Svacchandatantra [or Svacchandabhairavatantra] · Chapter 6
samayācārayuktasya sādhakasya varānane
jāyate vividhā siddhiḥ girigahvaramāśrite //
suśuddhe bhūpradeśe tu sarvaśalyavivarjite
pracchanne vijane ramye bhairavaṃ tatra pūjayet //
japitvākṣaralakṣaṃ tu bahurūpasya suvrate
pañcapraṇavasaṃyogāj japataḥ siddhyate dhruvam //
mucyate na tu sandeho bhedanāt praṇavasya tu
hrasvaṃ dīrghaṃ plutaṃ sūkṣmam atisūkṣmaṃ paraṃ śivam //
praṇavaṃ pañcadhā jñātvā bhittvā mokṣo na saṃśayaḥ
praṇavaḥ pañcadhāvasthaḥ haṃsena saha saṃyuktaḥ //
yatkiñcidvāṅmayaṃ loke śivajñāne pratiṣṭhitam
śivajñānaṃ ca tatrasthaṃ haṃsaḥ praṇavasaṃyutaḥ //
vinā praṇavasaṃyogāj jīva eko vyavasthitaḥ
yathāprakṛti saṃyukto na ca tiṣṭhati caikataḥ //
tathā ṣaṣṭhena sambhinno dehe jīvaḥ pravartate
coditastu yadā tena tadā cordhvaṃ pravartate //
pratyakṣamapi tattattvaṃ mahāmāyāvimohitāḥ
kathitaṃ nābhijānanti vinā śāstreṇa codanām //
ṣaṣṭhaścordhvavaho jñeyaḥ svabhāvamukhasaṃsthitaḥ
aprakāśaḥ svadehastho guṇabhūtaḥ pravartate //
nirguṇastu yadā deva ekākī kālavarjitaḥ
vijñātavyaṃ na kiñcitsyāt kevalo niṣkalastu saḥ //
tasya rūpaṃ śarīraṃ ca nāsti varṇaḥ kriyā tathā
sa kathaṃ gṛhyate sūkṣma agrāhyo nityamavyayaḥ //
etasmātkāraṇāddevi ṣaṣṭhaṃ bījaṃ niyojitam
pañcapañcakasaṃyukto dehe sakalaniṣkalaḥ //
grahaṇaṃ tu yadā tasya yogī yogavicintakaḥ
yogenāvāhitasyāpi bhāvamātraṃ tu bhāvayet //
yadā karoti sṛṣṭiṃ ca ūrdhvaṃ binduḥ pravartate
bindūpari ca yacchāntaḥ śivaḥ paramakāraṇam //
tatra bindurlayaṃ yāti tatsthānaṃ durlabhaṃ suraiḥ
ṣaṣṭhasvarasamāyogād abhyāsādacirāllabhet //
ṣaṣṭhaśca pañcamaścaiva tasya devi guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
saguṇaḥ sakalo jñeyo nirguṇo niṣkalaḥ śivaḥ //
sakalo grahasaṃyukto niṣkalo bhāvamāśritaḥ
sakale japyamāne tu japto bhavati niṣkalaḥ //
surāsurāṇāṃ devena yajanopāyahetunā
rūpaṃ tu sakalaṃ tasya dvidhāvasthaṃ prakāśitam //
prathamaṃ prākṛtaṃ rūpaṃ vikṛtaṃ ca dvitīyakam
prakṛtirvikṛtiścaiva ubhe ṣaṣṭhena saṃyute //
ye padārthāḥ purā proktās tatrāsāvucchvasan muhuḥ
pravartate ca etena punastena nivartate //
praṇavaḥ pañcadhāvasthaḥ trivarṇaśca tridaivataḥ
bindunādasamāyuktaḥ praṇavaḥ paripaṭhyate //
akāraśca ukāraśca makāraśca tṛtīyakaḥ
varṇatrayamidaṃ proktaṃ brahmādyā devatāstrayaḥ //
bindunādasamāyogād īśvaraśca sadāśivaḥ
ete vai praṇavāḥ pañca haṃsaḥ prāṇayutaḥ sadā //
