शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage
Verse 272
तेषामनुज्ञामादाय जप्त्वा सप्ताक्षरं मनुम् । अष्टोत्तरशतावृत्त्या प्रणमेत् कालिकां पराम् ॥ २७२ ॥
tēṣāmanujñāmādāya japtvā saptākṣaraṁ manum | aṣṭōttaraśatāvṛttyā praṇamēt kālikāṁ parām || 272 ||
Translation
Taking their leave, and reciting the mantra of seven syllables a hundred and eight times, he should bow to Kālikā, the supreme.
Word by word
- tēṣām
- (teṣām) their
- anujñām
- (anujñām) leave
- ādāya
- having taken
- japtvā
- having recited
- sapta
- seven
- akṣaraṁ
- syllabled
- manum
- (manum) the mantra
- aṣṭōttaraśata
- a hundred and eight
- āvṛttyā
- times
- praṇamēt
- should bow to
- kālikāṁ
- Kālikā
- parām
- (parām) the supreme
Meaning
The seven-syllabled mantra, as the ṭīkā gives it, is "parameśvari svāhā" (pa-ra-me-śva-ri svā-hā).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Teṣām" and the rest. Taking the leave, the consent, of that company of bhairavīs and vīras, and reciting the mantra of seven syllables, "parameśvari svāhā", a hundred and eight times, the vīra should bow to Kālikā, the supreme, the highest.