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Shiva Purana

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अतः परं प्रजुहुयाद्विरजाहोममात्मनः ॥ षड्विंशतत्त्वरूपेस्मिन्देहे लीनस्य शुद्धये ॥ २१॥

After this one should offer the Viraja Homa for himself. For the purification of one who is absorbed in this body in the form of the twenty-six elements.

english translation

तत्त्वान्येतानि मद्देहे शुध्यन्तामित्यनुस्मरन् ॥ तत्रात्मतत्त्वशुद्ध्यर्थं मन्त्रैरारुणकेतुकैः ॥ २२॥

Remembering that these elements may be purified in My body. There, for the purification of the self-realization, chant mantras with red flags.

english translation

पठ्यमानैः पृथिव्यादिपुरुषांतं क्रमान्मुने ॥ साज्येन चरुणा मौनी शिवपादाम्बुजं स्मरन् ॥ २३॥

O sage the end of the earth and the other persons is recited in order Remembering the lotus feet of Lord Śiva in silence with sacrificial offerings.

english translation

पृथिव्यादि च शब्दादि वागाद्यं पञ्चकं पुनः ॥ श्रोत्राद्यञ्च शिरः पार्श्वपृष्ठोदरचतुष्टयम् ॥ २४॥

The five elements, earth, sound, speech and others, are again the same. The head, beginning with the ears, the sides, the back and the four abdomen.

english translation

जंघां च योजयेत्पश्चात्त्वगाद्यं धातुसप्तकम् ॥ प्राणाद्यं पञ्चकं पश्चादन्नाद्यं कोशपञ्चकम्॥ २५ ॥

The seven elements beginning with the skin should be applied to the thighs afterwards. The five beginning with life, and the five beginning with food, and the five beginning with kosha.

english translation