गान्धर्व तन्त्र (शैव-शाक्त आगम - मन्त्र-रहस्य, यन्त्र एवं देवतोपासना सटीक)

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There should not be a pause of even one day in the
period of Puraścharaṇa At the end of Japa the offering
should be made to the extent of its 10th part in the puri-
fying fire Tarpana, Mārjana and the feeding of the Bramins
should be done respectively to the extent of the 10th part
of the Homa, 10th part of the Tarpana and the 10th part
of the Mārjana The five acts of a sacred bath, purging
of the sins, offering water to the Sun, sipping of water
and Prāṇāyāma come after the above The large scale
worship is to be conducted at the end to complete the
Puraścharaṇa There is yet another way of performing the
same According to this the practitioner is to keep a fast
previous to the day on which a Solar or Lunar eclipse
falls and stand in the river navel-deep and mutter the
mantra during the time of the eclipse, and after having
done so perform Homa etc
29th CHAPTER
In the above the practitioner is instructed to mutter
the mantra of Devī with his wife at the time of midnight,
because anything done of religious merit at this time has
got far greater significance than if done at others. Perfor
mance of Japa nine-hundred-thousand times of Devī is
calculated to qualify the practitioner for approach to her.
This is to be done in the following manner:-