[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c91.23 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.23 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.23 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.23) ¹⁴⁶³ तदेतदृचाभ्युक्तम् । क्रियावन्तः श्रोत्रिया ब्रह्मनिष्ठाः स्वयं जुह्वत एकर्षिं श्रद्धयन्तः । तेषामेवैतां ब्रह्मविद्यां वदेत शिरोव्रतं विधिवद्यैस्तु चीर्णम् ॥ मुण्डकोप० III 2 10 शिरोव्रत is carrying fire on the head (according to Ātharvaṇa rules) The देवीभागवत (XI 9. 12-13) remarks 'अग्निरित्यादिभिर्मन्त्रैः षड्भिः शुद्धेन भस्मना । सर्वाङ्गोद्धूलनं कुर्यात् शिरोव्रतसमाद्वयम् ॥ \* यावद्विद्योदयस्तावत्तस्य विद्या खलूत्तमा ॥' The six अथर्वशिरस् mantras are. अग्निरिति भस्म, वायुरिति भस्म, जलमिति भस्म, स्थलमिवि भस्म, व्योमेति भस्म, सर्वं ह वा इदं भस्म' - [Previous: v7.c91.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.22) - [Next: v7.c91.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.24) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) ## Cites (2) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.11.9.12) — Sanskrit - [Muṇḍakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.23) · Pramāṇa