मातृदेहोत्थितान्येवं पितृदेहे च पातकम् संहरामि न संदेहः सर्वं पातकजं विभो
Thus, I remove sins arising from the mother's body, and from the father's body as well—there is no doubt, O Lord, that I destroy all sins.
लक्षं जप्त्वा ह्यघोरेभ्यो ब्रह्महा मुच्यते प्रभो तदर्धं वाचिके वत्स तदर्धं मानसे पुनः
By reciting the Aghora mantra one hundred thousand times, a Brahmin-killer is freed, O Lord; with half that for verbal sin, and half again for mental sin, O child.
चतुर्गुणं बुद्धिपूर्वे क्रोधादष्टगुणं स्मृतम् वीरहा लक्षमात्रेण भ्रूणहा कोटिमभ्यसेत्
For intentional sin, four times that amount is prescribed; for sin out of anger, eight times is remembered. A slayer of a hero is purified by one hundred thousand recitations; a slayer of a fetus should practice a million times.
मातृहा नियुतं जप्त्वा शुध्यते नात्र संशयः गोघ्नश्चैव कृतघ्नश् च स्त्रीघ्नः पापयुतो नरः
A mother-killer is purified by reciting ten million times—there is no doubt of this. A cow-killer, an ingrate, a woman-killer, or a man tainted by sin—
अयुताघोरमभ्यस्य मुच्यते नात्र संशयः सुरापो लक्षमात्रेण बुद्ध्याबुद्ध्यापि वै प्रभो
—is freed by reciting the Aghora mantra ten thousand times—there is no doubt. One who drinks liquor is purified by one hundred thousand recitations, whether knowingly or unknowingly, O Lord.
मुच्यते नात्र संदेहस् तदर्धेन च वारुणीम् अस्नाताशी सहस्रेण अजपी च तथा द्विजः
There is no doubt he is freed; with half that, from drinking Varuni. One who eats without bathing is purified by a thousand recitations, as is a twice-born who does not recite.
अहुताशी सहस्रेण अदाता च विशुध्यति ब्राह्मणस्वापहर्ता च स्वर्णस्तेयी नराधमः
One who eats without offering, or who does not give, is purified by a thousand recitations; a thief of Brahmins' property, or a vile man who steals gold—
नियुतं मानसं जप्त्वा मुच्यते नात्र संशयः गुरुतल्परतो वापि मातृघ्नो वा नराधमः
—is freed by reciting mentally ten million times—there is no doubt. One who violates the teacher's bed, or a mother-killer, O worst of men—
ब्रह्मघ्नश् च जपेदेवं मानसं वै पितामह संपर्कात्पापिनां पापं तत्समं परिभाषितम्
A Brahmin-killer should likewise recite mentally, O Grandfather. Sin arising from association with sinners is declared to be equal to that.
तथाप्ययुतमात्रेण पातकाद्वै प्रमुच्यते संसर्गात्पातकी लक्षं जपेद्वै मानसं धिया
Still, by reciting ten thousand times, one is freed from sin; for association with sinners, one should recite mentally one hundred thousand times with intent.
उपांशु यच्चतुर्धा वै वाचिकं चाष्टधा जपेत् पातकादर्धमेव स्याद् उपपातकिनां स्मृतम्
One should recite the mantra in a low voice fourfold, and audibly eightfold; for those guilty of grave sins, only half the merit is obtained, and for those guilty of lesser sins, it is so declared.
तदर्धं केवले पापे नात्र कार्या विचारणा ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं सुवर्णस्तेयमेव च
Half of that merit applies in the case of a single sin; there should be no doubt regarding this—such as the slaying of a Brahmin, drinking of liquor, theft of gold, and so on.
कृत्वा च गुरुतल्पं च पापकृद्ब्राह्मणो यदि रुद्रगायत्रिया ग्राह्यं गोमूत्रं कापिलं द्विजाः
If a Brahmin commits a grave sin, such as violating the teacher’s bed, he should take Kapila cow urine with the Rudra-Gāyatrī, O twice-born ones.
गन्धद्वारेति तस्या वै गोमयं स्वस्थम् आहरेत् तेजो ऽसि शुक्तम् इत्याज्यं कापिलं संहरेद्बुधः
With the mantra 'gandhadvāre', he should take fresh cow dung; with 'tejo'si śuktam', he should take clarified butter, as prescribed by the wise.
