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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.113

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 113

खड्गपूजाWorship of the sword

Verse 113

अनन्तरं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवशक्तियुताय च । खड्गाय नम इत्यन्तमनुना खड्गपूजनम् ॥ ११३ ॥

anantaraṁ brahmaviṣṇuśivaśaktiyutāya ca | khaḍgāya nama ityantamanunā khaḍgapūjanam || 113 ||

Translation

Then the worship of the sword with the mantra ending "brahmaviṣṇuśivaśaktiyutāya khaḍgāya namaḥ".

Word by word

anantaraṁ
then
brahma
Brahmā
viṣṇu
Viṣṇu
śiva
Śiva
śakti
Śakti
yutāya
joined with
ca
and
khaḍgāya
to the sword
nama
(namaḥ) namaḥ
ity
(iti) thus
antam
ending
anunā
(manunā) with the mantra
pūjanam
worship

Meaning

"To the sword joined with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and Śakti, salutation".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, after that, he should do the worship of the sword with the mantra ending "brahma-viṣṇu-śiva-śakti-yutāya khaḍgāya namaḥ" ("to the sword joined with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and Śakti, salutation").