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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.177

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 177

शैव विवाहःThe Śaiva marriage

Verse 177

विवाहो भैरवीचक्रे तत्त्वचक्रेऽपि पार्वति । सर्वथा साधकेन्द्रेण कर्त्तव्यः शैववर्त्मना ॥ १७७ ॥

vivāhō bhairavīcakrē tattvacakrē’pi pārvati | sarvathā sādhakēndrēṇa karttavyaḥ śaivavartmanā || 177 ||

Translation

In the Bhairavī-cakra and in the Tattva-cakra too, Pārvatī, marriage must by all means be performed by the chief of practitioners by the Śaiva path.

Word by word

vivāhō
(vivāhaḥ) marriage
bhairavī
Bhairavī
cakrē
in the circle
tattva
Tattva
api
too
pārvati
O Pārvatī
sarvathā
by all means
sādhaka
of practitioners
indrēṇa
by the chief
karttavyaḥ
must be performed
śaiva
Śaiva
vartmanā
by the path

Meaning

A safeguard. Before a man and woman take part together in the circle, they are to be married by the Śaiva rite. The next verse gives the reason.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 176.