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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.278

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 278

शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage

Verse 278

यद्यदङ्गीकृतं तत्र ताभ्यां पाल्यं प्रयत्नतः । शाम्भवोक्तविधानेन कुलीनाभ्यां कुलेश्वरि ॥ २७८ ॥

yadyadaṅgīkṛtaṁ tatra tābhyāṁ pālyaṁ prayatnataḥ | śāmbhavōktavidhānēna kulīnābhyāṁ kulēśvari || 278 ||

Translation

Whatever they have promised there must be kept with care by the two of the kula, by the procedure told by Śambhu, O Kuleśvarī.

Word by word

yadyat
whatever
aṅgīkṛtaṁ
promised
tatra
there
tābhyāṁ
by the two
pālyaṁ
must be kept
prayatnataḥ
with care
śāmbhava
by Śambhu
ukta
told
vidhānēna
by the procedure
kulīnābhyāṁ
of the kula
kulēśvari
O Kuleśvarī

Meaning

The Śaiva marriage is binding in its own terms.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tatra": in the rite of Śaiva marriage. "Tābhyām": by the wife and husband.