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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 13

SiP 7.2 13.1

ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे पञ्चाक्षरमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम द्वादशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १३ देव्युवाच कलौ कलुषिते काले दुर्जये दुरतिक्रमे अपुण्यतमसाच्छन्ने लोके धर्मपराङ्मुखे

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe pañcākṣaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 13 devyuvāca kalau kaluṣite kāle durjaye duratikrame apuṇyatamasācchanne loke dharmaparāṅmukhe

Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (section), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter part, the twelfth chapter, called "The Description of the Greatness of the Five Syllables." Chapter 13. The Goddess said: In the Kali age, in a time defiled, hard to overcome and hard to pass beyond, when the world is covered by the darkness of unmerit and turned away from dharma—

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SiP 7.2 13.2

क्षीणे वर्णाश्रमाचारे संकटे समुपस्थिते सर्वाधिकारे संदिग्धे निश्चिते वापि पर्यये

kṣīṇe varṇāśramācāre saṃkaṭe samupasthite sarvādhikāre saṃdigdhe niścite vāpi paryaye

—when the practice of the classes and the stages of life has dwindled, when distress has arrived, when every entitlement is in doubt, or when a reversal (of things) is certain—

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SiP 7.2 13.3

तदोपदेशे विहते गुरुशिष्यक्रमे गते केनोपायेन मुच्यंते भक्तास्तव महेश्वर

tadopadeśe vihate guruśiṣyakrame gate kenopāyena mucyaṃte bhaktāstava maheśvara

—then, when instruction has been destroyed and the succession of teacher and pupil is gone, by what means are your devotees liberated, O Maheśvara?

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SiP 7.2 13.4

ईश्वर उवाच आश्रित्य परमां विद्यां हृद्यां पञ्चाक्षरीं मम भक्त्या च भावितात्मानो मुच्यंते कलिजा नराः

īśvara uvāca āśritya paramāṃ vidyāṃ hṛdyāṃ pañcākṣarīṃ mama bhaktyā ca bhāvitātmāno mucyaṃte kalijā narāḥ

The Lord said: By taking refuge in my supreme knowledge, the delightful five-syllabled (mantra), and with devotion, having their selves purified in thought, men born in the Kali age are liberated.

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SiP 7.2 13.5

मनोवाक्कायजैर्दोषैर्वक्तुं स्मर्तुमगोचरैः दूषितानां कृतघ्नानां निंदकानां छलात्मनाम्

manovākkāyajairdoṣairvaktuṃ smartumagocaraiḥ dūṣitānāṃ kṛtaghnānāṃ niṃdakānāṃ chalātmanām

Of those defiled by faults born of mind, speech and body—faults beyond telling or recalling—of the ungrateful, of revilers, of the deceitful-natured,

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SiP 7.2 13.6

लुब्धानां वक्रमनसामपि मत्प्रवणात्मनाम् मम पञ्चाक्षरी विद्या संसारभयतारिणी

lubdhānāṃ vakramanasāmapi matpravaṇātmanām mama pañcākṣarī vidyā saṃsārabhayatāriṇī

Even of the greedy and the crooked-minded, if their hearts incline to me — my five-syllable knowledge (mantra) carries (them) across the fear of transmigration.

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SiP 7.2 13.7

मयैवमसकृद्देवि प्रतिज्ञातं धरातले पतितो ऽपि विमुच्येत मद्भक्तो विद्ययानया

mayaivamasakṛddevi pratijñātaṃ dharātale patito 'pi vimucyeta madbhakto vidyayānayā

Thus have I promised more than once, O Goddess, on the face of the earth: even one who has fallen may be released, if he is my devotee, by this knowledge.

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SiP 7.2 13.8

देव्युवाच कर्मायोग्यो भवेन्मर्त्यः पतितो यदि सर्वथा कर्मायोगेन यत्कर्म कृतं च नरकाय हि ततः कथं विमुच्येत पतितो विद्यया ऽनया

devyuvāca karmāyogyo bhavenmartyaḥ patito yadi sarvathā karmāyogena yatkarma kṛtaṃ ca narakāya hi tataḥ kathaṃ vimucyeta patito vidyayā 'nayā

The Goddess said: If a fallen mortal becomes wholly unfit for rites, and whatever act is done through unfitness for rites leads only to hell — then how could a fallen man be released by this vidyā?