paramātmā śivo haṃsas tv apareṇa samanvitaḥ
parataḥ praṇavān pañca punareva vadāmyaham //
śaktiśca vyāpinī caiva samanātmā ca niṣkalaḥ
unmanā ca tathā devi praṇavāḥ pañca kīrtitaḥ //
parataḥ paramo haṃsaḥ sarvaṃ vyāpya vyavasthitaḥ
ete vai praṇavāḥ pañca parāparavibhāgaśaḥ //
parāpareṇa haṃsena nityameva praṇāmitāḥ
pravartante hi sarvatra bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ //
pañcabhistu yutastvebhiḥ sa pañcapraṇavātmakaḥ
tatrasthaḥ ekarūpastu niṣkalastattvataḥ smṛtaḥ //
tadyogādapi tadbījaṃ sarvabījaprarohakam
pravartate 'yato yasmād devāsuraniketanam //
tatra mantrāśca varṇāśca pratiṣṭhāṃ yānti nānyathā
tasya boddhādvimucyante ahikañcukavat priye //
tāvadbhramati saṃsāre yāvattattvaṃ na vindati
vidite tu pure tattve na bhūyo jāyate kvacit //
akṛtārtho narastāvad yāvaddhaṃsaṃ na vindati
praṇavena samāyuktaṃ kṛtārtha iti nirdiśet //
uccāraṃ ca tato jñātvā uccarettaṃ varānane
uccārastrividho devi haṃsasya samudāhṛtaḥ //
hakārokārasaṃyukta bindvante tu tṛtīyakaḥ
sṛṣṭinyāsena tūccāraḥ saṃhārayoga ucyate //
evamādikrameṇaiva mantramuccārayedbudhaḥ
bindusthaṃ tritayaṃ kṛtvā vaktramudghāṭayettataḥ //
īṣadudghāṭite vaktre tadā nādaṃ vijānata
nādasthaṃ pañcadhā caiva śaktisthaṃ pañcadhā punaḥ //
vyāpinyāṃ pañcadhā caiva samanāniṣkalātmanoḥ
unmanā ca paraṃ tattvaṃ sarvaṃ vyāpya vyavasthitam //
evaṃ jñātvā vimucyante śivatattvavido janāḥ
anyathā naiva mucyante bindvante ye vyavasthitāḥ //
jyotīrūpaṃ tu bindusthaṃ nādasthaṃ śabdarūpakam
śaktisthaṃ sparśagaṃ caiva tadūrdhvaṃ śūnyarūpakam //
brahmādipañcakaṃ yacca teṣāṃ śūnyaṃ ca tatpadam
parāparavibhāgena te sarvatra vyavasthitāḥ //
śūnyātītā tu samanā śuddhātmā tūnmanā tathā
sarvātītaṃ paraṃ tattvaṃ sarvaṃ vyāpya vyavasthitam //
mantrarūpāśca vijñeyā bindudharmāttu devatāḥ
tatrasthā sarvakarmāṇi sādhayanti na saṃśayaḥ //
tattvaṃ ca unmanātmā tu samanā śūnyameva ca
sparśaścaiva tathā śabdo rūpaṃ ca tadanantaram //
mantrātmani sthitāḥ sarve jñātavyā daiśikena tu
tatrasthā jñānayogaṃ ca prayacchanti varānane //
karmakāle tu sakalān śiraḥ pāṇyādibhiryutān
japet tu sakalān devi niṣkalena samanvitān //
dhyāyejjyotirmayān sarvān śabdasiddhipradāyakān
śaktisthāḥ śaktidāḥ proktāḥ śūnyasthā vyāpakāḥ smṛtāḥ //
kramājjñānapradāste vai samanāsthā varānane
kaivalyadāstataścordhve sarvajñāśconmane pade //
tattvena vedhitāḥ sarve ye mayā parikīrtitāḥ
