Aghamarṣaṇa
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Aghamarṣaṇa hymn · Aghamarṣaṇa prayer · Aghamarṣaṇa vow
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Viṣṇu Smṛti
A sacred hymn/vow recited or performed for the removal of sin, likened in potency to the horse-sacrifice.
Then, submerged in the water, he shall mutter the Aghamarṣaṇa prayer three times.
> Just as the horse-sacrifice is the king of sacrifices, the remover of all sin, / > So the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn is the remover of all sin.
A liquor-drinker becomes pure by the Aghamarṣaṇa vow.
Yama Smṛti
A Vedic hymn recited as part of a water-purification ritual for grave sins.
But those who commit these sins in secret / are purified in the month of Māgha by reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn while standing submerged in water.
Those who have intercourse with women of the Caṇḍāla and other such castes, or with cows, / are purified by reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn for a fortnight while observing a vow of subsisting on milk.