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SiP 7.2 13.9

ईश्वर उवाच तथ्यमेतत्त्वया प्रोक्तं तथा हि शृणु सुन्दरि रहस्यमिति मत्वैतद्गोपितं यन्मया पुरा

īśvara uvāca tathyametattvayā proktaṃ tathā hi śṛṇu sundari rahasyamiti matvaitadgopitaṃ yanmayā purā

The Lord said: What you have said is true; yet listen, fair one: thinking it a secret, this was concealed by me formerly.

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SiP 7.2 13.10

समंत्रकं मां पतितः पूजयेद्यदि मोहितः नारकी स्यान्न सन्देहो मम पञ्चाक्षरं विना

samaṃtrakaṃ māṃ patitaḥ pūjayedyadi mohitaḥ nārakī syānna sandeho mama pañcākṣaraṃ vinā

If a fallen man, deluded, worships me with (some other) mantra, he becomes hell-bound — there is no doubt — apart from my five-syllable (mantra).

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SiP 7.2 13.11

अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च ये चान्ये व्रतकर्शिताः तेषामेतैर्व्रतैर्नास्ति मम लोकसमागमः

abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca ye cānye vratakarśitāḥ teṣāmetairvratairnāsti mama lokasamāgamaḥ

Those who eat only water, those who feed on air, and others emaciated by vows — by these vows of theirs there is no attaining of my world.

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SiP 7.2 13.12

भक्त्या पञ्चाक्षरेणैव यो हि मां सकृदर्चयेत् सो ऽपि गच्छेन्मम स्थानं मन्त्रस्यास्यैव गौरवात्

bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇaiva yo hi māṃ sakṛdarcayet so 'pi gacchenmama sthānaṃ mantrasyāsyaiva gauravāt

But whoever worships me even once with devotion by the five-syllable (mantra), he too goes to my abode, by the very weight of this mantra.

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SiP 7.2 13.13

तस्मात्तपांसि यज्ञाश्च व्रतानि नियमास्तथा पञ्चाक्षरार्चनस्यैते कोट्यंशेनापि नो समः

tasmāttapāṃsi yajñāśca vratāni niyamāstathā pañcākṣarārcanasyaite koṭyaṃśenāpi no samaḥ

Therefore austerities, sacrifices, vows and observances — these are not equal even to a ten-millionth part of the worship with the five-syllable (mantra).

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SiP 7.2 13.14

बद्धो वाप्यथ मुक्तो वा पाशात्पञ्चाक्षरेण यः पूजयेन्मां स मुच्येत नात्र कार्या विचारणा

baddho vāpyatha mukto vā pāśātpañcākṣareṇa yaḥ pūjayenmāṃ sa mucyeta nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Whether bound or freed from the bond, he who worships me with the five-syllable (mantra) is released; no deliberation is to be made about this.

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SiP 7.2 13.15

अरुद्रो वा सरुद्रो वा सकृत्पञ्चाक्षरेण यः पूजयेत्पतितो वापि मूढो वा मुच्यते नरः

arudro vā sarudro vā sakṛtpañcākṣareṇa yaḥ pūjayetpatito vāpi mūḍho vā mucyate naraḥ

Without Rudra or with Rudra, whoever worships once with the five-syllable (mantra) — be he fallen or a fool — that man is released.

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SiP 7.2 13.16

षडक्षरेण वा देवि तथा पञ्चाक्षरेण वा स ब्रह्मांगेन मां भक्त्या पूजयेद्यदि मुच्यते

ṣaḍakṣareṇa vā devi tathā pañcākṣareṇa vā sa brahmāṃgena māṃ bhaktyā pūjayedyadi mucyate

Or with the six-syllable (mantra), O Goddess, or with the five-syllable one: if he worships me with devotion together with the brahma-limb (mantras), he is released.

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SiP 7.2 13.17

पतितो ऽपतितो वापि मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत् मम भक्तो जितक्रोधो सलब्धो ऽलब्ध एव वा

patito 'patito vāpi mantreṇānena pūjayet mama bhakto jitakrodho salabdho 'labdha eva vā

Fallen or not fallen, let him worship with this mantra — my devotee, who has conquered anger, whether he has received (it) or has not received (it).

