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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.159

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 159

पूर्णाभिषेक मन्त्रःThe mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 159

शुभपूर्णाभिषेकस्य सदाशिव ऋषिः स्मृतः । छन्दोऽनुष्टुब्देवताऽऽद्या प्रणवं बीजमीरितम् । शुभपूर्णाभिषेकार्थे विनियोगः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ १५९ ॥

śubhapūrṇābhiṣēkasya sadāśiva ṛṣiḥ smṛtaḥ | chandō’nuṣṭubdēvatā’’dyā praṇavaṁ bījamīritam | śubhapūrṇābhiṣēkārthē viniyōgaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 159 ||

Translation

Of the auspicious full consecration the seer is Sadāśiva, the metre anuṣṭubh, the deity Ādyā, the seed the praṇava; the use is declared for the auspicious full consecration.

Word by word

śubha
auspicious
pūrṇābhiṣēkasya
of the full consecration
sadāśiva
Sadāśiva
ṛṣiḥ
(ṛṣiḥ) the seer
smṛtaḥ
is
chandaḥ
(chandaḥ) the metre
anuṣṭub
(anuṣṭup) anuṣṭubh
dēvatā
the deity
ādyā
Ādyā
praṇavaṁ
the praṇava
bījam
(bījam) the seed
īritam
is told
pūrṇābhiṣēka
full consecration
arthē
for
viniyōgaḥ
(viniyogaḥ) the use
prakīrttitaḥ
is declared

Meaning

The nyāsa: on the head, to Sadāśiva the seer; in the mouth, to anuṣṭubh; in the heart, to Ādyā Kālikā; in the secret place, to the seed oṁ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he gives the seer and the rest of the mantras of the auspicious pūrṇābhiṣeka in a verse and a half, "śubhapūrṇābhiṣekasya" and the rest. Of these mantras of the auspicious pūrṇābhiṣeka the seer is Sadāśiva, the metre anuṣṭubh, the deity Ādyā Kālī, the seed the praṇava, and the use is for the auspicious pūrṇābhiṣeka: "śirasi sadāśivāya ṛṣaye namaḥ, mukhe 'nuṣṭup-chandase namaḥ, hṛdaye ādyāyai kālikāyai devatāyai namaḥ, guhye praṇavāya bījāya namaḥ, śubha-pūrṇābhiṣekārthe viniyogaḥ": so the ṛṣi-nyāsa is to be done.