tajjñātvā siddhidāḥ sarve muktidāśca na saṃśayaḥ //
pañcapraṇavasaṃyuktaṃ tattvaṃ te kathitaṃ mayā
pañcapraṇavapūrveṇa oṃkārādyayutena tu //
namaskārāvasānena bahurūpeṇa suvrate
japataḥ siddhimāpnoti lakṣenākṣarasaṃkhyayā //
praṇavādyena saṃyuktaṃ mantramevaṃ japet sadā
japānte tu punarhomaṃ daśamāṃśena kārayet //
nṛmāṃsaṃ purasaṃyuktaṃ ghṛtena ca pariplutam
tataḥ siddhimavāpnoti adhamāṃ madhyamottamam //
triguṇena tu japyena svacchandasadṛśo bhavet
brahmaviṣṇvindradevānāṃ siddhadaityorageśinām //
bhayadātā ca hartā ca śāpānugrahakṛd bhavet
darpaṃ harati kālasya pātayed bhūdharānapi //
sphoṭayedbilvayantrāṇi diggajānapi cālayet
brahmarākṣasavetālān krūragrahavināyakān //
smaraṇānnāśayeddevi avadhyastridaśairapi
prākṛtānyapi karmāṇi siddhyanti japalakṣataḥ //
tāni samyakpravakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
mohanā sahadevā ca bhūdhātrī cakralāñchanā //
rāmavallyā sahaikatra ātmabījena poṣayet
bhakṣe pāne ca dātavyaṃ vaśīkaraṇamuttamam //
uttavāraṇimūlaṃ tu puṣyarkṣeṇa tu grāhayet
ātmendriyeṇa saṃyuktaṃ vaśīkaraṇamuttamam //
śravaṇākṣimalaṃ lālā rudhirendriyasaṃyutam
bhūkadambasamopetaṃ dātavyaṃ payasā niśi //
apravāse pradātavyaṃ mriyate viraheṇa sā
ṣaṣṭiṃ kanakabījāni ṣoḍaśa maṇicandrikāḥ //
naragodantasaṃyuktāḥ pradadyādyasya bhāminī
eṣa kāpāliko yogo gacchantamanugacchati //
śvetārkamūlaṃ mañjiṣṭhā caṭakasya śirastathā
gṛhodbhavasya kuṣṭhaṃ ca svaraktendriyasaṃyutam //
bhakṣye pāne pradātavyaṃ vaśīkaraṇamuttamam
mohanā caiva kāntārī mayūraśikhayā yutā //
ātmalālendriyairyuktaṃ vaśīkaraṇamuttamam
lajjālukā ca gorambhā caṇḍālīkarmakaṃ tathā //
nāgendrapadamiśraṃ tad ātmabījasamanvitam
eṣa yogavaro divyo dīyate yasya suvrate //
madhureṇa samāyukto yāvadāyurvaśī sa tu
caṇakā māṣamudgāśca apānena vinirgatāḥ //
vāntaṃ ghṛtaṃ tathā retaḥ strīrajo hṛnmalaṃ tathā
mūtraṃ raktaṃ tathā keśo lālā caiva varānane //
putrajāniḥ kṛtāhvā ca nāgendrapadasaṃyutā
mohanā viṣṇukrāntā ca dhātrī caivaikataḥ sthitā //
puṣyarkṣeṇa niyuñjīta garvitānāṃ varānane
bhakṣye pāne pradātavyo yogastridaśapūjitaḥ //
uccāṭanaṃ pravakṣyāmi śatrūṇāṃ garvitātmanām
kākolūkasya pakṣāṃśca kharoṣṭramūtramṛttikā //
kṛtvā pratikṛtiṃ prājñaḥ kākaraktena lepayet
kākolūkasya pakṣāṃśca gude tasya vinikṣipet //
tāṃ catuṣpathe nikhanet śmaśānāgnimathopari
prajvālya homayettatra kākapakṣāṃśca suvrate //
