According to "Sendai Kujihongi," by chanting Hifumi no Haraekotoba, "Hito, futa, mi, yo, itsu, mu, nana, ya, kokono, tari, furube yurayurato furube," or chanting the names of Tokusanokandakara while waving the treasures, the ritual had the magical power with which even the dead could come back to life.
『先代旧事本紀』の記述によれば、「一二三四五六七八九十、布留部由良由良止布留部（ひとふたみよいつむななやここのたり、ふるべゆらゆらとふるべ）」と唱える「ひふみの祓詞」や十種神宝の名前を唱えながらこれらの品々を振り動かせば、死人さえ生き返るほどの呪力を発揮するという。