Agnipurana 90
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Īśvara said: / Having worshipped Śiva, one should perform consecration by aspersion for the disciple and others for prosperity. / He should arrange nine pots in sequence in the directions starting with Īśāna.
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In them, [he places waters representing] the eight oceans: salt water, milk ocean, curd water, clarified butter ocean, / sugarcane juice, wine, sweet water, and whey water.
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Then one should seat the eight Lord-of-Knowledge deities in order:
first Śikhaṇḍin the Rudra, and Śrīkaṇṭha second,
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Trimūrti, Ekarudrākṣa, Ekanetra, Śivottama,
the seventh named Sūkṣma, and Ananta the Rudra as the eighth.
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In the center, one should place Śiva, the ocean, and the Śiva mantra.
In a bathing pavilion constructed [facing the direction] of the Regent of the Quarter from the sacrificial pavilion,
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one should make an altar two cubits long and eight finger-breadths high.
Placing there a seat of śrīparṇī wood or the like, having ananta in the mind,
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seating the disciple facing east, having performed the ritual integration (sakalīkaraṇa), one should worship [him].
With fermented gruel, boiled rice, clay, ashes, dūrvā grass, and balls of cow dung,
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and with mustard seeds, curds, and water, one should then perform the wave-offering of protection (nirmañchana).
Then, in the sequence of the ocean of salt water and the rest, with the heart-mantra, with the waters of the Lord-of-Knowledge deities,
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one should bathe the disciple with the jars, joined with the svadhā-dharana rite.
Having dressed [him] in two white garments and seated [him] to the right of Śiva,
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upon the seat mentioned before, one should again worship the disciple as before.
A turban, a meditation-band, a crown, a pair of scissors, a water vessel,
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a rosary, books and the like, conveying authority over Śaiva rites and other matters,
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[Gap in text]
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1 'svādugargodānaṣṭasāgarān' is the reading in the manuscripts marked ka and kha. / [page 285]
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"Having understood initiation, exposition, consecration, and the like, from this day forth by you,
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having thoroughly examined, [it] must be performed"—thus he should proclaim the command.
Then, greeting the disciple and bowing down to Maheśvara,
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for the sake of dispelling the flare of obstacles, he should make a petition as follows:
"Directed for the purpose of consecration by aspersion by You in the form of the guru,
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this one, master of the Saṃhitā, has been consecrated by me, O Śiva!"
For the satisfaction of the wheel of mantras, he should offer five oblations of five each.
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Then he should offer the full oblation and place the disciple to his own right.
The fingers, beginning with the thumb, situated on the disciple's right hand,
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he should mark in sequence for the bound one with the waters of burnt darbha tips.
Having placed flowers in his hand, he should make him offer obeisance.
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In the jar, in the fire, in Śiva, and in oneself, one should enter upon that rite.
"Disciples thoroughly examined according to the scripture are to be graced by you."
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The desired [object] of humans and others, as of kings, [is achieved] from consecration by aspersion,
by the consecration with the King of Astra mantras: "āṃ śrāṃ śrauṃ paśuṃ hūṃ phaṭ".
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Thus in the primitive Great Purāṇa of Agni, the ninetieth chapter, entitled "The Description of Consecration by Aspersion and the Rest."
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Now the ninety-first chapter.
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The Description of Various Mantras and Other Matters
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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