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SiP 7.2 13.18

अलब्धालब्ध एवेह कोटिकोटिगुणाधिकः तस्माल्लब्ध्वैव मां देवि मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत्

alabdhālabdha eveha koṭikoṭiguṇādhikaḥ tasmāllabdhvaiva māṃ devi mantreṇānena pūjayet

Than one who has not received (it), one who has received (it) here is more excellent by ten million times ten million; therefore, O Goddess, having received (it), let him worship me with this mantra.

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SiP 7.2 13.19

लब्ध्वा संपूजयेद्यस्तु मैत्र्यादिगुणसंयुतः ब्रह्मचर्यरतो भक्त्या मत्सादृश्यमवाप्नुयात्

labdhvā saṃpūjayedyastu maitryādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ brahmacaryarato bhaktyā matsādṛśyamavāpnuyāt

But he who, having received (it), worships fully, endowed with the qualities of friendliness and the rest, devoted to chastity, with devotion — he would attain likeness to me.

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SiP 7.2 13.20

५५८ब् किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन भक्तास्सर्वेधिकारिणः मम पञ्चाक्षरे मंत्रे तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठतरो हि सः

558b kimatra bahunoktena bhaktāssarvedhikāriṇaḥ mama pañcākṣare maṃtre tasmācchreṣṭhataro hi saḥ

What need of much speech here? Devotees are all entitled to my five-syllable mantra; therefore he indeed is the most excellent.

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SiP 7.2 13.21

पञ्चाक्षरप्रभावेण लोकवेदमहर्षयः तिष्ठंति शाश्वता धर्मा देवास्सर्वमिदं जगत्

pañcākṣaraprabhāveṇa lokavedamaharṣayaḥ tiṣṭhaṃti śāśvatā dharmā devāssarvamidaṃ jagat

By the power of the five-syllable (mantra) the worlds, the Vedas, the great seers, the eternal dharmas, the gods, and all this universe stand firm.

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SiP 7.2 13.22

प्रलये समनुप्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे सर्वं प्रकृतिमापन्नं तत्र संलयमेष्यति

pralaye samanuprāpte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame sarvaṃ prakṛtimāpannaṃ tatra saṃlayameṣyati

When the dissolution has fully arrived and the moving and unmoving have perished, everything, having gone back to primal nature, will meet its dissolution therein.

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SiP 7.2 13.23

एको ऽहं संस्थितो देवि न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कुत्रचित् तदा वेदाश्च शास्त्राणि सर्वे पञ्चाक्षरे स्थिताः

eko 'haṃ saṃsthito devi na dvitīyo 'sti kutracit tadā vedāśca śāstrāṇi sarve pañcākṣare sthitāḥ

I alone remain, O Goddess; there is no second anywhere. Then the Vedas and the treatises all abide in the five-syllable (mantra).

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SiP 7.2 13.24

ते नाशं नैव संप्राप्ता मच्छक्त्या ह्यनुपालिताः ततस्सृष्टिरभून्मत्तः प्रकृत्यात्मप्रभेदतः

te nāśaṃ naiva saṃprāptā macchaktyā hyanupālitāḥ tatassṛṣṭirabhūnmattaḥ prakṛtyātmaprabhedataḥ

They do not come to destruction, being preserved by my power. Then from me arose creation, through the differentiation of nature and self.

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SiP 7.2 13.25

गुणमूर्त्यात्मनां चैव ततोवांतरसंहृतिः तदा नारायणश्शेते देवो मायामयीं तनुम्

guṇamūrtyātmanāṃ caiva tatovāṃtarasaṃhṛtiḥ tadā nārāyaṇaśśete devo māyāmayīṃ tanum

And then the intermediate dissolution of those whose selves are the forms of the guṇas. Then the god Nārāyaṇa sleeps, (having assumed) a body made of māyā,

