Svacchandatantra [or Svacchandabhairavatantra] · Chapter 8
aṃśakaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ devi kathayāmyanupūrvaśaḥ
bhāvāṃśakaḥ svabhāvāṃśaḥ puṣpapātāṃśa eva ca //
mantrāṃśakaḥ smṛtaścānyas tv aṃśakāpādanaṃ dvidhā
devānusmaraṇaṃ bhāvaḥ sahajaṃ taṃ vijānata //
svabhāvaśca bhavecceṣṭā kathayāmyanupūrvaśaḥ
brahmāṃśo vedabhaktastu rudrāṃśaṃ ca nibodha me //
rudrabhaktaḥ suśīlaśca śivaśāstrarataḥ sadā
viṣṇvaṃśo viṣṇubhaktaśca candrāṃśaḥ priyadarśanaḥ //
sarvadevarataḥ śānto yakṣāṃśo dhanasaṃgrahī
lubdho garvitamṛṣṭāśī vātāṃśaścapalaḥ smṛtaḥ //
sarpavisrambhagāmī syān nāgāṃśo dīrghaśāyyatha
dīrgharoṣaḥ pūtivaktro gurukṣīraruciḥ sadā //
gāndharvo gāyano nityaṃ śivabhakto varānane
vidyādharāṃśakaḥ prāṇī daityāṃśo dveṣaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ //
kāmāṃśo rūpavāṃścaiva subhago gaṇikāpriyaḥ
rakṣoṃśaḥ krūranistriṃśo devadveṣī dvijeṣu ca //
piśācāṃśaśchalānveṣī vāsare bhīrukātaraḥ
agnyaṃśaḥ paruṣastīvra uṣṇādaḥ piṅgalastathā //
savitraṃśaśca tejasvī pūrtadharmarataḥ sadā
iṣṭāni kurute nityaṃ dayāluḥ śivabhāvitaḥ //
svasiddheḥ phaladāḥ sarve svadhyānajapahomataḥ
bhairavāṅgasamālabdhāḥ sarve devā varānane //
bhairavāstu smṛtāḥ sarve sarvasiddhiphalapradāḥ
svabhāvāṃśaḥ samākhyātaḥ sādhakānāṃ hitāya vai //
puṣpapātavaśānnāma kartavyaṃ surasundari
sa mantraḥ siddhyate tasya tamevārādhayedyadi //
aṃśakāpādanaṃ devi kathayāmi samāsataḥ
vaihāyasaṃ dhvaja caiva homayedyastu sādhakaḥ //
sa mantraḥ siddhyate tasya aryanto 'pi hi suvrate
anaṃśako 'pi yo mantro jñātacihnairvarānane //
tadā yāgaṃ purā kṛtvā agnau homaṃ tu kārayet
śiṣyasya pūrvavatkarma kṛtvā tu vidhipūrvakam //
pūrṇāhutiprayogeṇa yojayecchāśvate pade
paratattvamabhidhyāyan sādhayenmanasepsitam //
mantrāṃśaṃ gaṇayitvā tu gṛhṇīyātsuvicāritam
hīnamadhyasamutkṛṣṭaṃ kathayāmi samāsataḥ //
hīnaṃ śatruṃ vijānīyān madhyamaṃ sādhyarūpiṇam
siddhaṃ caiva susiddhaṃ ca uttamaṃ parikīrtitam //
mantrākṣaraṃ tu viśleṣya mātrābindusamanvitam
ātmanāmākṣaraṃ tadvad adhobhāge 'sya yojayet //
ātmavarṇātsamārabhya yāvanmantrārṇamāgatam
yasminsa nipateddevi tamāyaṃ parikalpayet //
rekhāṅguligataṃ taṃ tu kathayāmi samāsataḥ
parvaṇi prathame siddhaḥ sādhyaścaiva dvitīyake //
tṛtīye tu susiddhaḥ syād arirjñeyaścaturthake
arisādhyau parityajya dātavyaścumbakena tu //
siddharūpaḥ susiddhaśca bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ
yastvaṃśakaviśuddhaḥ syād bhairavo 'tra varānane //
taṃ madhyamasthaṃ saṃpūjya tatsthāne madhyamaṃ nyaset
yataḥ sarvagato devaḥ sarveṣvantargataḥ smṛtaḥ //
tatsiddhimuktidātāsau na varṇāḥ paramārthataḥ
kathitaṃ sarahasyaṃ te guhyādguhyataraṃ param //
atastantrāvatārārthaṃ kathayāmi samāsataḥ
adṛṣṭavigrahāyātaṃ śivātparamakāraṇāt //
dhvanirūpaṃ susūkṣmaṃ tu suśuddhaṃ suprabhānvitam
tadevāpararūpeṇa śivena paramātmanā //
mantrasiṃhāsanasthena pañcamantramahātmanā
puruṣārthaṃ vicāryāśu sādhanāni pṛthak pṛthak //
laukikādiśivāntāni parāparavibhūtaye
tadanugrahayogyānāṃ sve sve viṣayagocare //
anuṣṭupchandasā baddhaṃ koṭyarbudasahasradhā
guruśiṣyapade sthitvā svayaṃ devaḥ sadāśivaḥ //
pūrvottarapadairvākyais tantramādhārabhedataḥ
tajjñānamīśvare 'dāttad īśvareṇa śivecchayā //
vidyāyāḥ kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ vidyeśebhyastathādarāt
māyāniyatiparyantais tasmādrudrairavāpi tat //
śrīkaṇṭheneśvarātprāptaṃ jñānaṃ paramadurlabham
tenāpi tadadhaḥ proktaṃ rudrāṇāmīśvarecchayā //
pradhānācchatarudrāntaṃ dīkṣayitvā vidhānataḥ
mamāpi ca purā dīkṣā tathā caivābhiṣecanam //
śrīkaṇṭhena purā dattaṃ tantraṃ sarvārthasādhakam
mayāpi tava deveśi sādhikāraṃ samarpitam //
tvamapi skandarudrebhyo dadasva vidhipūrvakam
brahmaviṣvindradevānāṃ vasumātṛdivākṛtām //
loke saṃgṛhya nāgānāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ parameśvari
kathayasva ṛṣīṇāṃ ca ṛṣibhyo manujeṣvapi //
evaṃ tantravaraṃ divyaṃ siddharatnakaraṇḍakam
tvayā guptataraṃ kāryaṃ na deyaṃ yasya kasyacit //
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