Svacchandatantra [or Svacchandabhairavatantra] · Chapter 9
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi rahasyamidamuttamam
yanna kasyacidākhyātaṃ tatte vakṣyāmi suvrate //
mahābhairavadevasya krīḍamānasya bhāmini
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartāraṃ hṛdayāttu vinirgataḥ //
kalpāntavahnivapuṣaṃ pralayāmbudaniḥsvanam
taḍitpuñjanibhoddaṃṣṭraṃ jaṭājvālāsamaprabham //
candrasūryāgninayanaṃ koṭarākṣaṃ subhīṣaṇam
bṛhadvakṣaḥ sthalābhogaṃ nāgayajñopavītinam //
sphuranmāṇikyamukuṭaṃ sarpakuṇḍalabhūṣitam
sarpahārakṛtāṭopaṃ sarpakaṅkaṇanūpuram //
siṃhacarmaparīdhānaṃ sarpamekhalamaṇḍitam
gajacarmāvṛtapaṭaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharam //
pañcavaktraṃ śavārūḍhaṃ daśabāhuṃ trilocanam
kapālamālābharaṇaṃ khaḍgakheṭakadhāriṇam //
pāśāṅkuśadharaṃ devaṃ śaraśārṅgāvatānitam
kapālakhaṭvāṅgadharaṃ varadābhayapāṇikam //
bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyaṃ sphuritādharabhāsvaram
brahmendraviṣṇunamitaṃ tridaśairapi durlabham //
evaṃ taṃ bhairavaṃ devaṃ svacchandaṃ parikīrtayet
smaraṇānnāśayeddevaḥ pāpasaṃghātamulbaṇam //
asya mantraḥ purākhyāto dvātriṃśākṣarasaṃmitaḥ
pañcapraṇavapūrvāntaṃ tatra līnaṃ japenmanum //
tasya kalpaṃ pravakṣyāmi samāsānna tu vistarāt
pūrvoktabhūpradeśe ca viśuddhe śubhalakṣaṇe //
puṣpaprakarasaṃkīrṇe gandhadhūpādhivāsite
tatra maṇḍalamālikhya pūrvoktairvarṇakaiḥ śubhaiḥ //
ekahastaṃ dvihastaṃ vā caturhastāṣṭahastakam
susūtritaṃ samaṃ kṛtvā caturasraṃ samantataḥ //
pūrvavatsādhayitvā tu digbhāgāṃstu varānane
caturdvārasamopetam aṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam
madhye padmaṃ samālikhya kesarairupalakṣitam //
dvātriṃśadakṣaraṃ bāhye cakramālikhya śobhanam
evaṃ susūtritaṃ kṛtvā bāhye caiva tu vartulam //
caturasraṃ tadāsannaṃ bāhye vīthiṃ prakalpayet
madhyapadmapramāṇena dvāraṃ kalpyeta pūrvavat //
bhasmoddhūlitadehastu mudrālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ
keśayajñopavītī ca digvāsāḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ //
śaṅkhārghapātrahastastu sakalīkṛtavigrahaḥ
parito 'straṃ pravinyasya bhairavaṃ pūjayetpriye //
praṇavāsanasaṃsthaṃ tu mūrtiṃ haṃsākṣareṇa tu
tameva sakalaṃ devaṃ svacchandaṃ parameśvaram //
yattatparamanirbhāsam anāmayamarūpakam
tena cāvāhayeddevi hṛcchiraśca śikhāṃ tathā //
varma netre tathāstraṃ ca tenaiva parikalpayet
sthāpanaṃ saṃnidhānaṃ ca nirodhārdhādipūjanam //
sarvaṃ tenaiva kartavyam uktānuktaṃ varānane
madhyasthaṃ bhairavaṃ pūjyam aṅgaṣaṭkasamanvitam //
tataḥ patrasthitā devīr dvātriṃśārṇairniveśayet
pūrvārakātsamārabhya yāvadante vyavasthitāḥ //
tāsāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi dvatriṃśatparisaṃkhyayā
aruṇā ghoṣā devī ca revatī bhogadāyikā //
sthāpanī ghorasaṃjñā ca rakṣā bhārabhareti ca
ghorarūpā ravā ghoṇā ratistārātha rūpiṇī //
