Shiva Purana

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त्रिवारं पृथिवीं सर्वां क्रम पापं प्रकाशयन् ॥ पुनरागत्य चात्रैव चर मासव्रतं तथा ॥ ५१ ॥

Go round the earth three times announcing your sin. After returning to this place perform the holy Vrata for a month.

english translation

trivAraM pRthivIM sarvAM krama pApaM prakAzayan ॥ punarAgatya cAtraiva cara mAsavrataM tathA ॥ 51 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शतमेकोत्तरं चैव ब्रह्मणोऽस्य गिरेस्तथा ॥ प्रक्रमणं विधायैवं शुद्धिस्ते च भविष्यति ॥ ५२ ॥

If you go round this mountain Brahmagiri hundred and one times you can attain purity.

english translation

zatamekottaraM caiva brahmaNo'sya girestathA ॥ prakramaNaM vidhAyaivaM zuddhiste ca bhaviSyati ॥ 52 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अथवा त्वं समानीय गंगास्नानं समाचर ॥ पार्थिवानां तथा कोटिं कृत्वा देवं निषेवय ॥ ५३ ॥

Or you fetch water from Gaṅgā and perform the ceremonial ablution. Propitiate lord Śiva making a crore of his phallic images.

english translation

athavA tvaM samAnIya gaMgAsnAnaM samAcara ॥ pArthivAnAM tathA koTiM kRtvA devaM niSevaya ॥ 53 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

गंगायां च ततः स्नात्वा पुनश्चैव भविष्यति ॥ पुरा दश तथा चैकं गिरेस्त्वं क्रमणं कुरु ॥ ५४ ॥

At the outset, you circumambulate this mountain eleven times. Taking bath in Gaṅgā you will become pure thereafter.

english translation

gaMgAyAM ca tataH snAtvA punazcaiva bhaviSyati ॥ purA daza tathA caikaM girestvaM kramaNaM kuru ॥ 54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शत कुंभैस्तथा स्नात्वा पार्थिवं निष्कृतिर्भवेत् ॥ इति तैर्षिभिः प्रोक्तस्तथेत्योमिति तद्वचः ॥ ५५ ॥

Performing the ablution of the earthen phallic image of Śiva with a hundred potful of water, the expiatory rite will be completed.” When he was thus urged by the sages he said in the affirmative.

english translation

zata kuMbhaistathA snAtvA pArthivaM niSkRtirbhavet ॥ iti tairSibhiH proktastathetyomiti tadvacaH ॥ 55 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript