Svacchandatantra [or Svacchandabhairavatantra] · Chapter 1
kailāsaśikharāsīnaṃ bhairavaṃ vigatāmayam
caṇḍanandimahākāla gaṇeśavṛṣabhṛṅgibhiḥ //
kumārendrayamāditya brahmaviṣṇupuraḥsaraiḥ
stūyamānaṃ maheśānaṃ gaṇamātṛniṣevitam //
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartāraṃ vilayasthitakārakam
anugrahakaraṃ devaṃ praṇatārtivināśanam //
muditaṃ bhairavaṃ dṛṣṭvā devī vacanamabravīt
yattvayā kathitaṃ mahyaṃ svacchandaṃ parameśvara //
śatakoṭipravistīrṇaṃ bhedānantyavisarpitam
catuṣpīṭhaṃ mahātantra catuṣṭayaphalodayam //
na śaknuvanti manujā alpavīryaparākramāḥ
alpāyuṣo 'lpavittāśca alpasattvāśca śaṃkara //
tadarthaṃ saṃgrahaṃ tasya svalpaśāstrārthavistaram
bhuktimuktipradātāraṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ //
kīdṛśaṃ vai guruṃ vidyāt sādhakaṃ ca maheśvara
bhayābhayapradātāraṃ śiṣyaṃ bhūmiṃ ca kīdṛśīm //
mantrāṃścaiva samāsena kālaṃ caiva samāsataḥ
yajanaṃ havanaṃ caiva adhivāsaṃ rajāṃsi ca //
pañcagavyaṃ caruṃ caiva dantakāṣṭhaṃ ca maṇḍalam
dīkṣā cādhvābhiṣekau ca samayānsādhanāni ca //
kalimāsādya sidhyanti tathā brūhi maheśvara
sādhu sādhu mahābhāge yattvayā paricoditam //
anugrahāya martyānāṃ sāmprataṃ kathayāmi te
ādau tāvatparīkṣeta ācāryaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam //
āryadeśasamutpannaṃ sarvāvayavabhūṣitam
śivaśāstravidhānajñaṃ jñānajñeyaviśāradam //
devakarmarataṃ śāntaṃ satyavādidṛḍhavratam
sattvavadvīryasampannaṃ dayādākṣiṇyasaṃyutam //
tyāginaṃ dambhanirmuktaṃ śivaśāstreṣu bhāvitam
īdṛśaṃ tu guruṃ prāpya siddhimuktī na dūrataḥ //
krodhanaścapalaḥ kṣudro dayādākṣiṇyavarjitaḥ
kekaro danturaḥ kāṇaḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ śāstravarjitaḥ //
atidīrghastathā hrasvaḥ kṛśaḥ sthūlaḥ kṣayānvitaḥ
tārkiko dambhasaṃyuktaḥ satyaśaucavivarjitaḥ //
anyaśāstrarato yastu nāsau muktiphalapradaḥ
śiṣyo dayānvito dhīro dambhamāyāvivarjitaḥ //
devāgnigurubhaktaśca śāstrabhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ
guruśuśrūṣaṇaparaḥ suśāntendriyasaṃyutaḥ //
īdṛśo vai bhavecchiṣ.yaḥ so 'trānugrahabhājanam
māyānvitaḥ śaṭhaḥ krūro niḥsatyaḥ kalahapriyaḥ //
kāmī ca lobhasampannaḥ śivabhaktivivarjitaḥ
dūṣako guruśāstrāṇāṃ dīkṣito 'pi na muktibhāk //
santāpaṃ krodhane vindyāc capale capalāḥ śriyaḥ
mantrasiddhiṃ haret kṣudra ācāryastu varānane //
dayāhīnena daurbhāgyam adakṣe dasyupīḍanam
kekareṇa bhavedvyādhir danturaḥ kalikārakaḥ //
kāṇo vidveṣajananaḥ khalvāṭaścārthanāśanaḥ
śāstrahīne na siddhiḥ syād dīkṣādau vīravandite //
dīrghe rājabhayaṃ jñeyaṃ hrasvaḥ putravināśanaḥ
kṛśaḥ kṣayakaro jñeyaḥ sthūla utpātakārakaḥ //
kṣayānvitena mṛtyuḥ syāt tārkike vadhabandhanam
dāmbhikaḥ pāpajanako veditavyo varānane //
mantāstasya na siddhyanti yaḥ satyādivivarjitaḥ
sarve te na śubhā devi iha loke paratra ca //
sitaraktapītakṛṣṇāṃ bhūmiṃ plavaviśodhitām
viśalyāṃ lakṣaṇairyuktāṃ sarvakāmārthasādhikām //
sugandhigandhasaṃyuktāṃ puṣpaprakaralālitām
sudhūpāmodabahalāṃ vitānopariśobhitam //
ācāryastu śucirbhūtvā candanāgurucarcitaḥ
sudhūpitaḥ prasannātmā khaṭikākarasaṃyutaḥ //
prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi ekacittaḥ samāhitaḥ
