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Mishina purification

三科祓みしなのはらひ

A text in the 1911 Shintō Ōharai Zenshū anthology. It is presented as a historical reading, not the current ritual of every shrine or temple.

English meaning, sound explanations and source text

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English meaning and sound explanations

About this English rendering

This site’s English rendering of the Japanese meaning guide, aligned with this edition. It is separate from the source words for recitation and is not an official liturgy. Sacred sounds are explained where possible, not given speculative literal translations. Historical beliefs, royal authority, illness and protection claims belong to the text; they are not present-day judgments, medical advice or guarantees of results.

Sound explanation

A recitation describing ‘Marotsu’ dwelling in Takamagahara, purifying with the sounds ‘yurayura’ and ‘yureyure,’ and cleansing with ‘hirehire’ and ‘hirahira.’

This edition does not establish what 麻呂都 refers to. No particular divine name or effect has been assigned to the repeated sounds.

Sound explanation

After 可々牟濃牟天牟, it sings of sanctuary pillars, Mishina’s three valleys, blowing and cutting away, storms, waterfalls, and the sound of wind and waves.

Omission and phonetic transcription overlap in this line, leaving its syntax uncertain. This is guidance to identifiable words, not an established translation of the entire line.

Hear us as a stag raises its ears. I shall go leading forward a horse: thus the words declare.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for 2 of 3 lines. Readings not fully supplied in the source are left without Roman letters.

How to use the Roman letters

Roman letters follow the kana displayed in this site’s Japanese reader; some readings are editorial additions documented on the Japanese page. These are a reading aid, not restored Sanskrit or a recording of a temple’s chanting. Historical spellings (such as wo, wi, we and ha used as a particle) are kept. Double vowels and repeated vowels mark the written kana; rhythm and pronunciation can differ by tradition.

You can simply read the meaning or sit quietly. No recitation is required. For a temple or shrine’s own recitation, follow that tradition’s published guidance.

高天原（たかまのはら）に住（すめ）る麻呂都（まろと）は由良由良（ゆらゆら）と祓（はら）ひ由禮由禮（ゆれゆれ）と祓（はら）ふ比禮比禮（ひれひれ）と清（きよ）め比良比良（ひらひら）と清（きよ）めて

takamanoharani sumeru marotoha yurayurato harahi yureyureto harafu hirehireto kiyome hirahirato kiyomete

可々牟（かゝん）濃牟（のん）天牟（てん）と我宮柱（われみやしろ）に出持（いでもち）て三科（みしな）の三谷（みたに）に分（わけ）て其入道（そのいれみち）の乘吹截（のりふききり）て造（つく）る嵐颷（あらしとがらし）落（おち）る瀧（たるき）に風（かぜ）は布浪（しくなみ）は鳴音（なるおと）を

竿牡鹿（さをしか）の八（やつ）の耳（おんみみ）を振立（ふりたて）て聞食（きこしめせ）吾（われ）は駒（こま）を曳立（ひきたて）て行（ゆく）と申（まう）す

sawoshikano yatsuno onmimiwo furitatete kikoshimese wareha komawo hikitatete yukuto mausu

Sources and edition (1)

国立国会図書館／神誠館ほか — 神道太祓大全：神拝祝詞（1911年）第23項『三科祓』

English explanations on this page were prepared by Inori no Mori from the cited text and its Japanese explanations. They are not an official translation or a prescribed liturgy.

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