Chapter 49 - Installation of Aghoreśa

The sages said:

1. The greatness of Aghoreśa had been mentioned by you formerly. O saintly lord, it behoves you now to recount the installation and worship of the lord Aghora.

Sūta said:

2. O leading sages, the installation of Aghoreśa is in accordance with the general injunctions regarding the Liṅga, with the distinction that it shall be accompanied by the Aghora mantra and its ancillaries.^[1]

3-4. The devotee shall perform the worship of the sacred fire. Homas shall be performed in the same manner^[2] as the worship, one thousand, five hundred, or hundred and eight times. Homas shall be performed with gingelly seeds mixed with curds, honey and ghee. Homa performed with ghee, fried grain flour and honey dispels all miseries.

5. It is destructive of ailments. Homa with gingelly seeds bestows prosperity. A thousand Homas bring about great prosperity and a hundred Homas destroy ailments.

6-7. By means of japa performed in accordance with the injunctions, hundred and eight times and thrice a day, one shall undoubtedly be rid of all miseries. If he performs the japa, a thousand and eight times, Siddhis occur to him within six months. Even the kings and rulers of provinces achieve Siddhis. There is no doubt about this.

8-10. By means of a thousand times japas, fever is dispelled. If a devotee performs a thousand Homas thrice a day with milk and continues this for a month, he attains excellent good fortune within a mouth. If a devotee performs Homa with the mixture of honey, ghee and curds for a year, he achieves Siddhis. If Homa is performed by means of barley, milk and ghee or good rice, lord Aghora is delighted.

11. By performing Homa with curds, kings gain prosperity. By performing Homa with milk one attains tranquillity. By performing Homa with ghee for six months all ailments are destroyed.

12. By performing Homa with gingelly seeds consumption is dispelled within a year. By performing Homa with barley one attains longevity and with ghee one gains victory.

13. For despelling leprosy one shall perform ten thousand Homas everyday with rice-grains smeared with honey, regularly for six months.

14. Ghee, milk and honey constitute a trio of sweets. If one performs Homa with these three, one can dispel fistula of the pudendum.

15-17. By performing Homa with ghee alone all ailments are dispelled. Meditation, installation and due worship remove all ailments. This is the mode of installation of Aghora the great Ātman. Formerly this was mentioned by Nandin to the son of Brahmā^[3] who was his disciple. O sages of good holy rites, by him it was mentioned to Vyāsa.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

aṅgayukta [aṅgayuktena]—along with the ancillaries, hṛdaya, etc.

[2]:

yathāpūjā i.e, agnipūjā (fire-worship) shall be performed in the manner of Liṅga-pūjā (Śiva’s worship in the form of Liṅga).

[3]:

brahmaputra [brahma-putrāya]—to Sanat Kumāra, son of Brahmā.