Shantikamalakara 3.1.12

3.1.12

Whatever fruit one who knows righteousness obtains by performing eighteen thousand horse sacrifices (aśvamedha), that he enjoys from the koṭihoma. Thousands of slayings of brāhmaṇas and tens of millions of embryo-killings are destroyed by the koṭihoma, exactly as spoken by Śiva.’ Thus the rite of koṭihoma in the Matsyapurāṇa. Now the rite of the Nṛsiṃha fire oblation. The Nṛsiṃha fire oblation: A specific rule of the Nṛsiṃha fire oblation in the Nṛsiṃhapurāṇa: ‘Upon seeing a terrible nightmare, upon the arising of torment from the planets, or especially if an icon strikes, blazes, or is seen covered with sweat, O son of kings, or when afflicted by a great fever, the wise man should himself pour, or have poured by learned men, a continuous stream [of water/ghee] upon the head of the god Narasiṃha. At the solstices and the equinoxes, and likewise at lunar and solar eclipses, having worshipped Narasiṃha, he should have the lakṣahoma performed. In the event of drought, a major epidemic, fever, or fear of disease, the ruler of men should have the lakṣahoma performed by brāhmaṇas who have mastered the Veda, after worshipping Narasiṃha, to protect the village. Seeing an affliction or death of the subjects and of himself, having thoroughly worshipped with care in a temple of Narasiṃha or in a shrine of Śaṅkara, he should perform the koṭihoma. The size of the fire pit is to be one cubit on all sides. Being celibate and observing vows, especially for three nights, or having fasted for a day and a night, he should then recite the Gāyatrī ten thousand times. Being without food, pure, and with all senses restrained, they, free of laziness, should then begin the sacrifice and the fire oblation. The wise man, with a concentrated mind, should first make offerings with the Gāyatrī using barley, grain, and sesame seeds mixed together, accompanied by the utterance of “svāhā”. Then afterward, he should offer sesame and the rest with the Vyāhṛtis, until the count is completed—whether a hundred thousand (lakṣa) or ten million (koṭi). Each day he should perform it preceded by the worship of Acyuta; he should give food for as long as he performs the fire oblation. When it is completed, he should give the dakṣiṇā and then sprinkle with water. When this is done, for the village, the king, and the countryside...’