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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.158

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 158

दुष्टवापीकूपादिसंस्कारःPurifying defiled wells and tanks

Verse 158

पूर्णाभिषेकमनुभिर्मन्त्रितैः शुद्धवारिभिः । पूर्णैस्त्रिसप्तकुम्भैस्तान् प्लावयेदिति शोधनम् ॥ १५८ ॥

pūrṇābhiṣēkamanubhirmantritaiḥ śuddhavāribhiḥ | pūrṇaistrisaptakumbhaistān plāvayēditi śōdhanam || 158 ||

Translation

He should flood them with three times seven full jars of pure water consecrated with the mantras of the full consecration: this is the purification.

Word by word

pūrṇābhiṣēka
of the full consecration
manubhiḥ
(manubhiḥ) with the mantras
mantritaiḥ
(mantritaiḥ) consecrated
śuddha
pure
vāribhiḥ
(vāribhiḥ) with water
pūrṇaiḥ
(pūrṇaiḥ) full
trisapta
three times seven
kumbhaiḥ
(kumbhaiḥ) jars
tān
them
plāvayēt
(plāvayet) should flood
iti
thus
śōdhanam
(śodhanam) the purification

Meaning

Twenty-one jars, the number of the abhiṣeka mantras of chapter 10.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

To the question how he should purify them, he gives the manner of purification with "pūrṇa" and the rest. He should flood them with three times seven, twenty-one, full jars of pure water, holy water, consecrated with the mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka: this is the purification, the manner of purifying.