इष्टशक्तिस्वस्तिकाभीर्धारकं मङ्गलं परम् । परिषिञ्चेत्ततः कुण्डं मेखलोपरि मन्त्रवित्
With auspicious symbols of desired powers and svastika, the practitioner should sprinkle the altar, making it supremely auspicious, then pour water over the fire-pit above the boundary, knowing the mantra.
दर्भैः परिस्तरेत्पश्चात्परिधीन्विन्यसेदथ । त्रिकोणवृत्तषट्कोणं साष्टपत्रं सभूपुरम्
Afterwards, he should encircle it with darbha grass, then arrange the boundaries: triangle, circle, hexagon, eight-petaled lotus, and the enclosure.
यन्त्रं विभावयेद्वह्नेः पूर्वं वा संलिखेदथ । तन्मध्ये पूजयेद्वह्निं मन्त्रेणानेन वै मुने
He should visualize the yantra of fire, or draw it first; in its center, O sage, he should worship the fire with this mantra.
वैश्वानर ततो जातवेदः पश्चादिहावह । लोहिताक्षपदं प्रोक्त्वा सर्वकर्माणि साधय
First recite Vaiśvānara, then Jātaveda, then Ihāvaha; uttering the red-eyed form, accomplish all actions.
वह्निजायान्तको मन्त्रस्तेन वह्निं तु पूजयेत् । मध्ये षट्स्वपि कोणेषु हिरण्या गगना तथा
With the mantra 'Vahnijāyāntaka', he should worship the fire; in the middle and in all six corners, gold and sky likewise.
रक्ता कृष्णा सुप्रभा च बहुरूपातिरक्तिका । पूजयेत्सप्तजिह्वास्ताः केसरेष्वङ्गपूजनम्
Red, black, radiant, multiform, intensely red—he should worship those seven tongues, performing the worship of limbs in the filaments.
दलेषु पूजयेन्मूर्तीः शक्तिस्वस्तिकधारिणी । जातवेदाः सप्तजिह्वो हव्यवाहन एव च
In the petals, he should worship the forms bearing the power and svastika; Jātavedas, the seven-tongued, and Havyavāhana as well.
अश्वोदरजसंज्ञोऽन्यः पुनर्वैश्वानराह्वयः । कौमारतेजाः स्याद्विश्वमुखो देवमुखः स्मृतः
Another is called Aśvodara, then Vaiśvānara; Kaumāratejas, Viśvamukha, and Devamukha are remembered.
ताराग्नये पदाद्याः स्युर्नत्यन्ता वह्निमूर्तयः । लोकपालांश्चतुर्दिक्षु वज्राद्यायुधसंयुतान्
The forms of fire beginning with Tārāgni and Padā should be placed up to the end; in the four directions, the guardians of the world, equipped with weapons like thunderbolt.
श्रीनारायण उवाच ततः स्रुक्स्रुवसंस्कारावाज्यसंस्कार एव च । कृत्वा होमं ततः कुर्यात्स्रुवेणादाय वै घृतम्
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then, after preparing the ladle and spoon, and also the clarified butter, having performed the homa, he should take ghee with the spoon and proceed.
दक्षिणाद्घृतभागात्तु वह्नेर्दक्षिणलोचने । जुहुयादग्नये स्वाहेत्येवं वै वामतोऽन्यतः
From the southern portion of the ghee, into the right eye of the fire, he should offer, saying 'Agni, svāhā'; likewise, from the left side, another offering.
सोमाय स्वाहेति मध्याद्घृतमादाय सत्तम । अग्नीषोमाभ्यां स्वाहेति मध्यनेत्रे हुनेत्ततः
Taking ghee from the middle, O noble one, he should offer with 'Soma, svāhā'; then, into the central eye, with 'Agni and Soma, svāhā', he should offer.
पुनर्दक्षिणभागात्तु घृतमादाय वै मुखे । अग्नये स्विष्टकृत्स्वाहेत्यनेनैव हुनेत्ततः
Again, taking ghee from the southern portion, into the mouth, he should offer with 'Agni, Sviṣṭakṛt, svāhā' in this way.
सताराभिर्व्याहृतिभिर्जुहुयादथ साधकः । जुहुयादग्निमन्त्रेण त्रिवारं तु ततः परम्
Then, with the syllables of Tārā and the vyāhṛtis, the practitioner should offer; then, with the fire mantra, he should offer three times.
