Sacred Texts
Mahānirvāṇa Tantra cover

॥ श्री ॥tantraFor reading

Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.161

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Verses
2517
Minutes
1258
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 10 · Verse 161

पूर्णाभिषेक मन्त्रःThe mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 161

षोड़शी तारिणी नित्या स्वाहा महिषमर्दिनी । एतास्त्वामभिषिञ्चन्तु मन्त्रपूतेन वारिणा ॥ १६१ ॥

ṣōḍaśī tāriṇī nityā svāhā mahiṣamardinī | ētāstvāmabhiṣiñcantu mantrapūtēna vāriṇā || 161 ||

Translation

Ṣoḍaśī, Tāriṇī, Nityā, Svāhā, Mahiṣamardinī: may these sprinkle you with water made pure by mantra.

Word by word

ṣōḍaśī
(ṣoḍaśī) Ṣoḍaśī
tāriṇī
Tāriṇī
nityā
Nityā
svāhā
Svāhā
mahiṣamardinī
Mahiṣamardinī
ētāḥ
(etāḥ) these
tvām
(tvām) you
abhiṣiñcantu
may sprinkle
mantra
by mantra
pūtēna
made pure
vāriṇā
with water

Meaning

Ṣoḍaśī and Tāriṇī are Mahāvidyās; Mahiṣamardinī the slayer of the buffalo demon.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 160.