bhasma dhāraṇa vidhi

agneyaṃ bhasma sadyojāta miti miti paṃcabrahmamaṃtraiḥ pratigṛhyā||

sadyojātaṃ prapadyāmi sadyojātāya vai namonamaḥ | bhave bhave nāti bhavebhavasvamāṃ | bhavodbhāvāya namaḥ ||

vāmadevāya namo jyeṣṭhāya namaśśreṣṭhāya namo rudrāya namaḥ kālāya namaḥ kalavikaraṇāyanamo balavikaraṇāya namo balāya namo balapramathanāya namassarvabhūtadamanāyanamo manonmayāya namaḥ |

aghorebhyo- thaghorebhyo ghoraghoratarebhyaḥ | sarvebhya ssarvaśarvebhyonamaste astu rudrarūpebhyaḥ ||

tatpuruṣāya vidma hemahādevāya dhīmahi | tanno rudraḥ pracodayāt ||

īśānassarvavidyānāmīśvara ssarvabhūtānāṃ brahmādhipatir brahmaṇodhipatir brahmā śivome astusadā śivom ||

abhimaṃtraṇam || agniritibhasmetyādibhirmaṃtraiḥ ||

agni ritibhasma| vāyuriti bhasma | jalamiti bhasma | sthalamitibhasma | vyo metibhasma | sarvaṃ havā idaṃ bhasma | mana etāni cakṣurādīni bhasmāni ||

māna stoka iti samudhṛtya jalena saṃsṛjya

mānastoketanaye mānaāyuṣi mānogoṣu māno aśveṣurīriṣaḥ | vīrānmāno rudrabhāmito vadhīr haviṣmaṃtonamasā vidhemate ||

tryāyuṣaiḥ tryaṃbakaiḥ tiryaktisrorekhāḥ prakurvīta |

tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagneḥ kaśyapasya tryāyuṣaṃ yaddevānāṃ tryāyuṣaṃ tanme astu tryāyuṣaṃ||

tryaṃbakaṃ yajāmahe sugaṃdhiṃ puṣṭi vardhanam urvārukamiva baṃdhanānmṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt||

ye te sahasra muyataṃ pāśā mṛtyo martyāyahaṃtave | tān yajñasya māyayā sarvā nava yajāmahe || mṛtyave svāhā mṛtyave svāhā" ||

iti bhasmadhāraṇam || tataḥ vidhiprakāreṇa saṃdhyāvaṃdanādikaṃkuryāt ||