शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage
Verse 270
चक्रानुष्ठानसमये स्वगणैः शक्तिसाधकैः । परस्परेच्छयोद्वाहं कुर्याद्वीरः समाहितः ॥ २७० ॥
cakrānuṣṭhānasamayē svagaṇaiḥ śaktisādhakaiḥ | parasparēcchayōdvāhaṁ kuryādvīraḥ samāhitaḥ || 270 ||
Translation
At the time of the circle, with his own companions, the sādhakas of Śakti, by mutual wish, the vīra, collected, should make the marriage.
Word by word
- cakra
- of the circle
- anuṣṭhāna
- of the performance
- samayē
- at the time
- svagaṇaiḥ
- (svagaṇaiḥ) with his companions
- śakti
- of Śakti
- sādhakaiḥ
- the sādhakas
- paraspara
- mutual
- icchayā
- by the wish
- udvāhaṁ
- the marriage
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) should make
- vīraḥ
- (vīraḥ) the vīra
- samāhitaḥ
- collected
Meaning
The marriage is by the wish of both, the bhairavī's and the vīra's, as the ṭīkā stresses. Vīra, "hero", is the initiate of the kula way; bhairavī the woman of the circle.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the Śaiva marriage (śāmbhava udvāha) with "cakrānuṣṭhāna" and the rest. At the time of performing the circle (cakra), with his own companions, the sādhakas of Śakti, by mutual wish, by the wish of each for the other, the bhairavī's for the vīra and the vīra's for her, the vīra, collected (samāhita), attentive, should make the marriage.