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SiP 7.2 13.26

आस्थाय भोगिपर्यंकशयने तोयमध्यगः तन्नाभिपंकजाज्जातः पञ्चवक्त्रः पितामहः

āsthāya bhogiparyaṃkaśayane toyamadhyagaḥ tannābhipaṃkajājjātaḥ pañcavaktraḥ pitāmahaḥ

having taken his rest on the couch of the serpent, abiding in the midst of the waters. From the lotus of his navel was born the five-faced grandfather (Brahmā),

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SiP 7.2 13.27

सिसृक्षमाणो लोकांस्त्रीन्न सक्तो ह्यसहायवान् मुनीन्दश ससर्जादौ मानसानमितौजसः

sisṛkṣamāṇo lokāṃstrīnna sakto hyasahāyavān munīndaśa sasarjādau mānasānamitaujasaḥ

who, desiring to create the three worlds, being unable (alone) and without a helper, first created ten sages, mind-born, of measureless might.

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SiP 7.2 13.28

तेषां सिद्धिविवृद्ध्यर्थं मां प्रोवाच पितामहः मत्पुत्राणां महादेव शक्तिं देहि महेश्वर

teṣāṃ siddhivivṛddhyarthaṃ māṃ provāca pitāmahaḥ matputrāṇāṃ mahādeva śaktiṃ dehi maheśvara

For the increase of their (magical) powers, the Grandfather said to me: “Great God, Great Lord, grant power to my sons.”

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SiP 7.2 13.29

इत्येवं प्रार्थितस्तेन पञ्चवक्त्रधरो ह्यहम् पञ्चाक्षराणि क्रमशः प्रोक्तवान्पद्मयोनये

ityevaṃ prārthitastena pañcavaktradharo hyaham pañcākṣarāṇi kramaśaḥ proktavānpadmayonaye

Thus entreated by him, I, the bearer of the five faces, spoke the five syllables in order to the Lotus-born (Brahmā).

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SiP 7.2 13.30

स पञ्चवदनैस्तानि गृह्णंल्लोकपितामहः वाच्यवाचकभावेन ज्ञातवान्मां महेश्वरम्

sa pañcavadanaistāni gṛhṇaṃllokapitāmahaḥ vācyavācakabhāvena jñātavānmāṃ maheśvaram

Receiving them with his five faces, that Grandfather of the world knew me, the Great Lord, through the relation of the thing signified and the signifier.

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SiP 7.2 13.31

ज्ञात्वा प्रयोगं विविधं सिद्धमंत्रः प्रजापतिः पुत्रेभ्यः प्रददौ मंत्रं मंत्रार्थं च यथातथम्

jñātvā prayogaṃ vividhaṃ siddhamaṃtraḥ prajāpatiḥ putrebhyaḥ pradadau maṃtraṃ maṃtrārthaṃ ca yathātatham

Having learned the manifold application (of it), Prajāpati, whose mantra was now perfected, bestowed upon his sons the mantra and its meaning, exactly as it is.

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SiP 7.2 13.32

ते च लब्ध्वा मंत्ररत्नं साक्षाल्लोकपितामहात् तदाज्ञप्तेन मार्गेण मदाराधनकांक्षिणः

te ca labdhvā maṃtraratnaṃ sākṣāllokapitāmahāt tadājñaptena mārgeṇa madārādhanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

And they, having obtained the jewel of a mantra directly from the Grandfather of the world, desiring to worship me by the path he had enjoined —

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SiP 7.2 13.33

मेरोस्तु शिखरे रम्ये मुंजवान्नाम पर्वतः मत्प्रियः सततं श्रीमान्मद्भक्तै रक्षितस्सदा

merostu śikhare ramye muṃjavānnāma parvataḥ matpriyaḥ satataṃ śrīmānmadbhaktai rakṣitassadā

On the lovely peak of Meru there is a mountain named Muñjavān, dear to me always, glorious, ever guarded by my devotees.

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SiP 7.2 13.34

तस्याभ्याशे तपस्तीव्रं लोकं स्रष्टुं समुत्सुकाः दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु वायुभक्षास्समाचरन्

tasyābhyāśe tapastīvraṃ lokaṃ sraṣṭuṃ samutsukāḥ divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu vāyubhakṣāssamācaran

Near it, eager to create the world, feeding on air, they performed fierce austerity for a thousand divine years.