bhayahānistu caṇḍā vai sarvadā ca tathā varā
takṣakī ca tathā śārvī barbarā sarvagā tathā //
raudrī ca bhrāmaṇī caiva nāginī ca manoharā
stambhanī roṣaṇī caiva drāvā rudrā praśāsinī //
bhayāpahāriṇī devī jñeyā dvātriṃśa tatkramāt
praṇavādistato varṇo devīnāma natistathā //
sarvāsāṃ tu vidhirhyeṣa kartavyo vidhivedinā
hemābhaṃ prākcatuṣkaṃ tad indracāpasamaprabham //
caturmukhaṃ caturbāhu vajrahastaṃ sugarvitam
kapālamālābharaṇaṃ prahasattu vicintayet //
āgneyaṃ raktavarṇābhaṃ śaktihastaṃ sadā smaret
daṇḍahastaṃ smaredyāmyāṃ kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ subhīṣaṇam //
nīlamindīvarābhāsaṃ nairṛtaṃ khaḍgahastakam
śyāmaṃ vāruṇadigbhāge pāśahastaṃ vicintayet //
dhūmraṃ sāmīradigbhāge dhvajahastaṃ sucañcalam
uttaraṃ dhavalaṃ jñeyaṃ gadākheṭakadhāri ca //
sphaṭikābhaṃ tathaiśānyāṃ triśūlāyudhapāṇikam
evaṃ dhyānaparo yastu cakrametatsadābhyaset //
vatsarārdhādvarārohe tasya siddhistridhā bhavet
mahendre malaye sahye pāriyātre 'rbude tathā //
vindhye śrīparvate caiva tathā kolagirau priye
gaṅgāyamunāsaṃbādhe kurukṣetre varānane //
gaṅgādvāre prayoge ca brahmāvarte samāsthitaḥ
antarvedyāṃ supuṇyāyāṃ narmadāyāṃ tathaiva ca //
susnigdhadeśe bhūbhāge padmaṣaṇḍairmanorame
yeṣu yeṣu pradeśeṣu svayaṃbhūrbhagavāñchivaḥ //
teṣu sthāneṣu deveśi niyamastho jitendriyaḥ
vāṅniruddhaḥ prasannātmā lakṣākṣarajape rataḥ //
śākabhakṣaḥ phalāhārī nīvārādyaśane rātaḥ
trikālapūjānirato 'thāgnikāryaparāyaṇaḥ //
bhāvitātmā mahāsattvo rakṣāyāśca vidhānavīt
tasya mantraḥ prasiddhyettu sādhayetsacarācaram //
kālāgnirnarakāścaiva pātālā hāṭakeśvaraḥ
saptalokaṃ sabrahmāṇḍaṃ pañcāṣṭakamataḥ param //
devayonyaṣṭakaṃ caiva pradhānapuruṣāntakam
niyatiḥ kālatattvaṃ ca rāgo vidyā kalā tathā //
māyā vidyeśvaraṃ tattvaṃ sādākhyaṃ śaktigocaram
sarvaṃ siddhyatyanāyāsān mantrarājaprabbhāvataḥ //
pūrvoktaṃ karma vai kṣipram adhamaṃ madhyamottamam
sādhayennātra saṃdeho bhairavasya vaco yathā //
athaikavīramāśritya aṅgaṣaṭkasamanvitam
jātiyogayutaṃ kṛtvā aṣṭapatre kuśeśaye //
pūjayetpūrvavidhinā japahomārcane rataḥ
dhyāyanneva mahādevi svacchandaṃ parameśvaram //
prāpnoti cintitānkāmān devi nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
atha rakṣāvidhāneṣu aghoraṃ yojayedyathā //
tathāhaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tadekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu
dvātriṃśadarasaṃyuktaṃ cakramālikhya bhāmini //
nābhikesarasaṃyuktaṃ susamaṃ tu varānane
gorocanāṃ tu saṃgṛhya siddhālaktakasaṃyutām //
dūrvākāṇḍena deveśi haritena samālikhet
vidyārājaṃ karṇikāsthaṃ bindunādasamanvitam //
śaktyavasānaṃ deveśi tasminsādhyaṃ samālikhet
kaṣamadhye varārohe nayanādyantarodhitam //
īkāraveṣṭitaṃ kṛtvā arakasthā niveśayet
pūrvoktadevatā devi tadgarbhe sādhyamālikhet //
bhavagarbhe tu tatkṛtvā īkārākhyena veṣṭayet
