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omakhya then rolled out a canvas and showed Jhilleeka and Prachetas a picture of  Śarabha: ªOne shall accordingly visualizing Śarabheśāna as having five dinosaur-like head s each with with 3 eyes and a heavy, sharp beak. He has 12 arms two of which wil l be wings. I shall talk of the weapons and other objects held in the arms later . Enclosed in his two wings are the goddesses Pratikriyā-śūlinī and Pratyaṅgirā. In his he t we visualize the fierce Bhairava of the Dakṣiṇasrotas, Svacchanda, associated with  the pada ghora-ghoratrebhyaḥ of the bahurūpin. In his belly we visualize the sevenflamed Agni Vaḍavānala. In this two dinosaur-like feet we visualize Jvareśvara and the  ferocious lion-headed Haribhadra, even as they were emitted by Rudra to slay Da kṣa. One begins by invoking Rudra the lord of animals thus: rudraḥ paśūnām adhyakṣaḥ sa māvatv asmin brahmaṇy asmin karmaṇy asyāṃ purodhāyām asyāṃ devahūtyām asyām ākūtyām asyām āśiṣi svāhā  Make an offering in the aupāsana fire at the svāhā. Having visualized Śarabha as stated earlier you shall first perform the worship th e five faces conjoining the Brahma-mantra-s thus: oṃ oṃ oṃ oṃ oṃ

hauṃ hauṃ hauṃ hauṃ hauṃ

tatpuruṣāya pakṣirājāya namaḥ  tatpuruṣaya vidmahe¼|| vāmadevāya gauryai gāndhāryai garuḍyai namaḥ  vāmadevāya namo¼ ||º sadyojātāya śālvāya namaḥ  sadyojātaṃ prapadyāmi¼ || aghorāya ākāśabhairavāya namaḥ  aghorebhyo'tha¼ || īśānāya Śarabheśānāya namaḥ  īśānaḥ sarva-bhūtānām¼ ||

Then you shall practice the japa of the mūlamantra: vāsudeva ṛṣiḥ  triṣṭubh chandaḥ  kālāgnirudraḥ Śarabheśāno devatā  khaṃ bījam  khaṃ śaktiḥ  khaṃ kīlakam  khaṃ Śarabheśānāya khaṃ śālvāya khaṃ pakṣirājāya hum phaṇ namaḥ  Then you pacifies the deity with: oṃ Śarabhaṃ tarpayāmi  oṃ śālvaṃ tarpayāmi  oṃ pakṣirājaṃ tarpayāmi  Thereafter one worships the aṅga-devatā with their mantra-s. Lootika will give you t hose mantra-s of the śakti-s. Hearing it from her mouth you stand the chance of in stantaneous success.º Lootika: First one should worship Pratikriyā-śūlinī with the mighty Vairocanī-ṛk: tām agni apasā¼ closing one's eyes. If the image of a Durgā riding a lion holding a trident in he r hand appears while uttering the mantra then it is a sign of success. She has s ix-arms and it colored like a flame with a bluish tinge. You pacify her with the  mantra: oṃ maheśānīṃ mahāŚarabhaśūlinīṃ tarpayāmi  Then you worship Atharvaṇabhadrakālī-Pratyaṅgirā with the mantra: oṃ hrīṃ pratyaṅgire dhāma dhāma jyotir jyotir bhūr-bhuvas-suvar-mahar-vṛdhat karad ruhan m ac cham oṃ lakṣmyai namo vaḥ  She is fourteen-armed, black-colored, with dense free-flo wing hair, wearing bright osseous ornaments and evoking erotic sentiments. She i s Lakṣmī because she is Siddhilakṣmī. The special vyāhṛti-s of the mantra are from the Gop ha-brāhmaṇa of the veda of our ancestors the Bhṛgu-s and the Añgirasa-es. If when utteri ng the mantra with closed eyes she appears before you with a hallow like an ecli psed moon around her head then it is a sign that you might be on the path of suc cess. You must see her upraised sword. If erotic sentiments arise in you at that  point it is a good sign. But you must not get lost in them. Instead you should