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SiP 7.2 13.35

तेषां भक्तिमहं दृष्ट्वा सद्यः प्रत्यक्षतामियाम् ऋषिं छंदश्च कीलं च बीजशक्तिं च दैवतम्

teṣāṃ bhaktimahaṃ dṛṣṭvā sadyaḥ pratyakṣatāmiyām ṛṣiṃ chaṃdaśca kīlaṃ ca bījaśaktiṃ ca daivatam

Seeing their devotion, I at once became visible (to them, and revealed) the seer, the metre, the kīla, the seed, the power, and the deity,

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SiP 7.2 13.36

न्यासं षडंगं दिग्बंधं विनियोगमशेषतः प्रोक्तवानहमार्याणां जगत्सृष्टिविवृद्धये

nyāsaṃ ṣaḍaṃgaṃ digbaṃdhaṃ viniyogamaśeṣataḥ proktavānahamāryāṇāṃ jagatsṛṣṭivivṛddhaye

the placing (of the syllables), the six limbs, the binding of the directions, and the application in full — (all this) I declared to those noble ones, for the increase of the world's creation.

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SiP 7.2 13.37

ततस्ते मंत्रमाहात्म्यादृषयस्तपसेधिताः सृष्टिं वितन्वते सम्यक्सदेवासुरमानुषीम्

tataste maṃtramāhātmyādṛṣayastapasedhitāḥ sṛṣṭiṃ vitanvate samyaksadevāsuramānuṣīm

Then those seers, made prosperous by austerity, through the greatness of the mantra spread out creation rightly, with its gods, demons, and men.

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SiP 7.2 13.38

अस्याः परमविद्यायास्स्वरूपमधुनोच्यते आदौ नमः प्रयोक्तव्यं शिवाय तु ततः परम्

asyāḥ paramavidyāyāssvarūpamadhunocyate ādau namaḥ prayoktavyaṃ śivāya tu tataḥ param

Now the form of this supreme knowledge is told: at the beginning “namaḥ” is to be employed, and after that “śivāya.”

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SiP 7.2 13.39

सैषा पञ्चाक्षरी विद्या सर्वश्रुतिशिरोगता सर्वजातस्य सर्वस्य बीजभूता सनातनी

saiṣā pañcākṣarī vidyā sarvaśrutiśirogatā sarvajātasya sarvasya bījabhūtā sanātanī

This very five-syllabled knowledge stands at the head of all the Vedas, eternal, being the seed of everything, of all that is born.

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SiP 7.2 13.40

प्रथमं मन्मुखोद्गीर्णा सा ममैवास्ति वाचिका तप्तचामीकरप्रख्या पीनोन्नतपयोधरा

prathamaṃ manmukhodgīrṇā sā mamaivāsti vācikā taptacāmīkaraprakhyā pīnonnatapayodharā

First uttered from my mouth, she is my own speech: like heated gold in appearance, with full, high breasts,

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SiP 7.2 13.41

चतुर्भुजा त्रिनयना बालेंदुकृतशेखरा पद्मोत्पलकरा सौम्या वरदाभयपाणिका

caturbhujā trinayanā bāleṃdukṛtaśekharā padmotpalakarā saumyā varadābhayapāṇikā

four-armed, three-eyed, with the crescent moon set as her crest, holding lotus and blue lotus in her hands, gentle, her hands (making) the boon-granting and fear-dispelling gestures,

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SiP 7.2 13.42

सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता सितपद्मासनासीना नीलकुंचितमूर्धजा

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā sitapadmāsanāsīnā nīlakuṃcitamūrdhajā

endowed with every auspicious mark, adorned with every ornament, seated on a white lotus seat, with dark curling hair.

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SiP 7.2 13.43

५५९अ अस्याः पञ्चविधा वर्णाः प्रस्फुरद्रश्मिमंडलाः पीतः कृष्णस्तथा धूम्रः स्वर्णाभो रक्त एव च

559a asyāḥ pañcavidhā varṇāḥ prasphuradraśmimaṃḍalāḥ pītaḥ kṛṣṇastathā dhūmraḥ svarṇābho rakta eva ca

Her syllables are of five kinds, with circles of flashing rays: yellow, black, smoke-coloured, gold-hued, and red.