ततस्तु प्रणवेनैवाप्यष्टावष्टौ घृताहुतीः । गर्भाधानादिसंस्कारकृते तु जुहुयान्मुने
Afterwards, with the praṇava, he should offer eight or sixteen ghee oblations for the rites beginning with conception, O sage.
गर्भाधानं पुंसवनं सीमन्तोन्नयनं ततः । जातकर्म नामकर्माप्युपनिष्क्रमणं तथा
Conception, quickening, parting of the hair, then birth rites, naming, and the first outing likewise.
अन्नाशनं तथा चूडा व्रतबन्धस्तथैव च । महानाम्न्यं व्रतं पश्चात्तथौपनिषदं व्रतम्
Eating food, the first haircut, the vow of wearing the sacred thread, then the great vow, and afterwards the Upanishadic vow.
गोदानोद्वाहकौ प्रोक्ताः संस्काराः श्रुतिचोदिताः । ततः शिवं पार्वतीं च पूजयित्वा विसर्जयेत्
Gift of a cow and marriage are declared as rites prescribed by the scriptures; then, having worshipped Śiva and Pārvatī, he should dismiss them.
जुहुयात्पञ्च समिधो वह्निमुद्दिश्य साधकः । पश्चादावरणानां चाप्येकैकामाहुतिं हुनेत्
The practitioner should offer five sticks of fuel into the fire, and then make a single oblation for each of the surrounding deities.
घृतं स्रुचि समादाय चतुर्वारं स्रुवेण च । पिधाय तां तु तेनैव मुने तिष्ठन्निजासने
Taking ghee with a ladle, and four times with the spoon, he should cover it and remain seated in his own seat, O sage.
वौषडन्तेन मनुना वह्नेस्तु जुहुयात्ततः । महागणेशमन्त्रेण जुहुयादाहुतीर्दश
Then, reciting the mantra ending with 'vauṣaṭ', he should offer into the fire; with the great Gaṇeśa mantra, he should make ten oblations.
वह्नौ पीठं समभ्यर्च्य देयमन्त्रस्य देवताम् । वह्नौ ध्यात्वा तु तद्वक्त्रे पञ्चविंशतिसंख्यया
After duly worshipping the seat in the fire, and meditating on the deity of the mantra to be given, he should contemplate that deity in the fire's mouth and offer twenty-five oblations.
मूलमन्त्रेण जुहुयाद्वक्त्रैकीकरणाय च । वह्निदेवतयोरैक्यं भावयन्नात्मना सह
He should offer oblations with the root mantra for the unification of the mouth, contemplating the union of the fire deity and the mantra deity along with himself.
एकीभूतं भावयेत्तु ततस्तु साधकोत्तमः । षडङ्गं देवतानां च जुहुयादाहुतीः पृथक्
Then, the best of practitioners should meditate on that unity, and separately offer oblations to the six-limbed forms of the deities.
एकादशैव जुहुयादाहुतीर्मुनिसत्तम । एतेन नाडीसन्धानं वह्निदेवतयोर्मुने
He should offer exactly eleven oblations, O best of sages; by this, the channels of connection between the fire and the deity are established, O sage.
एकैकक्रमयोगेनाप्यावृत्तीनां तथैव च । एकैकक्रमयोगेन घृतेन जुहुयान्मुने
In the same way, by the method of sequential order for each repetition, he should offer ghee in the same sequential manner, O sage.
ततः कल्पोक्तद्रव्यैस्तु जुहुयादथवा तिलैः । देवतामूलमन्त्रेण गजान्तकसहस्रकम्
Then, with the substances prescribed by the ritual, or with sesame seeds, he should offer a thousand oblations with the root mantra of the deity, ending with 'gajāntaka'.
एवं हुत्वा ततो देवीं सन्तुष्टां भावयेन्मुने । तथैवावृतिदेवीश्च वह्न्याद्या देवता अपि
Having thus offered, he should then meditate on the Goddess as being satisfied, O sage; likewise, on the deities of the coverings, and the fire and other deities.
ततः शिष्यं च सुस्नातं कृतसम्यादिकक्रियम् । वस्त्रद्वययुतं स्वर्णाभरणेन समन्वितम्
Then, the disciple, having bathed well and performed the proper preliminary rites, adorned with two garments and gold ornaments,
कमण्डलुकरं शुद्धं कुण्डस्यान्तिकमानयेत् । नमस्कृत्य ततः शिष्यो गुरूनथ सभासदः
Holding a water pot and purified, he should be brought near the altar; then, the disciple should bow to the teachers and the assembly.