udbhrāntapatrasahitān kharamūtreṇa bhāvitān
yasya nāma samuddiśya yakārādyantarodhitam //
mantrāvasāne vinyastaṃ visargāntaṃ pracāṭayet
bhramate kākavat pṛthvīṃ śatrurvyādhinipīḍitaḥ //
piṇyākaṃ nimbapattrāṇi mṛtkiṇvaṃ tu tuṣāṇi ca
śatroḥ pratikṛtiṃ kṛtvā akṣapuṣpaistu veṣṭitām //
śmaśāne nikhanettāṃ tu vahniṃ prajvālya copari
puṣpairvibhītatarujair yasya nāmnā tu homayet //
vidviṣṭo vai bhavecchatruḥ kāmadevasamo 'pi yaḥ
priyaṅgulatikāmiśraṃ gugguluṃ ghṛtavedhitam //
hṛtvā tvaṣṭaśataṃ devi subhagaḥ samprajāyate
jātikuṭmalakairmiśrais trimadhvaktaistilairhutaiḥ //
subhagatvamavāpnoti rūpahīno 'pi yo naraḥ
tilairlavaṇasammiśrais trimadhvaktairhutaiḥ priyaiḥ //
saptāhādvaśamāyāti yā strī rūpeṇa garvitā
rājikā lavaṇaṃ caiva madhukṣīraghṛtaplutam //
homayennāmasammiśraṃ yasyākarṣettu taṃ drutam
narasya rocanāṃ gṛhya dviradasya madena tu //
bhāvayitvābhimantryaitan mantreṇāṣṭaśataṃ japet
snāne vilepane madye gandhe vā yasya dīyate //
sa vaśyo bhavati kṣipraṃ dhanadaḥ prāṇadastathā
athavā mārayetkṣipraṃ śatruṃ niścitamātmanaḥ //
apakāraśatairyuktaṃ kṛtaghnaṃ duṣṭacetasam
kapāladvayamādāya nāma śatroḥ samālikhet //
kapālasampuṭasthaṃ tad viṣāṅgāreṇa bhāvitam
rudhireṇa samāyuktaṃ humphaṭkāravidarbhitam //
mahāpretavanaṃ gatvā svacchandaṃ pūjayettataḥ
kṛṣṇamālyopahāraiśca tataḥ karma samārabhet //
vijñāpya bhairavaṃ devaṃ śatruṃ me vinipātaya
anujñātastu devena gṛhittvā tacchirodvayam //
tatra gatvā mahādevi kapālāsanasaṃsthitaḥ
tatrastho roṣasampūrṇo dakṣiṇābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ //
ātmano bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ jñātvā ghoraṃ subhīṣaṇam
kruddhaḥ samuccarenmantrī dvātriṃśākṣarasammitam //
vilomena mahābhāge śatrunāma tato 'ntagam
humphaḍdvayaṃ samuccārya kādye cāsphālayedbhṛśam //
khaṇḍaśaścūrṇite yāvat tāvacchaturvinaśyati
saptarātreṇa deveśi prayogastvanivartakaḥ //
evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi anyakalpotthitāni ca
prayogāṇāṃ karotyeṣa mantrarājeśvareśvaraḥ //
anulomagataṃ devaṃ vauṣatkārāntasaṃsthitam
kṣīraṃ tu homayeddevi śāntyarthe hitakārakam //
vaṣadāpyāyane śastaṃ svāhāntaṃ vaśakarmaṇi
mantrāṇāṃ tarpaṇārthaṃ ca natyantaṃ cārcane smṛtam //
etaddhi kathitaṃ devi sādhakasya sumedhasaḥ
kriyākālāṃśayuktasya akleśāttu sukhāvaham //
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