skanda upaniṣad · Chapter 1

skandopaniṣat
yatrāsaṃbhavatāṃ yāti svātiriktabhidātatiḥ / /
saṃvinmātraṃ paraṃ brahma tatsvamātraṃ vijṛmbhate //
ॐ saha nāvavatu / saha nau bhunaktu / saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai /
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai //
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
acyuto'smi mahādeva tava kāruṇyaleśataḥ /
vijñānaghana evāsmi śivo'smi kimataḥ param

na nijaṃ nijavadbhāti antaḥkaraṇajṛmbhaṇāt /
antaḥkaraṇanāśena saṃvinmātrasthito hariḥ

saṃvinmātrasthitaścāhamajo'smi kimataḥ param /
vyatiriktaṃ jaḍaṃ sarvaṃ svapnavacca vinaśyati

cijjaḍānāṃ tu yo draṣṭā so'cyuto jñānavigrahaḥ /
sa eva hi mahādevaḥ sa eva hi mahāhariḥ

sa eva hi jyotiṣāṃ jyotiḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ /
sa eva hi paraṃ brahma tadbrahmāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

jīvaḥ śivaḥ śivo jīvaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ /
tuṣeṇa baddho vrīhiḥ syāttuṣābhāvena taṇḍulaḥ

evaṃ baddhastathā jīvaḥ karmanāśe sadāśivaḥ /
pāśabaddhastathā jīvaḥ pāśamuktaḥ sadāśivaḥ

śivāya viṣṇurūpāya śivarūpāya viṣṇave /
śivasya hṛdayaṃ viṣṇuḥ viṣṇośca hṛdayaṃ śivaḥ

yathā śivamayo viṣṇurevaṃ viṣṇumayaḥ śivaḥ /
yathāntaraṃ na paśyāmi tathā me svastirāyuṣi

yathāntaraṃ na bhedāḥ syuḥ śivakeśavayostathā /
deho devālayaḥ proktaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ

tyajedajñānanirmālyaṃ so'haṃbhāvena pūjayet /
abhedadarśanaṃ jñānaṃ dhyānaṃ nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ /
snānaṃ manomalatyāgaḥ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ

brahmāmṛtaṃ pibedbhaikṣyamācareddeharakṣaṇe /
vasedekāntiko bhūtvā caikānte dvaitavarjite /
ityevamācareddhīmānsa evaṃ muktimāpnuyāt

śrīparamadhāmne svasti cirāyuṣyonnama iti /
viriñcinārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmakaṃ nṛsiṃha deveśa tava prasādataḥ /
acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ vedātmakaṃ brahma nijaṃ vijānate

tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ / divīva cakṣurātatam

tadviprāso vipanyavo jāgṛvāṃsaḥ samindhate / viṣṇoryatparamaṃ padam /
ityetannirvāṇānuśāsanamiti vedānuśāsanamitim vedānuśāsanamityupaniṣat

// iti kṛṣṇayajurvedīya skandopaniṣatsamāptā //