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Svacchanda-tantra [sanskrit]
30,869 words | ISBN-10: 8172700989 | ISBN-13: 9788172700980
The Sanskrit edition of the Svacchanda-tantra, a large work in the form of a manaul describing Kashmir Shaiva rituals. The extant Svacchandatantra contains over 3,000 shlokas (metrical verses) and highlights the worship of Svacchanda Bhairava (a fierce form of Shiva) and his consort Aghoreshvari. The text can be dated to at least the 7th century. Alternative titles: Svacchandatantra (स्वच्छन्दतन्त्र), Śrīsvacchandatantram (श्रीस्वच्छन्दतन्त्रम्, Shrisvacchandatantram)
Chapter 14
śrībhairava uvāca |
mudrāṇaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye asmiṃstantre yathāsthitam |
uttānamañjaliṃ kṛtvā kapālaṃ parikīrtitam || 1 ||
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tiryakkṛtvā karaṃ vāmaṃ kaniṣṭhādyaṅgulitrayam |
aṅguṣṭhenākrameddevi ṛjvīṃ kṛtvā pradeśinīm || 2 ||
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parāṅmukhaṃ karaṃ kṛtvā skandhadeśe niveśayet |
khaṭvāṅgaṃ kīrtitaṃ hyetatkhaḍgamudrāṃ nibodha me || 3 ||
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aṅguṣṭhenākrameddevi sakaniṣṭhāmanāmikām |
madhyamāṃ tarjanīṃ cordhvaṃ khaḍgamudrā prakīrtitā || 4 ||
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muṣṭiṃ baddhvā kaniṣṭhāṃ ca prasāryeta varānane |
ātmanaḥ sammukhaṃ kṛtvā spharaste kathito mayā || 5 ||
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muṣṭiṃ baddhvā tu deveśi tarjanyūrdhvaṃ tu kuñcayet |
aṅkuśaḥ kathito hyeṣa pāśamudrāṃ nibodha me || 6 ||
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tarjanīṃ vartulāṃ kṛtvā mūle'ṅguṣṭhasya yojayet |
pāśastu kathito hyeṣa duṣṭajālanibandhakaḥ || 7 ||
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muṣṭiṃ baddhvā varārohe samprasārya pradeśinīm |
nārācastu samākhyātaḥ samāsāttava bhairavi || 8 ||
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muṣṭiṃ baddhvā prasāryeta tarjanyaṅguṣṭhakaṃ priye |
agre nikuñcayetkiñcitpinākaṃ parikīrtitam || 9 ||
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agraprasārito hastaḥ śliṣṭaśākho varānane |
parāṅmukhaṃ tu taṃ kṛtvā tvabhayaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 10 ||
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vāmaṃ bhujaṃ prasāryaiva jānūpari niveśayet |
prasṛtaṃ darśayeddevi varaḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ || 11 ||
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ghaṇṭākāraṃ karaṃ vāmaṃ kṛtvā caiva tvadhomukham |
dakṣahastasya tarjanyā ghṛṣedghaṇṭā prakīrtitā || 12 ||
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kaniṣṭhikāṃ samākrāmedaṅguṣṭhena samāhitaḥ |
prasārya cāṅgulīstisrastriśūlaṃ parikīrtitam || 13 ||
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daṇḍo vai muṣṭibandhena vajramudraṃ nibodha me |
vāmahastamadhaḥ kṛtvā uttānaṃ tu samāhitaḥ || 14 ||
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dakṣaṃ cādhomukhaṃ kṛtvā tvaṅguṣṭhaṃ ca kaniṣṭhikām |
ubhayorapi saṅghṛṣya vajramudrāṃ pradarśayet || 15 ||
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ḍamaruṃ muṣṭibandhena dakṣahastasya suvrate |
suṣireṇa samāyuktaṃ darśayettu varānane || 16 ||
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mudgaraṃ tu pravakṣyāmi hastau dvau samprasārayet |
mudgaraḥ kathito hyeṣa vallakīṃ ca nibodha me || 17 ||
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hastau prasārayeddevi uttānau tu samāhitaḥ |
anāme kuñcayitvā tu vīṇāmudrā prakīrtitā || 18 ||
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prasārayedaṅgulīstu kaniṣṭhānāmamadhyamāḥ |
aṅguṣṭhenākramedādyāṃ paraśuḥ samudāhṛtāḥ || 19 ||
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etā mudrā mahādevi bhairavasya pradarśayet |
āvāhane nirodhe ca tathā caiva visarjane || 20 ||
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kapālaṃ caiva khaṭvāṅgamanukteṣu pradarśayet |
kapālaṃ dhavalaṃ jñeyaṃ khaṭvāṅgaṃ ca tathaiva hi || 21 ||
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triśūlaṃ caiva nārācaṃ khaḍgo nīlotpalaprabhaḥ |
spharaṃ raktaṃ pinākaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ samparikīrtitam || 22 ||
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ghaṇṭā hemaprabhā jñeyāṅ kuśo marakataprabhaḥ |
pāśo bhinnāñjananibhaḥ sphaṭikābho'bhayaḥ smṛtaḥ || 23 ||
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varaścittaprasādena dhyātavyo varavarṇini |
ḍamaruṃ hemasaṅkāśaṃ vīṇāṃ caitatsamaprabhām || 24 ||
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daṇḍaṃ raktaṃ vijānīyādvajraṃ pītaṃ vicintayet |
rājāvartanibho devi mudgaraḥ paraśustathā || 25 ||
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mudrāpīṭhaṃ samākhyātaṃ caturvargaphalodayam |
praṇavāsanamārūḍhā oṃkārādyā varānane || 26 ||
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svanāmakṛtavinyāsā namaskārāvasānikāḥ |
sādhayanti mahādevi phalāni vividhāni tu || 27 ||
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nirvighnakaraṇaṃ khyātaṃ mudrāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ priye |
veditavyaṃ prayatnena sādhitavyaṃ mahātmanā |
iti svacchandatantre caturdaśaḥ paṭalaḥ || 28 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Svacchanda-tantra Chapter 14
Sri Svacchandatantram (Set of 5 Volumes)
by Dr. Paramahansa Mishra (डॉ. परमहंस मिश्र) (2004)
With Two Commentaries of Mahamahesvara Sri Ksemaraja and Niraksiraviveka; [Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation]; [श्री स्वच्छन्दतन्त्रम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)]; [Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]
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Svacchandatantram (Two Volumes)
by Prof.Radheyshyam Chaturvedi (2004)
With the Commentary Svacchandodyota by Acarya Sri Ksemaraja and Jnanavati; [Sanskrit Text With Hindi Translation]; [स्व्छ्न्द्तन्त्रम]; [Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan]
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