ŚiraUpan, 1, 45.1 ya idam atharvaśiro brāhmaṇo 'dhīte aśrotriyaḥ śrotriyo bhavati anupanīta upanīto bhavati so 'gnipūto bhavati sa vāyupūto bhavati sa sūryapūto bhavati sa somapūto bhavati sa satyapūto bhavati sa sarvair devair jñāto bhavati sa sarvair vedair anudhyāto bhavati sa sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snāto bhavati tena sarvaiḥ kratubhir iṣṭaṃ bhavati gāyatryāḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi japtāni bhavanti itihāsapurāṇānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ śatasahasrāṇi japtāni bhavanti /

ŚiraUpan, 1, 45.1 ya idam atharvaśiro brāhmaṇo 'dhīte aśrotriyaḥ śrotriyo bhavati anupanīta upanīto bhavati so 'gnipūto bhavati sa vāyupūto bhavati sa sūryapūto bhavati sa somapūto bhavati sa satyapūto bhavati sa sarvair devair jñāto bhavati sa sarvair vedair anudhyāto bhavati sa sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snāto bhavati tena sarvaiḥ kratubhir iṣṭaṃ bhavati gāyatryāḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi japtāni bhavanti itihāsapurāṇānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ śatasahasrāṇi japtāni bhavanti /

ŚiraUpan, 1, 45.2 praṇavānām ayutaṃ japtaṃ bhavati /

ŚiraUpan, 1, 45.4 ā saptamāt puruṣayugān punātīty āha bhagavān atharvaśiraḥ sakṛj japtvaiva śuciḥ sa pūtaḥ karmaṇyo bhavati /

ŚiraUpan, 1, 45.5 dvitīyaṃ japtvā gaṇādhipatyam āpnoti /

ŚiraUpan, 1, 45.6 tṛtīyaṃ japtvaivam evānupraviśaty oṃ satyam oṃ satyam oṃ satyam /