Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra
Chapter 93 · atha abhuktamūlaśāntyadhyāyaḥ · अथ अभुक्तमूलशान्त्यध्यायः · Verse 11
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīBṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra manuscript tradition
पञ्चगव्यादिकं क्षेप्यं कलशे तीर्थवारि च ।
शतौषध्यादिकं तत्र शतच्छिद्रघटे क्षिपेत्
IAST Transliteration
pañcagavyādikaṃ kṣepyaṃ kalaśe tīrthavāri ca | śatauṣadhyādikaṃ tatra śatacchidraghaṭe kṣipet
TranslationsTwo-source verified
English

Thereafter the remedial rites should be performed in the following order — (1) Select a learned priest to perform the religious rites according to prescribed procedure. (2) Instal a kalasha and put in it Panchagavya (five articles yielded by a cow, namely, milk, curd, ghee, dung and urine), Shataushadhi (शताऔषधि) and water of the holy river (Ganges etc.). (3) Then instal the idol of the Rakshasa facing west on an earthen plot (पट) with one hundred tiny holes. After placing bamboo leaves on it, perform the worship of the idol by offering it white flowers, sandal and clothes etc. (4) Also perform worship of its Adhideva Indra and Pratyadhideva Jala (जल — water). (5) Then perform havana to appease the deities. According to one's means 1008 or 108 oblations should be offered in the havan. (6) In order to obtain deliverance from death, Mrityunjaya mantra (मन्त्र) etc., should be recited and prayers offered to the deities for the purpose of Abhisheka. (7) The father, mother and the child should thereafter take the abhisheka with kalasha water, feed the other priests and Brahmins according to one's means. (8) Lastly after reciting the (इन्द्रसूक्त) etc., mantra, the father, mother and the child should see the reflection of their faces in the ghee (घृत-दर्शन). By the observance of the above remedial rites, the evil effects of birth in Abhukta Moola are completely wiped out.

Hindi

सुवर्णस्य च मूल्यं वा स्थापयित्वा प्रपूजयेत्‌ । सुवर्णं सर्वदैवत्यं यतः शास्त्रेषु निश्चितम्‌ । । 12 । अथवा मूर्ति का मूल्य रखकर पूजें — सोने में सब देवताओं का प्रतिनिधित्व है यह शास्त्र से सिद्ध है ।

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