mātṛkāṃ prastarettatra ādikṣāntāmanukramāt //
ādiḥ ṣoḍaśabhedena sākṣādvai bhairavaḥ smṛtaḥ
kavargaścaṭavargau ca tapayāḥ śastathaiva ca //
saṃhāreṇa samopetau yonirvai bhairavī smṛtā
mātṛkābhairavaṃ devam avargeṇa prapūjayet //
bhairavī kādinā pūjyā mātṛvargaiḥ prapūjayet
avarge tu mahālakṣmīḥ kavarge kamalodbhavā //
cavarge tu maheśānī ṭavarge tu kumārikā
nārāyaṇī tavarge tu vārāhī tu pavargikā //
aindrī caiva yavargasthā cāmuṇḍā tu śavargikā
etāḥ sapta mahāmātṛḥ saptalokavyavasthitāḥ //
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti devyevaṃ bhairavo 'bravīt
ante 'sya uddharenmantrān yathākramaniyogataḥ //
trayodaśaṃ binduyutam anantāsanamuttamam
anena yojayetsarvaṃ somasūryāgnimadhyagam //
brahmaviṣṇumaheśānaṃ śavāntaṃ parikalpayet
mūrtiṃ haṃsākṣareṇaiva bindubhinnena kalpayet //
ardhacandrakṛtāṭopāṃ svasvanāṃ tuhinaprabhām
tadūrdhve sakalaṃ devaṃ svacchandaṃ parikalpayet //
oṃkāramuccaretpūrvam aghorebhyo anantaram
tha ghorebhyo samālikhya tato 'nyattu samālikhet //
ghoraghoratarebhyaśca sarvataḥ śarva uccaret
sarvebhyaḥ padamanyacca namaste rudra eva ca //
rūpebhyaśca samālikhya namaskārāvasānakam
mantrarājaḥ samākhyātaḥ aghoraḥ surapūjitaḥ //
sakṛduccārito devi nāśayet sarvakilbiṣam
janmakoṭīsahasraistu bhramadbhiḥ samupārjitam //
smaraṇānnāśayeddevi tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā
yakārādivakārāntāḥ saṃhāreṇa samāyutāḥ //
bindumastakasambhinnā bhairavasya mukhāni ca
brahmabhaṅgyā niyojyāni mūrdhādicaraṇāvadhi //
punaścordhvaṃ mukhaṃ kalpyaṃ prāgdakṣiṇamathottaram
aparaṃ kalpayitvā tu kalābhedena vinyaset //
pūrvaṃ ca dakṣiṇaṃ caiva uttaraṃ paścimaṃ tathā
ūrdhvamūrdhnā tu saṃyuktaṃ kṣakāraṃ tvīśarūpiṇam //
evaṃ vaktraṃ caturdhā tu vaktreṣveva niyojayet
pañcamaṃ yadbhavedvaktraṃ kṣakāreṇaiva nirdiśet //
hṛdi grīvāṃsapṛṣṭhe tu nābhau ca jaṭhare tathā
pṛṣṭhe corasi vinyased aghoreṇa yathākramam //
guhye tathā gude caiva tathorvorjānunorapi
jaṅghayośca sphijoḥ kaṭyāṃ pārśvayorubhayorapi //
vinyaseccaiva vāmena śarīre tu yathākramam
pādau hastau tathā nāsāṃ śiraścaiva bhujāvatha //
sadyena kalpayeddevi sarvametadyathākramam
tāsāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ //
tārā sutārā taraṇī tārayantī sutāraṇī
īśānasya kalā pañca nirañjanapadānugā //
nivṛttiśca pratiṣṭhā ca vidyā śāntistathaiva ca
puruṣasya kalā hyetāś catasraḥ parikīrtitāḥ //
tamā mohā kṣudhā nidrā mṛtyurmāyā bhayā jarā
aghorasya kalā hyetā aṣṭau vai varavarṇini //
rajā rakṣā ratiḥ pālyā kāmyā tṛṣṇā matiḥ kriyā
ṛddhirmāyā ca rātriśca bhrāmiṇī mohanī tathā //
manonmanī kalā hyetā vāmadeve trayodaśa
siddhirṛddhirdyutirlakṣmīr medhā kāntiḥ sudhā sthitiḥ //
sadyojātakalāstvevam aṣṭau samparikīrtitāḥ
punaśca sādhako devi sarvāṅgeṣu yathākramam //
navatattvaṃ tritattvaṃ ca dhruveṇa parikalpayet
vidyāṅgāni punarnyasya teṣāṃ mantrān śṛṇu priye //
aghorebhyo samālikhya tha ghorebhyo dvitīyakam
ghoraghoratarebhyaśca tṛtīyaṃ parikalpayet //
sarvataḥ śarva sarvebhyo caturthaṃ parikalpayet
namaste rudrarūpebhyaḥ pañcamaṃ ca vidhānataḥ //
oṃkāramuccaretpūrvaṃ juṃ saśca tadanantaram
netratrayaṃ prakalpeta vidyādehasya bhāmini //
