do the thousand-pot abhisheka (ritual pouring of water) of Mahadeva (Shiva). One should have brahmanas (priests) fed too.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अन्यच्च —
Also: Some did cruel deeds, were wrongdoers and were spiteful in mind. They may always suffer from fever with chills, [if they stay] given to those…
शांतयेऽयुतसंख्याकं कुर्यात्तु प्रयतो जपम् ॥
For peace, a person with self-control should do japa (repeating a mantra) 10,000 times. It is done with the Jatavedas mantra. Then one should feed…
सुरामांसोपहाराद्यैः कल्पं तत्र प्रशस्यते ॥
Here the rite with offerings of liquor, meat and the like is praised. It also has a bath with a thousand pots, and a meal for a hundred.