take in a breath with the oṃ hrīṃ and retaining it even as you slowly utter the rest o f the mantra till the vyāhṛti-s you must locate your mūlādhāra-cakra and perform the jālan ara and mūla-bandha. You pacify her with the mantra: oṃ pratyaṅgirāṃ viśvalakśmīṃ somaguptāṃ mahāŚarabhīṃ tarpayāmī  Now Somakhya would impart to you the remaining male devatā-s.º Somakhya: ªHaving worshiped the śakti-s you shall invoke in the heart of Śarabheśāna the f ierce Bhairava with the following mantra: aiṃ kṣāṃ kṣīṃ kṣūṃ kṣaḥ kṣmlvryūṃ svacchandabhairavāya sphuratātmane huṃ phaṇ namaḥ  He appears as five-headed and ten-armed riding a white bull. Then you worships the fierce Agni Vaḍavānala with his seven tongues which correspond  to the heptagon of the Śarabha-yantra with this mantra: oṃ raṃ hiraṇyāyai kanakāyai raktāyai kṛṣṇāyai suprabhāyai atiraktāyai bahurūpāyai namaḥ kṛ The terminal of the mantra is the rakṣohā-ṛk of Vāmadeva Gautama. Then you worship jvareśa or the jvarāstra of triadic form, which Rudra hurled at Kṛṣṇa Dev akīputra with this mantra: oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya jvararūpāya trikāyarūpāya vo namaḥ  You then worship Haribhadra accompanied by a hundred Rudra-s of blue-hued necks as has been described in the śruti with the mantra: ªnilagrīvāḥ śitikaṇṭhāḥ¼º. He is worsh ntra combining the utterance from the Skandam and Acintya-viśva-sādākhyam: oṃ jaya jaya rudra mahāraudra bhadrāvatāra oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ mṛgendrāya haribhadrāya namaḥ  oṃ Now Lootika shall impart to you the worship of the zoocephalous āvaraṇa-yoginī-s.º Lootika: ªFirst in the four directions having completed the worship of Śarabheśāna and h is aṅga-s you shall worship the following yoginī-s thus starting east in pradakṣiṇa orde r: oṃ gajānanāṃ pūjayāmi tarpayāmi namaḥ  elephant-headed. oṃ siṃhamukhīṃ pūjayāmi tarpayāmi namaḥ  lion-headed oṃ gṛdhrāsyāṃ pūjayāmi tarpayāmi namaḥ  vulture-headed oṃ kākatuṇḍīṃ pūjayāmi tarpayāmi namaḥ  crow-headed. Then you shall worship the mighty maṇḍala-yoginī with the following mantra: namāmi mahāyoginīṃ sarvaśatruvidāraṇīṃ  aṣṭavaktrīṃ koṭarākṣīṃ vakrāṃ vikaṭalocanām  uṣṭragrīvāṃ hayagrīvāṃ vārāhīṃ Śarabhānanām  ulūkīṃ ca śivārāvāṃ mayūrīṃ vikaṭānanām  She bears the following 8 heads: 1) camel, 2) horse, 3) sow, 4) dinosaur, 5) owl , 6) jackal, 7) peacock, 8) lion. She is the guardian of the Śarabha-maṇḍala. Then you pacify her: aṣṭavaktrīṃ tarpayāmi pujayāmi namaḥ  Now Somakhya would take you through the concluding pacifications.º Somakhya: ªThe concluding part of the worship is conducted with the mantra of the Bhṛgu-s of yore: tubhyam āraṇyāḥ paśavo mṛtyā vane hitās tubhyaṃ vayāṃsi śakunāḥ patatriṇaḥ  tava yakṣaṃ paśupate `psv antas tubhyaṃ kṣaranti divyā āpo vṛdhe  You tie a rakṣa with the mantra: śune kroṣṭre mā śarīrāṇi kartam ariklavebhyo gṛddhrebhyo

ye ca kṛṣṇā aviṣyavaḥ  makṣikās te paśupate vayāṃsi te vighase mā vidanta 