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Purification for a secure house

屋堅之祓やがためのはらひ

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.

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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.

By command of Kamurogi and Kamuromi, imperial ancestral kami in Takamagahara, Great Yamato Hidaka-mi among the lands of the four directions is appointed a peaceful country. Great palace pillars are planted upon the bedrock below, and roof finials rise as high as Takamagahara to build the heavenly descendant’s splendid dwelling. So magnificent it seems to cover heaven and shade the sun, he dwells there and governs peacefully. For the offences, faults and calamities arising through mistakes among the people born and multiplying there, recite the venerable prayer transmitted from heaven.

As we recite thus, purify away every offence and fault until none remain. Many kami together, hear this wish attentively, as a stag raises its ears.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for 1 of 2 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）に神留座（かみとゞまりましま）す皇親（すめむつ）神漏岐（かみろぎ）神漏美（かみろみ）の命（みこと）をもつて四方（よも）の國中（くになか）に大倭日高見國（おほやまとひたかみのくに）を安國（やすくに）と定奉（さだめたてまつり）て下津磐根（したついはね）に宮柱（みやばしら）太敷立（ふとしきたて）高天原（たかまのはら）に千木高知（ちぎたかしり）て吾皇御孫尊（わがすめみまごのみこと）の美頭（みつ）の御舍（みあらけ）に仕奉（つかへたてまつり）て天（あめ）の御陰（みかげ）日（ひ）の御蔭（みかげ）と隱座（かくれましま）して安國（やすくに）と平（たひら）けく所知食（しろしめさ）ん國中（くになか）に成出（なりいで）ん天益人等（あめのますひとら）が過（あやまち）を犯（おかし）けん種々（くさぐさ）の罪事（つみごと）咎（とが）崇（たたり）てより天津祝詞（あまつのりと）の太祝詞（ふとのりと）の事（こと）を宣（の）れ

如此（かく）宣（の）らば罪（つみ）と云（い）ふ罪（つみ）咎（とが）と云（い）ふ咎（とが）は不在物（あらじもの）をと祓給（はらひたま）ひ清給（きよめたま）へと申事（まうすこと）の由（よし）を八百萬神等（やほよろづのかみたち）共（もろとも）に左男鹿（さをしか）の八耳（やつのおんみみ）を振立（ふりたて）て所聞食（きこしめせ）と申（まう）す

kaku noraba tsumito ifu tsumi togato ifu togaha arajimonowoto harahitamahi kiyometamaheto mausukotono yoshiwo yahoyorozunokamitachi morotomoni sawoshikano yatsunoonmimiwo furitatete kikoshimeseto 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33項『屋堅之祓』

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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