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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.192

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 192

प्रसादपरिवेशनं चक्रानुष्ठानञ्चServing the prasāda; the rite of the circle

Verse 192

इति ते कथितं देवि शुभपूर्णाभिषेचनम् । ब्रह्मज्ञानैकजननं शिवत्वफलसाधनम् ॥ १९२ ॥

iti tē kathitaṁ dēvi śubhapūrṇābhiṣēcanam | brahmajñānaikajananaṁ śivatvaphalasādhanam || 192 ||

Translation

So I have told you, O Goddess, the auspicious full consecration, the one begetter of the knowledge of Brahman, the means to the fruit of becoming Śiva.

Word by word

iti
so
tē
to you
kathitaṁ
have told
dēvi
O Goddess
śubha
auspicious
pūrṇābhiṣēcanam
(pūrṇābhiṣecanam) the full consecration
brahmajñāna
of the knowledge of Brahman
ēka
one
jananaṁ
begetter
śivatva
of becoming Śiva
phala
the fruit
sādhanam
(sādhanam) the means

Meaning

The aim of the consecration is stated plainly: not ritual power but brahmajñāna and śivatva, the state of Śiva.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 191.