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the hills(39) I bathe you oh Parvati. Om to Hingulavasini with water purified by pearls. Om to Durga with water purified with coral. Om to Devi with lake water. Om Hrim to Bhagavati with earth from the river-side. Om Hrim to Durga with earth dug up by the tusk of a wild boar(40). Om Hrim to Katyayani with earth from the doors of prostitutes. Om Hrim to Atichandika with earth from the doors of a Prince. Om Hrim to Gauri with earth dug up by the horns of a bull. Om Hrim to Annapurna with earth from the doors of a temple. Om Hrim to Parvati with earth from the shores of the ocean. Om Hrim to Narayani with earth from anthills. Om Hrim to Sarvapapaharini with earth from the shores of the Ganga. Hrim to Bhuvanesvari with earth from a quadrivium. Om Hrim with water dropped from a millefluent. Om the oceans, the lakes, the heavenly streams with Sarvoushadhi and purifying water, I bathe you Om with the waters from the seven oceans.

Then the priests bathe the goddess with four jars of water with four mantras from the four vedas. Then singing in the Gandhar mode(41) and beating the kettle drum, the Navapatrica is bathed with a jar of Ganga water and with the