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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
वस्त्रांगुलीयकैस्तस्य पूजां भक्त्या प्रकल्पयेत् ।होमं च कारयेत्तेन समिदाज्यतिलैरपि ॥मंत्रश्च रुद्रगायत्री सर्वत्रेति विनिश्चयः ।
He should honour him with devotion, with clothes and rings. He should have him do a homa (fire offering) with samidh (sacred firewood), ghee and sesame. The mantra in every place is the gayatri (gayatri mantra) of Rudra. This is settled.
Classical view, not medical advice.
रुद्रगायत्री लिङ्गपुराणेसर्वेश्वराय विद्महे शूलहस्ताय धीमहि । तन्नो रुद्रः प्रचोदयात् ॥
In the Linga Purana, the gayatri (gayatri mantra) of Rudra is: "sarveshvaraya vidmahe shulahastaya dhimahi, tanno rudrah prachodayat" (a mantra).
यद्वाग्नौ त्र्यंबकेणैव समिधा जुहुयात्सुधीः ।
Or the wise one may offer firewood in the fire with the Tryambaka mantra, the Vedic mantra that begins "tryambakam". He may offer ghee with the…
तिलैश्च मूलमंत्रेण सर्वत्रैवं क्रमो भवेत् ।
And he offers with sesame and the main mantra. In all of this, the order is the same. At the end of sending off Brahma, the pair [of images] goes to…