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SiP 7.2 13.44

पृथक्प्रयोज्या यद्येते बिंदुनादविभूषिताः अर्धचन्द्रनिभो बिंदुर्नादो दीपशिखाकृतिः

pṛthakprayojyā yadyete biṃdunādavibhūṣitāḥ ardhacandranibho biṃdurnādo dīpaśikhākṛtiḥ

If these are to be employed separately, they are adorned with the bindu and the nāda: the bindu resembles a half-moon, the nāda has the form of a lamp's flame.

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SiP 7.2 13.45

बीजं द्वितीयं बीजेषु मंत्रस्यास्य वरानने दीर्घपूर्वं तुरीयस्य पञ्चमं शक्तिमादिशेत्

bījaṃ dvitīyaṃ bījeṣu maṃtrasyāsya varānane dīrghapūrvaṃ turīyasya pañcamaṃ śaktimādiśet

Among the seeds of this mantra, the second is the seed, O fair-faced one; one should assign as the power the fifth (syllable) of the fourth, preceded by a long vowel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 7.2 13.46

वामदेवो नाम ऋषिः पंक्तिश्छन्द उदाहृतम् देवता शिव एवाहं मन्त्रस्यास्य वरानने

vāmadevo nāma ṛṣiḥ paṃktiśchanda udāhṛtam devatā śiva evāhaṃ mantrasyāsya varānane

The seer is named Vāmadeva, the metre is declared to be paṅkti, and the deity of this mantra is Śiva, that is, myself, O fair-faced one.

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SiP 7.2 13.47

गौतमो ऽत्रिर्वरारोहे विश्वामित्रस्तथांगिराः भरद्वाजश्च वर्णानां क्रमशश्चर्षयः स्मृताः

gautamo 'trirvarārohe viśvāmitrastathāṃgirāḥ bharadvājaśca varṇānāṃ kramaśaścarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Gautama, Atri, O one of fair thighs, Viśvāmitra, likewise Aṅgiras, and Bharadvāja are remembered as the seers of the syllables, in order.

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SiP 7.2 13.48

गायत्र्यनुष्टुप् त्रिष्टुप् च छंदांसि बृहती विराट् इन्द्रो रुद्रो हरिर्ब्रह्मा स्कंदस्तेषां च देवताः

gāyatryanuṣṭup triṣṭup ca chaṃdāṃsi bṛhatī virāṭ indro rudro harirbrahmā skaṃdasteṣāṃ ca devatāḥ

Gāyatrī, Anuṣṭubh and Triṣṭubh, Bṛhatī and Virāṭ are the metres (of them), and Indra, Rudra, Hari, Brahmā and Skanda are their deities.

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SiP 7.2 13.49

मम पञ्चमुखान्याहुः स्थाने तेषां वरानने पूर्वादेश्चोर्ध्वपर्यंतं नकारादि यथाक्रमम्

mama pañcamukhānyāhuḥ sthāne teṣāṃ varānane pūrvādeścordhvaparyaṃtaṃ nakārādi yathākramam

They declare my five faces to be the places of these, fair-faced one — beginning from the east and ending with the upward (face), in due order beginning with the letter na.

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SiP 7.2 13.50

अदात्तः प्रथमो वर्णश्चतुर्थश्च द्वितीयकः पञ्चमः स्वरितश्चैव तृतीयो निहतः स्मृतः

adāttaḥ prathamo varṇaścaturthaśca dvitīyakaḥ pañcamaḥ svaritaścaiva tṛtīyo nihataḥ smṛtaḥ

The first letter is unaccented, and the fourth is the second (accent); the fifth is svarita, and the third is held to be nihata (suppressed in tone).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 7.2 13.51

मूलविद्या शिवं शैवं सूत्रं पञ्चाक्षरं तथा नामान्यस्य विजानीयाच्छैवं मे हृदयं महत्

mūlavidyā śivaṃ śaivaṃ sūtraṃ pañcākṣaraṃ tathā nāmānyasya vijānīyācchaivaṃ me hṛdayaṃ mahat

Mūlavidyā, śiva, śaiva, sūtra, and likewise pañcākṣara — one should know these as its names; the śaiva is my great heart.