trīnvārāṃstu varārohe dhyānayogasamāśritaḥ //
ūrdhve caiva tu saṃrodhya kroṃkāreṇa varānane
indunācchuritaṃ kṛtvā puṣpadhūpaiḥ prapūjayet //
veṣṭayeccaiva tadbhūrjam arandhraṃ nirvraṇaṃ samam
pañcaraṅgakasūtreṇa veṣṭayitvā varānane //
sikthena muṭayetpaścāt kṣaudramadhye nidhāpayet
yadā mṛtyuvaśāghrātaṃ kālena kalitaṃ priye //
ariṣṭacihnitaṃ jñātvā rakṣāmetāṃ samālikhet
tasya mṛtyurna jāyeta ityevaṃ bhairavo 'bravīt //
kapālīśasya garbhe tu nāma yasya samālikhet
bhūrjapatre varārohe rocanāyā rasena tu //
oṃkārapuṭamadhyasthaṃ rodhitaṃ nayanākṣaraiḥ
vauṣaḍjātiprayogeṇa tasya mṛtyurna jāyate //
śikhyāhvena tu deveśi sādhyanāma vidarbhayet
analārṇamadhaścordhve sādhyārṇeṣu niyojayet //
tasya vai jāyate dāhaḥ phaṭkārādyantarodhitam
jvalantaṃ cintayetsādhyaṃ dinānāṃ saptakaṃ yadi //
tatkṣaṇājjāyate dāho bhairavasya vaco yathā
krodharājaniruddhaṃ tu śmaśānapaṭamadhyagam //
śmaśānādalinā lekhyaṃ viṣaraktānvitena tu
yasya nāma varārohe huṃphaṭkāravidarbhitam //
mārayetisamāyogāt krūrajātisamanvitam
mriyate saptarātreṇa yo rakṣābhiḥ surakṣitaḥ //
vikarālo mahādevi ūrdhvādhaḥ pāśasaṃsthitaḥ
sādhyanāmnastu deveśi huṃphaṭkāravidarbhiṇaḥ //
na kṣāmayatyayatnena tasya śatrorbhayaṃ bhavet
manmathena yutaṃ kṛtvā sādhyanāma varānane //
dhruvādyaṃ svāhayāntena raktadhyānasamanvitam
amuko 'tra varārohe taddiśo 'bhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ //
amukasya vaśaṃ yātu japahomau samācaret
saptāhādvaśamāyāti iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ //
meghanādāvasāne tu nāma yasya samālikhet
yakārādyantasaṃruddhaṃ mantraṃ phaḍdvitayānvitam //
pretasthāne nidhāpyaitad bhairavaṃ tatra pūjayet
akṣapuṣpairvarārohe taddiśo 'bhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ //
tamuccāṭayate kṣipraṃ devi nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
somarājena deveśi ādimadhyāntasaṃyutam //
nāma yasya samālikhya vaṣaḍjātisamanvitam
saṃnidhāpya trimadhure sthāpayetsurasundari //
saptarātraprayogeṇa trikālāṣṭaśatena ca
asādhyaṃ sādhayatyāśu dhanaṃ ca vipulaṃ labhet //
pañcāṅgena piśācasya krodharājāvasānikām
saṃjñāṃ samuccareddevi krūrajātisamanvitām //
unmatto jāyate sādyo homena ca japena ca
mṛtyunñjayaṃ pravakṣyāmi tamekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu //
bhūrjapatraṃ samādāya nīrandhraṃ nirvraṇaṃ samam
tasminsamālikhetpadmam aṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam //
tasminvai karṇikāmadhye sādhyanāma samālikhet
saṃveṣṭayāṣṭau diśo devi svacchandena kṛśodari //
praṇavena tu saṃveṣṭya patreṣvevaṃ samālikhet
patrāṣṭake 'pyaghorasya nāmādhastātsamālikhet //
vaktavyaṃ deva saṃrakṣa śaraṇaṃ tvāmupāgatam
ādau tryakṣaravinyāsaṃ svacchandaṃ tadanantaram //
janmanāma tu sādhyasya akṣarāntaritaṃ likhet
punastryakṣaravinyāsaṃ vaṣaḍantaṃ niyojayet //
muṭitvā sikthakenaiva kṣīramadhye tu prakṣipet
