Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
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).
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
शिवयोर्विधिवद्देयं वृषभोपरि निष्ठितम् ।
The pair, Shiva and Uma, set on the bull, should be given by the rule. He should offer it with devotion to a calm priest who knows the Veda.