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SiP 7.2 13.52

नकारश्शिर उच्येत मकारस्तु शिखोच्यते शिकारः कवचं तद्वद्वकारो नेत्रमुच्यते

nakāraśśira ucyeta makārastu śikhocyate śikāraḥ kavacaṃ tadvadvakāro netramucyate

The letter na should be called the head, while the letter ma is called the topknot; the letter śi is the armour, and likewise the letter va is called the eye.

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SiP 7.2 13.53

यकारो ऽस्त्रं नमस्स्वाहा वषट् हुंवौषडित्यपि फडित्यपि च वर्णानामन्ते ऽङ्गत्वं यदा तदा

yakāro 'straṃ namassvāhā vaṣaṭ huṃvauṣaḍityapi phaḍityapi ca varṇānāmante 'ṅgatvaṃ yadā tadā

The letter ya is the weapon; also namaḥ, svāhā, vaṣaṭ, hum, vauṣaṭ, and phaṭ — (these are used) when the letters are given the status of limbs at the end.

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SiP 7.2 13.54

तत्रापि मूलमंत्रो ऽयं किंचिद्भेदसमन्वयात् तत्रापि पञ्चमो वर्णो द्वादशस्वरभूषितः

tatrāpi mūlamaṃtro 'yaṃ kiṃcidbhedasamanvayāt tatrāpi pañcamo varṇo dvādaśasvarabhūṣitaḥ

There too this is the root mantra, since only a slight difference is involved; there too the fifth letter is adorned with the twelve vowels.

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SiP 7.2 13.55

तास्मादनेन मंत्रेण मनोवाक्कायभेदतः आवयोरर्चनं कुर्याज्जपहोमादिकं तथा

tāsmādanena maṃtreṇa manovākkāyabhedataḥ āvayorarcanaṃ kuryājjapahomādikaṃ tathā

Therefore with this mantra, by way of mind, speech and body, one should perform the worship of us two, and likewise recitation, oblation and the rest.

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SiP 7.2 13.56

यथाप्रज्ञं यथाकालं यथाशास्त्रं यथामति यथाशक्ति यथासंपद्यथायोगं यथारति

yathāprajñaṃ yathākālaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yathāmati yathāśakti yathāsaṃpadyathāyogaṃ yathārati

According to one's understanding, according to the time, according to the scripture, according to one's thought, according to one's ability, according to one's means, according to what is suitable, according to one's liking —

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SiP 7.2 13.57

यदा कदापि वा भक्त्या यत्र कुत्रापि वा कृता येन केनापि वा देवि पूजा मुक्तिं नयिष्यते

yadā kadāpi vā bhaktyā yatra kutrāpi vā kṛtā yena kenāpi vā devi pūjā muktiṃ nayiṣyate

whenever it is done with devotion, and wherever, and by whomever, O Goddess, that worship will lead (one) to liberation.

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SiP 7.2 13.58

मय्यासक्तेन मनसा यत्कृतं मम सुन्दरि मत्प्रियं च शिवं चैव क्रमेणाप्यक्रमेण वा

mayyāsaktena manasā yatkṛtaṃ mama sundari matpriyaṃ ca śivaṃ caiva krameṇāpyakrameṇa vā

Whatever is done for me with a mind fixed on me, O beautiful one, is dear to me and auspicious, whether in the proper order or out of order.

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SiP 7.2 13.59

तथापि मम भक्ता ये नात्यंतविवशाः पुनः तेषां सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु मयेव नियमः कृतः

tathāpi mama bhaktā ye nātyaṃtavivaśāḥ punaḥ teṣāṃ sarveṣu śāstreṣu mayeva niyamaḥ kṛtaḥ

Even so, for those devotees of mine who are not utterly helpless, a rule has been laid down by me in all the scriptures.

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SiP 7.2 13.60

तत्रादौ संप्रवक्ष्यामि मन्त्रसंग्रहणं शुभम् यं विना निष्फलं जाप्यं येन वा सफलं भवेत्

tatrādau saṃpravakṣyāmi mantrasaṃgrahaṇaṃ śubham yaṃ vinā niṣphalaṃ jāpyaṃ yena vā saphalaṃ bhavet

Of these, first I shall declare the auspicious gathering-up of the mantra, without which recitation is fruitless, and by which it becomes fruitful.

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