jāyate paramā śāntiḥ punaranyannibodha me //
juṃsaḥ saṃpuṭamadhyasthaṃ praṇavobhayasaṃyutam
nāma kṛtvā varārohe prakṣipenmadhuratraye //
parāṃ śāntimavāpnoti mṛtyurogairna bādhyate
bhūrjapatraṃ samādāya rocanāyā varānane //
mātṛkāntaritaṃ nāma dūrvākāṇḍena cālikhet
tadabhyantaragarbhe tu svarairantarītaṃ kuru //
punargarbhe samālikhya sādhyanāma varānane
dhruveṇa veṣṭayetpaścād vakāreṇa tataḥ priye //
sakāraṃ ca kṣakāraṃ ca likhecca tadanantaram
punarveṣṭaya ṭhakāreṇa māyābījena suvrate //
aṅkuśena niruddhyeta rakṣāṃ mṛtyuvināśinīm
svacchandasahitāṃ devi praṇavenādiyojitām //
vaṣaḍjātisamopetāṃ karpūrakṣodacarcitām
gandhapuṣpādinā pūjya prakṣipenmadhuratraye //
jāyate paramā śāntir nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
athavā guṭikāṃ kṛtvā kaṇṭhe bāhau ca dhārayet //
tasya vyādhirna jāyeta ityevaṃ bhairavo 'bravīt
tryakṣaraṃ mūlamantraṃ ca vaṣaḍjātisamanvitam //
bhojanodakapāne tu mantrayitvāśnataḥ sadā
na tasya jāyate mṛtyur bhairavasya vaco yathā //
athā hinā mahādevi dūṣitaḥ sādhako yadā
mūlamantrasamopetam aghoraṃ tatra yojayet //
ātmano bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā caiva sudāruṇam
daṃṣṭrākarālavikaṭaṃ jvālāmālopaśobhitam //
sarpairlalallambamānaiḥ khaḍgahastaṃ subhīṣaṇam
pūrvarūpasamopetaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham //
tenākrāntaṃ mahādevi daṣṭakaṃ tu vicintayet
tajjvālābhiḥ sudīptābhir dagdhaṃ saṃcintayedviṣam //
tatkṣaṇāddevadeveśi nirviṣaḥ sa tu jāyate
graheṣvevaṃ vidhaṃ dhyānaṃ yaḥ kuryānmocayetkṣaṇāt //
atha dhyāne hyakuśalo yadā kaścinnaro bhavet
tadāgadairmahādevi nirviṣaṃ kurute kṣaṇāt //
kumāridvitayaṃ gṛhya nāginyā tu sahaikataḥ
gokarṇikāsitaṃ mūlaṃ somāhvāmūlasaṃyutam //
āmagokṣīrasaṃpiṣṭaṃ bhakṣayennirviṣo bhavet
gonimbasya ca mūlena nirviṣatvaṃ prajāyate //
aśvamārasya mūlaṃ tu udakena tu peṣayet
pāne nasye pradātavyaṃ tadā bhavati nirviṣaḥ //
āragvadhasya mūlaṃ tu udakena ca peṣayet
pāne nasye pradātavyaṃ tadā bhavati nirviṣaḥ //
madhukasya tu sāraṃ yan nasye pāne prayojayet
nirviṣastu prajāyeta bhairavasya vaco yathā //
jambulāsikamūlaṃ tu pāne nasye prayojayet
nirviṣastu bhaveddevi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //
ṣaḍbindupaṭakharjūra sūkṣmacūrṇaṃ tu kārayet
mayūrapittasaṃyuktaṃ guṭikāṃ kārayetpriye //
trilohaveṣṭitāṃ kṛtvā kare kaṇṭhe nidhāpayet
na viṣaṃ kramate tasya yaśca daṣṭo mahoragaiḥ //
agadānghṛtasaṃyuktān pibedvai viṣadūṣitaḥ
na viṣaṃ kramate tasya iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ //
evamanye 'pi ye yogāḥ svacchandena vinirmitāḥ
kālāgnirnarakāścaiva pātālā hāṭakeśvaraḥ //
[pradadyādbhāvitātmā ca siddhyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
svacchandeneti sarvaṃ hi parameśvareṇa pravartitam] //
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