vidyāṅgāni vijānīyāt nāmāni ca nibodha me
sarvātmā tu brahmaśiro jvālinī piṅgalaṃ tathā //
durbhedyaṃ pāśupatyaṃ ca jyotīrūpaṃ tathaiva ca
kriyā jñānaṃ tathaivecchā tāsāṃ mantrānnibodha me //
caturthasvarasaṃyuktaṃ hāntaṃ binduvibhūṣitam
kriyāśaktiḥ samākhyātā sarvasṛṣṭiprakāśikā //
śakārasya tṛtīyaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhayuktaṃ sabindukam
jñānaśaktiḥ smṛtā hyeṣā prabodhajananī śubhā //
kṣādiṃ dvisvarasambhinnaṃ tripañcena tu mūrchitam
icchāśaktiḥ samākhyātā bhairavasyāmitātmikā //
haṃsākhyo bindusaṃyuktaḥ ṣaṣṭhasvaravibheditaḥ
bālendunādaśaktyantaḥ svacchando niṣkalaḥ smṛtaḥ //
asyoccaraṇamātreṇa ye yuktāḥ sarvapātakaiḥ
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam //
sāntaṃ dīrghasvaraiḥ ṣaḍbhir bhinnajātivibheditam
hṛcchiraśca śikhā varma locanāstraṃ prakalpayet //
oṃkāro dīpanasteṣām ante jātiṃ prakalpayet
namaḥ svāhā tathā vauṣaṭ huṃ vaṣaṭ phaṭ krameṇa tu //
eṣa bhairavarājastu sarvakāmārthasādhakaḥ
hara īma akāraśca ṅādirosvarasaṃyutaḥ //
yānta ekārasaṃyuktaḥ ṣādirlāntavibheditaḥ
lādistrisvarasambhinno haṃso bindusamāyuktaḥ //
ṣaṣṭhasvarasamopetaḥ phaṭkārāntavikalpitaḥ
aghoreśvarīti vikhyātā svacchandotsaṅgagāminī //
bhairavāṅgasamopetā vaktrapañcakasaṃyutā
hānto yādiryakārānto rādiḥ ṣaṣṭhakalānvitaḥ //
bindunādasamāyogāt kapāleśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
sānto binduradho hyagniḥ ṣaṣṭhayuktastu kīrtitaḥ //
śikhivāhanasaṃjñastu jñātavyo 'sau varānane
saṃhāraḥ ṣaṣṭhasaṃyuktaḥ ṣaḍantena samanvitaḥ //
krodharājaḥ samākhyātaḥ - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - tathānyaṃ kathayāmi te
ñādiḥ ṣaṣṭhasvaropetas tripadena samāyutaḥ //
bindumastakasambhinno vikarālo varānane
sāntaḥ śādyena saṃyuktaḥ ṣaṣṭhasvarayuto 'pyadhaḥ //
caturdaśasvarākrānto bindunādāntabhūṣitaḥ
manmathaḥ kathito hyeṣa surasiddhanamaskṛtaḥ //
yenedaṃ tu nijaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
hararādisamāyuktaḥ ūkārādhaḥ sabindukaḥ //
meghanādeśvaro hyeṣa bhairavaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ
kṣasāntarbindusaṃyuktaḥ pañcamena vibheditaḥ //
someśvaraḥ samākhyāto janmamṛtyuvināśanaḥ
kṣādiryāntasamopeto hāntenādhoniyojitaḥ //
bhānto vādirlakārānto rādyo 'dho rudrayojitaḥ
bindvardhendusamāyukto nādaśaktisamanvitaḥ //
vidyārājaḥ samākhyāto mahāpātakanāśanaḥ
bhairavāṣṭakametaddhi parivāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ //
lokapālāṃstathoddhṛtya svanāmapraṇavādikān
namaskārāvamānāṃśca sāstrānsamparikalpayet //
Original text: Svacchandatantra [or Svacchandabhairavatantra] · Edition: Chapter 1 typed in from Dwivedi's edition by Dominic Goodall; Chapter 2 typed in from KSTS edition by Mei Yang; Chapter 3 typed in from Dwivedi's edition by Dominic Goodall; Chapter 4 typed in from the KSTS edition by S.A.S. Sarma Chapters 5-6 typed in from Dwivedi's edition by Dominic Goodall; Chapter 7 typed in from KSTS edition by Mei Yang; Chapters 8-9 typed in from KSTS edition by Nibedita Ro · Data entry members of the Saiva reading group at the EFEO in Pondicherry · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0