Purva Khanda: Achara Kanda

Chapter 27: A single mantra against serpent poison

इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे नागादिविविधविषहर मन्त्रनिरूपणं नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः ॥

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What happens in this chapter

A single mantra against serpent poison

One long mantra makes up the whole adhyaya. It calls on the Devi as Uma, Maheshvari, the fierce one with a great mouth and a mouth of flame, Shankukarni, she who is born in Rudra's heart and dwells there. It commands her to burn, to strike the enemy, to bewilder, and to protect the one reciting it, in Rudra's own fierce form. The mantra names its purposes plainly: to remove the poison of nagas and other serpents, to drive away the child-seizing grahas such as Skanda's, and to defeat enemies. It ends with calls to Shabari. Nothing else is said; the chapter is the mantra itself, given for use against snakebite.

सूत उवाच

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ॐ कणिचिकीणिकक्राणी चर्वाणी भूतहारिणि फणिविषिणि विरथनाराययणि उमे दहदह हस्ते चण्डे रौद्रे माहेश्वरि महामुखि ज्वालामुखि शङ्कुकर्णि शुकमुण्डे शत्रुं हनहन सर्वनाशिनि स्वेदय सर्वांगशोणितं तन्निरीक्षासि मनसा देवि सम्मोहयसम्मोहय रुद्रस्य हृदये जाता रुद्रस्य ह्रृदये स्थिता ।
रुद्रो रौद्रेण रूपेण त्वं देवि रक्षरक्ष मां ह्रूं मां ह्रूं फफफ ठठः स्कन्दमेखलाबालग्रहशत्रुविषहारी ॐ शाले माले हरहर विषोंकाररहिविषवेगे हां हां शवरि हुं शवरि आकौलवेगेशे सर्वे विंचमेघमाले सर्वनागादिविषहरणम्

oṃ kaṇicikīṇikakrāṇī carvāṇī bhūtahāriṇi phaṇiviṣiṇi virathanārāyayaṇi ume dahadaha haste caṇḍe raudre māheśvari mahāmukhi jvālāmukhi śaṅkukarṇi śukamuṇḍe śatruṃ hanahana sarvanāśini svedaya sarvāṃgaśoṇitaṃ tannirīkṣāsi manasā devi sammohayasammohaya rudrasya hṛdaye jātā rudrasya hrṛdaye sthitā |
rudro raudreṇa rūpeṇa tvaṃ devi rakṣarakṣa māṃ hrūṃ māṃ hrūṃ phaphapha ṭhaṭhaḥ skandamekhalābālagrahaśatruviṣahārī oṃ śāle māle harahara viṣoṃkārarahiviṣavege hāṃ hāṃ śavari huṃ śavari ākaulavegeśe sarve viṃcameghamāle sarvanāgādiviṣaharaṇam

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