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Shiva Purana

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औपासनाग्नौ कर्त्तव्यं स्वगृह्योक्तविधानतः ॥ आज्यभागान्तमाग्नेयं मखतन्त्रमतः परम् ॥ ६ ॥

Thereafter the rites of sacrifice concluding with the sharing of clarified butter shall be performed in the Aupāsana fire according to the rules of one’s Gṛhyasūtra.

english translation

भूः स्वाहेति त्र्यृचा पूर्णाहुतिं हुत्वा समाप्य च॥ गायत्रीं प्रजपेद्यावदपराह्णमतंद्रितः ॥ ७॥

After offering the Pūrṇāhūti with the three Ṛks “Bhūḥ Svāhā and concluding the rites he shall repeat Gāyatrī assiduously till late in the afternoon.

english translation

अथ सायन्तनीं सन्ध्यामुपास्य स्नानपूर्वकम् ॥ सायमौपासनं हुत्वा मौनी विज्ञापयेद्गुरुम् ॥ ८ ॥

He shall perform the evening prayers after bath and the sacrificial rites and inform his preceptor accordingly.

english translation

श्रपयित्वा चरुन्तस्मिन्समिदन्नाज्यभेदतः ॥ जुहुयाद्रौद्रसूक्तेन सद्योजातादि पञ्चभिः ॥ ९ ॥

They cooked the food in the sacrificial fire and divided it into oil. One should offer oblations with the five Vedas, beginning with the Draudra Sukta.

english translation

ब्रह्मभिश्च महादेवं सांबं वह्नौ विभावयेत् ॥ गौरीर्मिमाय मन्त्रेण हुत्वा गौरीमनुस्मरन् ॥ १०॥

One should also meditate on Lord Mahadeva and Sāmba in the fire with the Brahmans. Gauri offered oblations to Mima with the mantra and remembered Gauri.

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