आप्यायस्वेति च क्षीरं दधिक्राव्णेति चाहरेत् गव्यं दधि नवं साक्षात् कापिलं वै पितामह
With the mantra 'āpyāyasva', he should take milk; with 'dadhikrāvaṇa', he should take fresh curd from a Kapila cow, O Pitāmaha.
देवस्य त्वेति मन्त्रेण संग्रहेद्वै कुशोदकम् एकस्थं हेमपात्रे वा कृत्वाघोरेण राजते
With the mantra 'devasya tvā', he should collect water with kuśa grass, placing it together in a golden vessel or, with the Aghora mantra, in a silver one.
ताम्रे वा पद्मपात्रे वा पालाशे वा दले शुभे सकूर्चं सर्वरत्नाढ्यं क्षिप्त्वा तत्रैव काञ्चनम्
Or in a copper or lotus-leaf vessel, or in a pure palāśa leaf, with a bundle of kuśa grass, adorned with all kinds of gems, and gold placed there as well.
जपेल्लक्षमघोराख्यं हुत्वा चैव घृतादिभिः घृतेन चरुणा चैव समिद्भिश् च तिलैस् तथा
He should recite the Aghora mantra one hundred thousand times, and offer oblations with ghee and other substances, with ghee, with a cooked offering, with sacred sticks, and with sesame seeds.
यवैश् च व्रीहिभिश्चैव जुहुयाद्वै पृथक्पृथक् प्रत्येकं सप्तवारं तु द्रव्यालाभे घृतेन तु
With barley and rice, he should offer separately, each seven times; if these materials are unavailable, then with ghee alone.
हुत्वाघोरेण देवेशं स्नात्वाघोरेण वै द्विजाः अष्टद्रोणघृतेनैव स्नाप्य पश्चाद्विशोध्य च
Having offered oblations to the Lord with the Aghora mantra, and having bathed with the same, O twice-born, he should then bathe the Lord with eight droṇas of ghee, and purify thereafter.
अहोरात्रोषितः स्नातः पिबेत्कूर्चं शिवाग्रतः ब्राह्मं ब्रह्मजपं कुर्याद् आचम्य च यथाविधि
Having fasted for a day and night, and bathed, he should drink the kuśa mixture before Śiva, recite the Brahma mantra, and perform the prescribed purification.
एवं कृत्वा कृतघ्नो ऽपि ब्रह्महा भ्रूणहा तथा वीरहा गुरुघाती च मित्रविश्वासघातकः
Thus, even one who has committed the killing of a Brahmin, a fetus, a hero, a teacher, or betrayed a friend’s trust—
स्तेयी सुवर्णस्तेयी च गुरुतल्परतः सदा मद्यपो वृषलीसक्तः परदारविधर्षकः
A thief, a gold thief, one who violates the teacher’s bed, a habitual drunkard, one attached to outcast women, or who violates another’s wife—
ब्रह्मस्वहा तथा गोघ्नो मातृहा पितृहा तथा देवप्रच्यावकश्चैव लिङ्गप्रध्वंसकस् तथा
One who destroys Vedic offerings, kills a cow, kills mother or father, drives away the gods, or destroys the liṅga—
तथान्यानि च पापानि मानसानि द्विजो यदि वाचिकानि तथान्यानि कायिकानि सहस्रशः
And other sins, whether mental, verbal, or physical, even if committed by the thousands—
कृत्वा विमुच्यते सद्यो जन्मान्तरशतैरपि एतद्रहस्यं कथितम् अघोरेशप्रसंगतः
Having done this, one is immediately freed, even from hundreds of births; this secret has been told by the grace of Aghoreśa.
तस्माज्जपेद्द्विजो नित्यं सर्वपापविशुद्धये
Therefore, a twice-born should always recite for the purification from all sins.
अथान्यो ब्रह्मणः कल्पो वर्तते मुनिपुङ्गवाः विश्वरूप इति ख्यातो नामतः परमाद्भुतः
Now, O foremost sages, another cycle of Brahmā is described, known by name as Viśvarūpa, most wondrous indeed.
विनिवृत्ते तु संहारे पुनः सृष्टे चराचरे ब्रह्मणः पुत्रकामस्य ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः
When dissolution had ceased and creation arose again, Brahmā, desiring sons, meditated upon the Supreme Lord.
प्रादुर्भूता महानादा विश्वरूपा सरस्वती विश्वमाल्यांबरधरा विश्वयज्ञोपवीतिनी
Then appeared the great sound, Sarasvatī, of universal form, adorned with the garland and garments of the cosmos, wearing the sacred thread of the universal sacrifice.