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कुंभस्नानं मंत्रदीक्षां मातृकान्यासमेव च । ब्राह्मणः सत्यपूतात्मा गुरुर्ज्ञानी विशिष्यते ४१ ।
The ceremonial ablution when the sun is in transit to the Zodiac Kumbha, initiation for mantras, the Nyāsa of Mātṛkās;[3] a brahmin, a person with soul purified by truth; a preceptor of perfect knowledge—all these are splendid.
english translation
द्विजानां च नमःपूर्वमन्येषां च नमोन्तकम् ४२ब्। स्त्रीणां च क्वचिदिच्छंति नमो तं च यथाविधि ४२ ।
Brahmins shall begin with Namaḥ and the others shall end with Namaḥ. With regard to some women the mantra shall end with Namaḥ duly.
english translation
विप्रस्त्रीणां नमः पूर्वमिदमिच्छंति केचन । पंचकोटिजपं कृत्वा सदा शिवसमो भवेत् ४३ ।
Some say that Brahmin women begin with Namaḥ. Repetition of this for five crores of times will render a person equal to Sadāśiva.
english translation
एकद्वित्रिचतुःकोट्याब्रह्मादीनां पदं व्रजेत् । जपेदक्षरलक्षंवा अक्षराणां पृथक्पृथक् ४४ ।
By repeating it one, two, three or four crores of times, the devotee shall attain the region of Brahmā and others. One can repeat any of the syllables a hundred thousand times or all of the syllables separately a hundred thousand times.
english translation
अथवाक्षरलक्षं वा ज्ञेयं शिवपदप्रदम् । सहस्रं तु सहस्राणां सहस्रेण दिनेन हि ४५ ।
Alternatively, one should understand that the repetition of a lakh (100,000) of letters (syllables) leads to the attainment of Shiva's supreme path, But a thousand repetitions of a thousand mantras, done over a thousand days, is even more powerful.
english translation